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I broke it.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:22 pm
by Mixedmotorsportmedia
hey guys, will keep it short n sweet for now lol,
i killed my motor haha... so time for the stroker to go in... dont know how or but what i thought to be a fudged spark plug turned out to be this.
Does not look like much. but also scored the block, that little bit of valve did its work on the block, going to check turbo soon to see if made its way through there lol
Andrew.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:25 pm
by aspir3
That does not look good. So a faulty spark plug caused that.
It seems you are going to make the most of it though.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:29 pm
by Mixedmotorsportmedia
haha, nah i only thought it was s park plug.... but when i changed it nothing changed... then did comp test... 0 compression.... then was like FARK
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:46 pm
by Rob_RA
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 10:02 pm
by Mizta B
OUCH!
Sorry to see that Andrew but could be a blessing in disguise?
Maybe you could build a stroker?
Let us know how you go mate
Cheers Chris.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 11:35 pm
by Slash
Jun stroker.. do it.. would love to see how it performs.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 12:39 am
by Dire
Shouldn't your warranty still be good or is this your fault?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:48 am
by Slash
Not if the drive train has been modified... so its his fault!
Tooo much powar~!!
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 3:33 pm
by shamrockshirts
What was the cause mate?
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 1:10 pm
by El-Diablo
Go the Cosworth kit. It even has proper conrods
You will probably need to go a sleeved block as well
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 1:25 pm
by El-Diablo
what condition was the spark plug and what cylinder was it? Ive heard of number 4 cylinder sparkplugs striking piston top then causing failure in the states.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 4:28 pm
by Mixedmotorsportmedia
lol thats the case mate, number 4 and the sparkplug was fucked
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 5:45 pm
by Rob_RA
Any damage anywhere else or just number 4? Were you still using factory plugs?
Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 7:03 pm
by El-Diablo
Might be worth a talk to mitsubishi if this was a known fault you'd probably have a claim.
IE if a batch of heads had the number four sparkplug thread faced to deep allowing the plug to come in contact with the piston.
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:00 am
by shamrockshirts
Still can't get my head around this no.4 hitting the sparkplug story. Surely if its going to hit it will hit the sparkplug on the 1st revolution the engine ever makes (i.e. at the factory).
Does anyone know the details or what the other circumstances/conditions that they claim causes it?
Cheers
John
