When things go wrong at 9000rpm

[BlackDC2]

whats the new build??????

your guess is as good as mine, sold the exhaust, intake etc

[szymonsta]

Rod bolt failures such as this are cause by metal fatigue.
This fatigue is induced by one or more over rpm incidents during the engine’s life.
The easiest & most common cause is an over rev on the down shift.
It’s induced by down gearing too soon & the over rev is pushed beyond the limiter by the speed & gearing of the vehicle.
It’s not something any driver strives achieves but it is the single most common cause of rod bolt failure in circuit engines.
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when i spoke to one of the teams racing a dc2R in the GT production category, they had the same thing happen to their engine. after lasting more than 2 full racing seasons which is amazing for a stock engine and shows the durability of the B18C, the driver (a.shepherd) over-revved it on a downchange (rev-limmiter cannot prevent this) which caused exactly the same thing..

[STOCK]

your guess is as good as mine, sold the exhaust, intake etc

to the dark side.... ahhhh choooooooooooooo

[Slaz]

Sorry to hear about your loss Jase, but u cant keep a good man down, sure you'll be back bigger and better as planned.

Cheers for dropping that diff back for me also, catch you round.

[yakuza]

Just get a complete K20 engine from Mugen is the best & the most easiest way to do, right?

[noodleman]

mugen FD2R engine are now available

[Jingers]

i feel like posting "when things go wrong in thailand"

[BlitZ]

damn... good luck with the next build.

[dc2rrrr]

I know how you feel matey. It sucks ass

[tinkerbell]

your guess is as good as mine, sold the exhaust, intake etc

any updates?

[BlackDC2]

any updates?

nah, been flat out with work.

it also doesnt help when the performance industry is such a slow moving industry.

the time it takes for work to be performed would not be acceptable in any other industry.

[tinkerbell]

yeah, the SLA's are pretty woeful...

[kavehman]

The performance industry has an SLA ????? lol yeah right

you guys are talking about workshops right ????

[BlackDC2]

So I pulled apart my tranny apart for shits and giggles and well, I didnt expect to find a broken final drive.

When the engine locked up, something had to give and it just happened to be a $1000 ATS final drive, YAY

[Elwood]

Ouch.

ATS FD's are stupidly priced for B series =\

What are you doing now? This thread was a while back..

For my sake, wtf is the rod bolt - and the rod bolts function?