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T-Bagger
05-03-2006, 09:07 AM
i got my car already and i thought some what tuned ran great took it out and busted a piston the motor ran for 2 hours on the break in stand at the shop i had it running for less then 45 min in my car and i drove it to the corner and it started nocking it broke the piston by the ring lance would timing being off take a piston that fast i didnt hear any spark nock either it never went over 4000 rpms either :confused:

68Bowtie
05-03-2006, 09:41 AM
Man that really sucks.

Wicked
05-03-2006, 09:44 AM
Oh man, that bites! Are you going to tear it down and put it all back together right away?

T-Bagger
05-03-2006, 10:23 AM
depending on the cost and if the block is ok it should be done

brommosauto
05-03-2006, 04:56 PM
Yes it could or poor grade of fuel.This is where engine dynoing would had saved you.

YAV8
05-03-2006, 09:41 PM
i got my car already and i thought some what tuned ran great took it out and busted a piston the motor ran for 2 hours on the break in stand at the shop i had it running for less then 45 min in my car and i drove it to the corner and it started nocking it broke the piston by the ring lance would timing being off take a piston that fast i didnt hear any spark nock either it never went over 4000 rpms either :confused:
Did you check the end gap on the rings.???? Depending on the pistons used you would need some were around .004 for each inch of bore. KB will use a lot more ring gap than others.