wow man that sucks hard core. sorry this happened.
but.. i dont get it. your SURE this thing had oil pressure? to me it looks like it lived long enough for the assembly lube to get used up and that was all she wrote.
id say find a stock LD9 and put it in til you can get this thing fixed.
bore it out another .020, get some good forged pistons, eagles, get the crank checked and if repairable ground to .50mm or .75mm whatever it takes, new bearings. deck the head til its clean again and this time use the starter on the bench/engine stand and make sure you get oil pressure.
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I'll find out more when I pull the other rod bearings and main bearings. I'm done for tonight though.
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Wow man serious carnage! Really sorry to see the damage, I know how much work you put into the initial build
Tim, sorry to see this man.
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wow thats hella damage.....def sucks to see but hopefully it will get back on its feet soon
RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...
At this point it will probably be $5k to get me back to where I was because of all the damage... and the body is getting pretty rusty, so I'm pretty sure I'm gonna wheel the car out of the garage and throw the engine in a pile. Time for a new chassis.
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What do you think caused the failure?
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sorry to see this Tim... was looking forward to see how the car ran
The more I think about it the more I think the wrist pin retainer fell out, and it all went from there.
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I'm a LD9 fan, b ut considering, don't you have a Eco car sitting you could just swap everything from into the red car?
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Yeah, if I was planning on keeping the red car for more than another year. It's not worth saving.
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Transporter7220 wrote:At this point it will probably be $5k to get me back to where I was because of all the damage... and the body is getting pretty rusty, so I'm pretty sure I'm gonna wheel the car out of the garage and throw the engine in a pile. Time for a new chassis.
does this mean your done? sorry to see all the work down the drain. that was my last straw for me an ld9s.
Not done with Cavs and LD9s, but done with this one.
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Transporter7220 wrote:Not done with Cavs and LD9s, but done with this one.
Glad to hear this, sorry about the misfortune though.
damn, that sucks....
if you ever get rid of it, i'll take your trans!!
Yep :/
I'm over it though, onto faster and louder things
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idk how i missed this. thought i read about it somewhere but i guess i missed the carnage thread here. sorry to see this for sure man, but its good to hear you may not be done with the platform or the good old iron block just yet.
just outta curiousity did you ever tear the block completely apart and check the other 3 cylinders?
Not yet, It's still hanging on the stand in the garage, haha.
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I find it funny that I said faster things and you automatically assumed it wasn't a J... lol
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
when you said faster and louder I assumed crotch rocket haha. Faster and louder could mean a turbo with a cutout too