1st blown motor.....

[ryan1]

i remember when i blew a ringland on a my 88 323 b6sohc with boost, the car still ran but threw oil out of the valve cover oil breather, nice pics.

what was the current set-up prior to blowup?
whats are the plans for the car now?

[92_2_fast]

WTF!?!?!?!?! First I have to say: those are some f***ed up feet. Sorry I feel better... I can honestly say I have never seen a piston come apart like that before. Crazy! That sucks big time. Best wishes.

[psiturbo]

Whichever camera it is, like the high resolution images, thanks for sharing.

Instant Save As of all those pictures, I have never ever seen a piston cracked in half. It really got oil dry in can #1, Wow!

I remember when I blew 1 and 4, no fun at all.

Good luck!

[wheresthericego]

Honestly, It looks like you needed more boost. I will not be satisfied until there is a hole in the side of the block...



/damn

[psiturbo]

Jdmpowelol

Honestly, It looks like you needed more boost. I will not be satisfied until there is a hole in the side of the block...



/damn

Or at least a rod go through the firewall...

What have you done to the engine? Any "secret" plans?

Usually from incidents like this good things happen.

[FE3-323]

it has another BP in it from my original 91 LX right now...compeltely unknow milage. over 200K expected.

a rod through the firewall sounds like death... does psiturbo want bpt323 to die

This motor might get a fresh head ported & +1mm valves thats about it tho im afraid to say. the shell on this one just doesn't give me the motivation i need to build something nice.
so im moving onto the other FE3'ed 323 bigger is better anyway

[jbuddy]

dam!!! thats crazy!!! I blew up one of my motors just like that, it was cyclinder 3 the whole side of the piston just fell into the pan, blew the whole thing!!! crazy crazy, suks blowing a motor.

[Shades]

Hmmm... I see that you were possibly running lean on #1 which ate the piston on top before blowing the oil ring out. Also looks like you spun the bearing on that rod too.

Sorry to hear that.

[psiturbo]

Well, not to revive it from the dead yet as it is only a few months, but what happened to this block?

Is this thing back on the road? pics of progress?

I hope it did not end in the for sale sub-forums...

[FE3-323]

the motor wound up being torn down- gave the block to a friend, the head was amazing & sits waiting to be ported.

its currently running a 200k+ mile motor from my first protege years n years ago. Which appears to have recently developed headgasket leak....