[chiphead]

Congrats to all involved. Hopefully the car can get back to ruining tires. I want to see some smoky gopro footage of this thing getting crossed up.

So where did the damaged piston go? It should be on Joe's desk as a serious conversation piece.

[gtofreek]

Originally Posted by chiphead

Congrats to all involved. Hopefully the car can get back to ruining tires. I want to see some smoky gopro footage of this thing getting crossed up.

So where did the damaged piston go? It should be on Joe's desk as a serious conversation piece.

It should have came back with me so I could measure it very closely to see how I could have missed it. That way, at least I learn something else from this whole experience. Having questions without answers is frustrating.

[chiphead]

Originally Posted by gtofreek

It should have came back with me so I could measure it very closely to see how I could have missed it. That way, at least I learn something else from this whole experience. Having questions without answers is frustrating.

I agree. .040" skirt OD reduction, collapse, whatever, between the gauge point and the bottom of the skirt is a lot. Is it all on one side, or both sides? Is any skirt deformation showing? Is it a MFG issue? Is the top ring or accumulator groove pinched? Any other signs of physical damage?

Lots of good questions could be answered by this burnt offering to the god of speed.

[Va68goat]

promptcritical,
I paid $12,175 for a $7,800 motor. Not to include 180 hours and two years of diagnosing the motor. I believe anyone would be upset. The problem with the motor was addressed and fixed. Did I protect myself...absolutely. There is nothing wrong with that. You're right, this got ugly. I never mentioned the failed dyno or said one negative thing until I was forced to pay $2,575 to get my motor back and it came back with the same knock as it had when it was first started.