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Show us yr blow up!

Started by rodomo , Apr 07 2010 02:30 AM

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#1 rodomo

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 02:30 AM

Over the years on this forum there have been quite a few monumental "blow ups"

Here is a couple of mine to get the ball rolling......................but I've seen better ones here.

I've done better too in the past but no pics.

Both of these were caused be ignorance/lack of knowledge/haste on my part.
The head gasket did 5 laps as did the rockers.

If you haven't had a blow up............YOU'RE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH!

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#2 76lxhatch

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 06:21 AM

I don't have anything overly exciting, but here's a couple

308 rings and bearings after years of abuse ending in a burnout that spun a big end bearing halfway round:
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(not one of the top rings was intact, most were in pieces about half an inch long)

I'm sure every Torana owner recognises this:
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#3 _Big T_

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 10:24 AM

Here is my blow up.

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#4 FastEHHolden

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 10:58 AM

http://i.ebayimg.com/16/!Bi3(vkQBGk~$(KGrHqIOKj!EsmuD(fHOBLRGjORdn!~~_35.JPG

Edited by FastEHHolden, 07 April 2010 - 11:02 AM.

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#5 _TJ253_

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 11:02 AM

Big T ure a Sick man!

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#6 GML-31

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 11:08 AM

Big T coming out of the closet... a male doll???

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#7 _Big T_

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 11:15 AM

Its not just any male, its SUPERMAN !! Ya cant get more buff than the man of steel. I still cant work out why he hasnt got any legs but meh, who cares......

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#8 GML-31

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 12:07 PM

its modelled off Christopher reeves thats why it has no legs

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#9 _Big T_

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 12:14 PM

HAHAHAHAHA !! Nice, real nice.

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#10 Collo

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 01:32 PM

He had legs, they just didn't work.

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#11 Struggler

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 09:06 PM

Page 5 of my project thread, post 120 ..... http://www.gmh-toran...ic=35451&st=100

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#12 _OLC383_

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 09:22 PM

Page 5 of my project thread, post 120 ..... http://www.gmh-toran...ic=35451&st=100

Remains of a stock 5.7" chevy rod after 6500rpm

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#13 rodomo

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Posted 07 April 2010 - 11:45 PM

Winner so far Struggler! :spoton:

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#14 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:23 AM

Yet to be blown up:

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A typical nylothane steering coupling out of Yella (nicely roasted):

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Cracked steering column outer:

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And an unfortunate blow up:

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#15 _Apotheosis_

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 01:17 AM

Yet to be blown up:

$1200 according to ebay

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#16 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 07:29 AM

^ They are not on Ebay, unless somebody stole my pic? Think I paid $1,000 for em brand new, so I'd give Ebay a miss. 245's were $245 each (easy to remember) and the 265's $295 each.

EDIT: $1,080 to be exact, before the fun police move in.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 08 April 2010 - 07:31 AM.

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#17 _MYLJ_

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 08:47 AM

this is the 454 I killed at easternats last year

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here's the inside of my good engine after it let go at springnats in '08

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#18 Neils LX

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 08:55 AM

Hi

Not quite a engine blow up but i do have 3 lifters stuffed out of my VN V8

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Plenty of sludge for a motor with over 300000klm

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3 lifters on right side bank no very well

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Lifter on right not very good at all

Chears Neil

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#19 A9X

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 11:46 AM

not an engine blow up but fun anyway.

This is the exhaust outlet off the Targa Hatch. Lasted less than a day before iot split and got progressivly worse.

Not it has not impacted anything, the exhaust gasses have bent the split parts against the wind flow.

Norm Butler said he had never seen anything like it.

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 12:24 PM

MYLJ you WIN!

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#21 _Drag lc_

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Posted 08 April 2010 - 06:29 PM

Hi,

the 2 that ive had.here is the vid of the red block expiring!

when the red one expired i was standing next to it i new we had dramas when i reconginised bits of the piston landing near my feet that were from around the piston pin area and the engine was still going.

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#22 LC-069

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Posted 09 April 2010 - 08:24 PM

Giving the old banjo a hard time

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What happens when you use the wrong push rod length

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#23 FastEHHolden

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Posted 09 April 2010 - 08:48 PM

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What are you talking about...thats a minor electrical fault.

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#24 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 09 April 2010 - 10:23 PM

What are you talking about...thats a minor electrical fault.

I can see why you had to take the head off to find the problem.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 09 April 2010 - 10:23 PM.

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#25 _Drag lc_

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Posted 10 April 2010 - 08:12 PM

and yes fast eh we did actually have an elect fault little did we know untill we were pushing it onto trailer that the starter had been pushed onto hedder pipes and pipes pushed into chassis rail and the main positive starter wire was shorting battry out the boot had a very distinctive hot acid smell when opened and battery was red hot. so now we have fitted a battry isolator to it. :lol: