How many people have blown their engine?

[TexasKyle]

it seems once you go forced induction your knocking at the door of engine failure with these stock blocks.

correction...stock rods...

 

[lostsoul]

About a month or two before mine. DDog has you beat though...

...umm... yea but he is Canadian...........................

correction...stock rods...

Which leads me to wonder how the 2011 rods hold up

 

[DirtyDogOfTheDesert]

I think I beat all of you.. I am the grand master!! er... but cant remember when. haha. I had the SC on many months. It blew on dyno while trying to tune over meth injection....... meth won

Yeah Ted! I remember laughing at you.........the first time.........long after my first one let go.

 

[ZmanM3]

Interesting reading.

 

[Charlie Sheen]

it seems once you go forced induction your knocking at the door of engine failure with these stock blocks.

Depends on the tuner.

 

[ChevyKiller]

Never lost the stock motor even at 525 rwhp and 12000 miles.

However, I have blown up 3 'BUILT' engines to date. If you're like the majority of guys with built motors and going to be happy somewhere in the 500-600 rwhp range, then I don't think it really matters, but if you are like me and want in the 800+ range - then WHO builds your engine is just as important as what parts go inside of it IMO.


I am more confident with my current engine at 1000 rwhp than any of the other motors I have had at 600 rwhp...

 

[DirtyDogOfTheDesert]

Who sets the cam timing is pretty important too, isn't Mark?

blah, blah, blah......

 

[ChevyKiller]

Who sets the cam timing is pretty important too, isn't Mark?

blah, blah, blah......

Yep - not excusing that bonehead move at all but at least no damage occurred from it...

 

[Freaknazty]

Who sets the cam timing is pretty important too, isn't Mark?

blah, blah, blah......

 

[darkstar november]

i popped my 5.4 in my 05 f150 in late 06. full bolt ons +150 shot. i sprayed it constantly tho. truck moved great with 410's and looked bone stock. wrist pin gave out, drove the truck for 200 miles after i had the nitrous backfire so i could get to and from work til i dropped it at the dealer bone stock

 

[Styre]

i popped my 5.4 in my 05 f150 in late 06. full bolt ons +150 shot. i sprayed it constantly tho. truck moved great with 410's and looked bone stock. wrist pin gave out, drove the truck for 200 miles after i had the nitrous backfire so i could get to and from work til i dropped it at the dealer bone stock

Did they fix it?

 

[darkstar november]

yep

 

[Bingo]

Who the hell are the 3 n/a failures???

 

[Jarrod@latemodelresto]

Who the hell are the 3 n/a failures???

Im one of them!

 

[DirtyDogOfTheDesert]

Im one of them!

I don't really count that one. That is not a "blown" engine. That is a broken butterfly in the CMCV, the engine damage is just collateral damage.
Not the your wallet can tell the difference.

 

[paydirt]

blown up two of them. Stock one at 510rwhp, 3 rods hangin out of it. and my first built motor at 560rwhp. I tried to save some money and re-used the stock valves when re-doing the heads (hand ported with cams and springs) head of a valve broke off...fucked up the head and tore up a piston. Sucks but now I got a whole new setup, should be done this week.

Just goes to show that "there's never enough money the first time, but there is always enough to do it twice." or somethin like that hahah

 

[vinnybarber]

First one at 525hp. One piston in the left header and one
in the right

 

[jroc07gt]

It's far more common for built motors to blow than stock shortblocks, and to an even greater degree stock longblocks. The reason is not just that the built motor is going to be raced hard, but many people underestimate the accuracy with which Ford can mass produce their engines compared to an aftermarket builder.

 

[ZmanM3]

It's far more common for built motors to blow than stock shortblocks, and to an even greater degree stock longblocks. The reason is not just that the built motor is going to be raced hard, but many people underestimate the accuracy with which Ford can mass produce their engines compared to an aftermarket builder.

That is just true because the majority of stock engines are in unmodified DD, and 99% of built motors are raced.

 

[psfracer]

I blew one up at the hangover nationals Jan 1st 2007. Nitrous backfire. Sounded like someone shot a gun in the car. Bright orange flash. Broken windshield. Wow, I can see whats left of my intake manifold even though the hood is "closed".

We need a CARNAGE thread!