Hi I haven't posted in quite a while. Maybe some one will be interested. Here is a thread about my vortech build. Thought you might be interested since I used a very thick gasket Cosmetic .071 (edit) to bring the compression down. Looks like it lasted about 3 years, before blowing. I run the car a fair amount. My best was an 11.696 on slicks. Went to Tri-State sat. and made 3 runs. On the last run white smoke came billowing out!! There is a video and my run is about 1/2 way through. I am the red vert about 5:30 in. Figure i blew a head gasket and maybe more. A slipping clutch may have finally done me in. Will look at it over the weekend . Steve
I hope that is all it is!! Have to fix the clutch also.. It was slipping bad. Bad part I am now offically off the Dirty Dozen the 12 fastest cars on our local board!!! wah wah I was just barely hang on with a 11.9 Oh well !!
That sucks. I hope its only a head gasket because with that much power on tap, there can be far worse things that can happen. Its nice to see you back on here though!
Hi Still no word on what is wrong!! My son had the flu then got better for a couple days and is now down again.. It's nice to be back and hear from some friends!! Still waiting!! Steve
S T E V E Whuz Up ... Young Man Sorry to hear you broke your Stang Get that boy of yours buzy :Word: Tell him he needs to get Dad's toy back on the street ... Like Yesterday Good to see you here again my friend Grady
Hello thought about you last month... was in Texas for a month fishin. Unfortunately I was near the Louisiana border. The son is getting on his feet, might get the stang looked at this weekend?? Waiting patiently.
Hi finally got a little done. my son had the plugs out when I arrived and was doing a coolant leak check. The leak check was good it held pressure 5 minutes. Used a borescope and what we could see looked good... no holes in pistons!! Found a lose hose going to water pump.. At this point I felt hopeful. We went and got some plugs and oil. While changing oil we discovered the pieces. Not feeling so good now. Going to do a leak down tomorrow night. Here is a picture of the spark plugs.. and here are the pieces found in the oil..
Ouch. Welcome to the broken car club. Same thing happened to me a month or two ago, broke a piston at the track. I didn't find a dime in my engine tho.
The dime was definitely a bonus Here is one problem:: Now what to do.... replace at least 2 pistons.... or replace 8 with a lower compression piston.. Advantage go to a stock head gasket. Would my boost come up or how much HP would I lose? Oh I haven't seen it yet but my son says the clutch is down to bare metal!!
How's the bore look? You could probably get away with replacing a couple pistons if a hone would clean it up.
Don't have the block out yet!! I'll probably take it to an engine builder and have him magnaflux the block and look for cracks and let him tell me what needs to be done.. hope to have the block out.... maybe Tuesday night.
I will bet you 10 cents that I know what one of your problems was.... Sorry to hear she's down and out, hopefully you'll be up and running for next season
