Yup, I cracked a block.
Several months ago, I had the 2.3 out at the track. It had been smoking a bit when I let off the gas, and I assumed it was the turbo still acting badly, and no major problem.
I made a pass, and ran 12.3 @ 111mph, but when I picked up the timeslip, the car was running on 3cyls and eating coolant. I assumed a bad headgasket and drove home about 25 miles and parked the car. I just recently got the head off and was surprised to see the headgasket was fine. I looked a bit closer today and found a crack in #2, right along the coolant passage. Crap.
I'm a bit mad because I thought this block was suppose to be cabable of the abuse I gave it. I never overheated it and ran E85 with plenty of octane to keep detonation away. Guess it just couldn't handle 22psi and a 45 shot.
ohh, incase you are wondering, the piston looks red because of a reflection from the hood.
Several months ago, I had the 2.3 out at the track. It had been smoking a bit when I let off the gas, and I assumed it was the turbo still acting badly, and no major problem.
I made a pass, and ran 12.3 @ 111mph, but when I picked up the timeslip, the car was running on 3cyls and eating coolant. I assumed a bad headgasket and drove home about 25 miles and parked the car. I just recently got the head off and was surprised to see the headgasket was fine. I looked a bit closer today and found a crack in #2, right along the coolant passage. Crap.
I'm a bit mad because I thought this block was suppose to be cabable of the abuse I gave it. I never overheated it and ran E85 with plenty of octane to keep detonation away. Guess it just couldn't handle 22psi and a 45 shot.
ohh, incase you are wondering, the piston looks red because of a reflection from the hood.