1989 5.0 LX vert rebuilt engine, rebuilt AOD trans. 4.10s lots of chrome, and lots of go-fast addons *4/26/08 212hp 261trq with car shifting on dyno at 4300rpm*
pistons are scrap and block needs to be re honed. all my fault, car was running lean and boom, this happens. lesson learned i guess. when i get it running again ill be sure to only let it run 30 mins, check the filter, then take it straight to a tuner. gotta thank woody for being helpfull all the way tho and after finding out what it was not saying "well its your fault now send me my block back and go f yourself". by the way woody i'm gonna send you another email in a few mins about what im going to do about the situation.
what about the heads? that one cylinder looks pretty jacked up.
good luck man, sorry to hear about this!
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1989 5.0 LX vert rebuilt engine, rebuilt AOD trans. 4.10s lots of chrome, and lots of go-fast addons *4/26/08 212hp 261trq with car shifting on dyno at 4300rpm*
all 4 pistons across one side of the engine.... that really sucks
I would have thought it to be a manufacturer defect on the pistons... each one broke in the same excact spot.
That looks a little to precise for "detonation"
like electricity takes the path of least resistance, that area of that piston is the thinnest, where else would they melt and break? Not the first time I have seen it.
all 4 pistons across one side of the engine.... that really sucks
I would have thought it to be a manufacturer defect on the pistons... each one broke in the same excact spot.
That looks a little to precise for "detonation"
like electricity takes the path of least resistance, that area of that piston is the thinnest, where else would they melt and break? Not the first time I have seen it.
On the flipside, Probe has gotten away from the dual valve relief so the piston will be more forgiving
pistons are scrap and block needs to be re honed. all my fault, car was running lean and boom, this happens. lesson learned i guess. when i get it running again ill be sure to only let it run 30 mins, check the filter, then take it straight to a tuner. gotta thank woody for being helpfull all the way tho and after finding out what it was not saying "well its your fault now send me my block back and go f yourself". by the way woody i'm gonna send you another email in a few mins about what im going to do about the situation.
one more reason to be carb!! I got my cat fat!!! from the get go!! lean is mean but fat keeps the cat purrin'!!
so say this happens to me would hope it doesn't but what's this all gonna set you back again......you can pm answer if so desired...sucks though,,, hope it works out for you
well pretty much another 2k, i had bearing failure and crank failure...new crank, bearings, rings, hone, clean, deck, assemble shortblock had to get another flexplate, but that is another story...right around $2,100, i should have just bought woody's short block, o well, i learned from it so i guess it was worth it.
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Damn dude, that sucks! Trust me, Ive been there. I had been running flat-tappet cams in mine, and had 2 fail. The first one was on the 302 bottom end, it ate 12 out of 16 lobes, destroyed the oil pump, crank, and all the bearings. I then stroked it to a 347 (since I had to get a crank anyway, figured it was a good time to do it), and it ate another cam. This time just one lobe. The pump never gave up the ghost, but it got repleced anyway, and again, the bearings had to be replaced. Luckily, this time I got away with having the crank polished and it was good. Now, Ive got a Coast High hyd. roller retrofit cam (reduced base circle) with stock style spider, dogbones, and lifters. It is working great so far, but it took three times to get it here!
If I were you, I wouldn't run it for 30 mins, I would trailer it to the tuner as soon as you know it will run. I would say not to let it run more than 5 minutes, because detonation will ruin an engine faster than anything else, and it doesn't take 30 minutes to start causing damage.
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Tuners are like Tampons... Every Pussy has one! 72 Mustang Coupe. 347 stroker with Edelbrock Performer RPM Heads. Coast High cam. RPM air gap intake with a 650 Demon. Ceramic coated headers. MSD billet distributor, 6AL box, Blaster 3 coil, MSD wires.
Blammo. That sucks hardcore. That's also why it's always better to start off with a colder plug than you think you need and running on the rich side. It's better to be too cold/rich than too hot/lean.
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Who cares how much horsepower it has, all that matters is how fast it goes!
Best run 13.23 at 106.97mph with a 2.183 60' Times from before tune and driver mod.
my car personally would run 15's afr at wot untuned, i started one wot pass and was like o crap glad i got a tweecer :)
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RE: the stroker is no more - 
would hope it doesn't but what's this all gonna set you back again......you can pm answer if so desired...sucks though,,, hope it works out for you
