Had a good time giving stev a hand.
Have my car full of parts to clean up like new again. Lots todo should have his car back up in no time.
With way more power. Cant wait to see it on the road again. Ill let stev share the details of this build.

One thing learned from this is that there was enough cylinder pressure weather hydraulic or not the sleeve survived perfectly intact. At least until the rod ripped it apart

 

With Mr Belvedere sleeve and a few modifications I'm going to be doing to the block I do not see how this block could not be compared to the zzps at a fraction of the cost

 

What caused the rod to bend?

 

Anxiously waiting to hear about Steve's build list

 

At this point not 100% if it was hydrauliced or a ton of cylinder pressure

 

Huh. I can't see cylinder pressure folding a rod like that but I guess anything is possible. Steve did say his AFR went 10.0 when it initially stalled.

 

Lets say it wont dissapoint. still a tvs car. But i have a feeling it will definitly be a problem for the turbo cars come race time if u know wat i mean

 

I would say just stay away from stock rods on tvs and turbo builds. Not worth the risk.

 

But in reality, how many people have really broke them to the amount of set ups out there

 

True

 

Much appreciated
Definitely a fun weekend ripping apart an engine w/ infinite pizza!

 

That's what we can't seem to figure out

When I hit 2nd, afr was normal; once I grabbed 3rd it pegged 10.0 and shut off.

car began vibrating; I pulled in at the e85 station I was only a mile away from. Sounded like either a lifter or chain noise at the time, I wasn't sure.

Strangely the car idled and drove normal out of boost; holding a steady 14.7-15.2 afr, on flat, down hill and uphill freeway driving @ 65mph.

Since it ran normally and I was still 50 miles from home, I tried driving it home. Drove fine, minus the vibes. With 15 miles remaining before I got home, the rod at this point snapped and destroyed the entire engine, while firing off an epic black cloud and flame out the back exhaust pipe

Three probable causes for hydraulic failure:
1) head gasket - it looks completely normal, zero signs of leakage at cylinder 3.
2) methanol check valve - pressure tested it and vacuum tested it; works as it should.
3) injector sticking open - still need to check it

 

LSJ BLOCK
MrBelvedere SLEEVES (ordered)
Diamond 10.5:1 or 11:1 w/ total seals
Molnar H beam rods (ordered)
clevite rod bearings
GM main bearings
LSJ crank
aux chain delete
some block enhancements
balanced assembly

 

U forgot the electric water pump!!!!..lol

 

I said aux chain delete

But I guess people would think I would just run no WP and dump methanol in the gas tank

 

Ya im teachin him about the engine and hes teachin me how to make bomb pizza.

Definitly the pizza master.. Lol

 

Seeing your cut up LE5 block in person really helped understand the block

gonna be sweet to chop into my busted LSJ block

 

Oh ya.

It really puts it into perspective.

 

If u guys need help in the future, hit me up. Not too far from Steve

 

I drove 315 miles one way to help him..

 

Strange that didnt make noise...my slight bend in my 2.2 rod had a BAD knock.

 

it was hydrauliced

 

sounded more like a chain issue than anything

if it had made it home... I would pulled the valve cover off, fixed the lifter; only to break it once again, not knowing the rod was done for.

 

next time we're gonna have fun in the rental white balt :P

canyons, PCH...

epic way to completely destroy an short block.

was funny...
I was undoing the rod end caps, and trevor was poking at me with a long 1/2" extension through one of the windows the rod made. Took me to a sec to realize wtf

 

Identical to mine other than the lsj block