So as everyone knows i had my engine fully built to run the tvs supercharger..not only did matt(chevytech007) from this forum say he can do it...but that he had tons of experience doing ecotecs (his claim to fame is the piece of **** procharger thats barley faster than a stg2 cobalt if that) well anyways i got about 900 miles out of my car after the rebuild then the engine just stopped on me...today a friend of mine and i were pulling the head for him to have the head and this is what we found. just a pre warning to people to check who u have building ur engines before u drop a couple grand.

thanks matt.











the valve seats look to be in ok shape so my boy is prolly going to have the spots that are all beat up polished up by a machinist but this thing broke the block..not just the cylinder wall...the whole piece of the block is broke off..

 

So did you keep the Balt? I thought it was gone by now.

 

is that bad?

 

that sucks dude. big time.

you missed our little mini meet. and my coilover fiasco.

 

no its still in my garage..i was waiting for this and a suspension swap

kinda

no ride...

 

Ouch. Who's is going to?

 

coilover fiasco?

 

I C....when it comes to major stuff like that, if I can't do it, it goes to a major, well known shop...or if I know one of my friends who are REALLY good at it...I have a friend who has built about 10 v8 motors from scratch, but I still wouldn't let him touch my car because about 3 of those engines have blown

But yeah if you're doing internal stuff and don't want to do it yourself go to some well known profesionals...but yeah dude that sux man hope you get everything straightened out

 

oh noz
wow, what internals did you upgrade?

 

everything but the crank..

 

holycrap, so was it just bad tuning that did it for your engine?

 

yea i only met him the one time but...i thought it might be that way when he's griding his caliper down to fit a 15inch drag tire

 

What the **** happened? That doesn't seem right at all, to break the sleeve/block like that. Something screwed in too tight perhaps? Did the nearest head bolt look like it wasn't right?

 

a combination of not having any even numbered metric tools, and a CV joint that fell apart.

 

not my tuning saved it..when i got my engine back the cams were timed 160 degrees off..and internal parts were loose...just a shitty engine build all together..

 

Damn, that is t3h sux.

 

or the hammering your stage 2 axels on cause of the lost lug key..with the tire on

 

ghey.

 

lol yea..

 

 

dizzamn

 

Angelo, the writing was on the wall.
What are those spots..?? Is that rust from sitting..?? (the head/valves)
#2-#4 look pretty well blackened....did you have coating on the pistons..??

 

You even going to bother trying to get some cash back or just going to cut your losses?

Shame you didn't contact me before I did Shaun's

You never took the head off yourself when you re-opened the motor for neutrals did you?

 

yea its been sitting for a while..they are acutally pretty clean in person...and yes they were coated

no i didnt...god damn i shoulda tho..oh well i got the civic and i know how to do it and im happier now...

 

Next time I come out to Cali, I would very much so, love to pay ASS Tuning a visit.