So we took apart the engine that spectacularly let go right before the '10 Challenge. Here are some teaser photos:
No question about this one, I don't think it's salvageable. I'm thinking of making the internals into a robot.
http://saeintl.tamu.edu/grassroots/civic/destroyedengine
Is there an award for the most catastrophic failure on the way to the Challenge? 
EvanB wrote: Is there an award for the most catastrophic failure on the way to the Challenge?
I kinda hoped we could win by proxy. 
How the hell do you throw 3 rods? Seriously - did they all let go at the same time or did it run for some length of time with one bad one, then two, then three?
Except for the drain ports, it's very pretty. 
DILYSI Dave wrote: How the hell do you throw 3 rods? Seriously - did they all let go at the same time or did it run for some length of time with one bad one, then two, then three?
Four. All four shattered in a fraction of a second. It was a 75 shot of nitrous. The only thing that makes sense is the engine was severely abused by it's previous owner, which is very possible.
Outside of some NHRA engines that I've seen, that has to be the most catastrophic failure I've seen.
Dang, y'all hard on parts.
Impressive damage gentlemen. How many pieces has that block turned itself into?
I don't know, several dozen. Most of the voids you see in the pictures turned into pieces about the size of a dime.
And yes, we are hard on engines. We blew up an engine before this one with too much boost.
Haven't you guys watched "The Fast and the Furious" before? Didn't you get this message on your laptop before the floorboard popped out and your engine asploded?
Seriously, that's a horror show. I was LMAO while looking at those photos.
And the engine Gods wept...
What a way to go though.
What kind of engine WAS that?
Properly borked. Well done. No point in half-assing these things.
It used to be a D15.
Was it the NOS or the build? Inquiring minds want to know.
Dan
The engine wasn't built, it was definitely the nawzzzz.
I bought the engine from an asian kid named Johnny in Houston for $150 who had it in his boosted Del Sol that he (probably) street raced and beat the piss out of, if my guess is correct.
I bet that made one hell of a sound when it let go!
unevolved wrote:
So great it needed to be posted agian.
Simply WOW
Pat wrote: I bet that made one hell of a sound when it let go!
Probably the most depressing noise I've ever heard in my life.
unevolved wrote:DILYSI Dave wrote: How the hell do you throw 3 rods? Seriously - did they all let go at the same time or did it run for some length of time with one bad one, then two, then three?Four. All four shattered in a fraction of a second. It was a 75 shot of nitrous. The only thing that makes sense is the engine was severely abused by it's previous owner, which is very possible.
Should have gone for the 100 shot for all 4.
my 2009 car might have blown up in 2010 if i had.. like.. driven it any. 
Nice carnage.
If your going to go.... go big.
that'll buff right out
I got a tube of JB weld- we can fix that.
As an aside, I think I'm more impressed by the piston than the hole(s) in the block. You know how to kill one proper!
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