Knock, knock, it's Rod-ney....

When I do a job, I really try to do it well... Including bending rods, it seems! Bent in 2 planes, AND twisted!

 

now thats what i call a bent con rod - how on earth did you do that!!

 

I'm not sure. Bottom end is like a grenade went off.

 

Proper Job! That's on par with the soft watches in Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory

 

It's a 1.8t, for those not on the know... 2 bent rods, 2 broken ones, various holes in the block and one in the sump.
Literally no warning.. Driving, came on boost and BANG!! clatterclatterclatterclatter.

 

Good work sir, frame it for memories sake

 

Now that's a talent, never seen one like it.

 

Wow that's impressive, get some pics of the block on the site.

 

I will once it's stripped of ancillary bits n bobs.

 

What is (was) the spec of the engine?

 

BAM, K04, fmic, with a remap, big down pipe and system.

 

What make are the rods ?

 

Oh stock. Not my build, tbh, I'm not a 1.8t person. I've been told since BAM rods are weak?

 

Most people seem to be of the opinion that 300lb/ft is about the limit which that spec engine could definitely have had. Or a poor map with power spikes, too much boost etc

 

This was out of my GTO-TT a long while back, got a bit too heavy on the nitrous!.

 

What happened to the rest of the piston??

 

I think it ended up on the road to be honest, was data loggin at the time and no Knock before the event so it was just catastrophic engine failure!.

A rod took the crankcase and cast iron girdle out.

All my own fault tbf, live and learn!.