G/o/re thread

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i deleted my folder recently...
this is all i have left

>>15253886
That's fucking hilarious

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Wrecked oilpan, I was way too stupid and drove too fast through a dirt road that was deceptively steep.

It only sounded a little harder than a normal scrape, but I still decided to turn off the car and check it out for some reason, when I looked underneath the oil was pouring out. Thankfully there was no damage to the rest of the engine.

>>15253355
>Delivering pizza
>Hit speed bump at night that matched asphalt color at 40 MPH
>Splash pan got ripped out
So glad my oil pan didn't get annihilated - not to mention all the other damage that would've occurred in the drivetrain from that. Whew.

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>>15253355
Got a few I've taken of motors we've gotten in at work. 1/3

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>>15254091
2/3

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>>15254103
3/3

>>15254091
What the hell is that block made of? It looks like polystyrene.

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My car understeered, then oversteered, then I hit a parked car.

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>>15254155
Here's the parked car.

>>15254136
Aluminium friendo

>>15254136
They're aluminum blocks. Ecotec 2.4 litre

>>15254174
>ecotec
Holy shit. WTF happened? Those are normally bulletproof reliable engines!
Did they run it with no oil for a time?

>>15254142
RIP PULSAR

;_;7

>>15254091
Are most of them from lack of oil or wat?

>>15254142
>"ran when parked"

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>>15253355

>>15254136
if you look closely, you can tell it was fucked from the second it was molded
shrinkage cracks, and highly porous appearance(looks like molded polystyrene because the metal started to cool too much before it even got into the mold leaving little chunks of granules of cooled oxidized metal bonded together with metal that was still liquid enough to fill the void between the grains), it should've never made it past QC, but it looks like it did

no idea about that specific image, but metal casting especially aluminum is a massive pain in the ass, and if the machines aren't dialed in, you get shit like that, and if the QC inspector doesn't know what they are looking for we get the shit end of the stick

My car is now rocking what I call LTD, Limited Tooth Differential, I'm sad but will fix it when I can afford. Also synchros are shot so I gotta double clutch everything now.

>>15254142
No low ballers, no tire kickers. I know what I got.

>>15254252
I know gen 1 Ecotecs used lost foam casting for the heads and blocks. The 2.4 was a second gen though. I know gen 3 engines switched to sand-casting, but I think the gen 2's were still lost foam.

>>15254326
Don't really want to sell, make me an offer

i pulled my car out of storage of 2 years because i desperately needed a car to get around for job interviews and my primary is at the transmission shop

After a week it started developing a lifter tick from 2 year old thick sludgy oil. I still need to get around, stores are closed from public holiday today and im driving with a bad lifter tick

how much longer can i drive for until this becomes a major problem? i want to do it asap but i have no time

it had 25-65 in it, but when i do my oil change should i go back to 20-50?

I could take a picture of the underside of my car and it would be top-tier gore, but I'm too lazy to do it which is why my car is broken in the first place.

>>15254409
What do you drive that runs oil that thick?

Regardless, you shouldn't be using oil that old at all.

Just today while I was getting my tires changed this guy in a hemi ram broke his drive shaft in half. Seriously all he did was put it in reverse, then you heard this loud clunk like he hit somebody, and there was his drive shaft just laying on the floor. dodge, not even once.

>>15254199
>tiny rocks being flung into the passenger compartment
>Driving on a rainy day have to wear a raincoat inside your car

>>15254439
ke30

someone told me to go thicker with older cars, so i went thicker, but changing the oil should definately fix it

>>15254459
drying through a forest fire during an evacuation
interior catches fire and you're ablaze like like hell on earth for being such a LOWLIFE faggy tramp stamp

>>15254477
Stick with 20-50. I wouldn't put heavier oil in an engine unless it's really worn out. Just hope you haven't done any permanent damage trying to lubricate your engine with tar.

>>15254538
worse that can happen is flattened cam lobes right?

..right?

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I accidentally the entire ute, is this bad?

>>15254613
really need to flip this car, priced to sell fast

>>15254658
10/10

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>My dad's truck has a constant oil and needs to get topped off every now and then
>Dad likes to get drunk and rev the engine like a madman
>Gets drunk one day
>Revving it like a mad man
>Low oil
>Knock knock knock
>Who's there?
>Bearings
>Bearings who?

>>15254846
>ran when parked

>>15253355
I have to be that guy. What is this? Driveshaft?

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>>15254142
This Kills the Chevrolet.

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>freshened up a 454 for grandfather's truck we're restoring
>new cam, heads, bearings, rings, etc.
>thought we broke in the cam
>had to readjust rockers because slight tick before driving it to show
>drove it to car show the next weekend
>overheating and running rough pulling into the show
>left the show after letting it cool down and walking around the show
>10 minutes from the show on the interstate it looses all oil pressure, running rough as shit, light black smoke coming from exhaust
>tow it home
>tear engine back down to find it had chewed through 3 lifters and cam lobes, metal from those went through shitty fram filter and tore up all bearings throughout engine
>now 4 weeks later we rebuilt it again with new cam, lifters, crank, and bearings and is running great.
big difference this time is we used break-in oil, and broke the engine in by the instructions.
>tl;dr read the instructions.

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>>15254923

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Not really gore, but I had bought an intake for my old inline 6 from a swap meet. The intake is supposed to have 2 holes in the bottom of it for a water jacket in the intake to keep fuel from condensating inside. Noticed they were plugged at the show. Just the other day I started cleaning the holes out and found that they were plugged with gum and nickels.

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>>15254091
Who thought it would be a good idea to make an engine out of Styrofoam?

>>15254959
Saw you in other thread.
Its still funny though.

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>Trying to remove a drain plug on my SBC 350 after a rebuild.
>Internet says it can be removed with a 3/8 ratchet.
>Put it 3/8th ratchet and spin it.
>...
>It is not 3/8ths and the shitty ass metal just stripped and is now a circle...
>Try to drill it out with a bolt remover
>Doesn't work
>Confined space and accidentally get the tail end of the threads
>bolt remover isn't removing it...
>Pull out the hammer and chisel
>6 hours later it is rotating out.

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>>15255035
>I get pissed off at it and being stubborn doesn't help
>Say I'm going to remove this shit by the end of the day after dealing with it for months and ordering the wrong size bits to remove it properly.
>In my anger, I chisel to far in and get the threads and a portion of the head.

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>>15254658
Couldn't resist.

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Does this count?

A drain plug in the head?
Also- one trick to getting out stuck plugs is heating them with a propane torch. Plugs usually have loctite on them and heat will loosen the loctite.

>>15255058
YESFUCK

>>15255047
>only rolled once

>>15255058
brbcommittingsuicide

>>15254153
So much pollution. sigh

>>15255058
desu those lights would probably be nice on a stock white one...

Wish I had my old roter to show you guys.
Piston blew on my caliper on the way down from work, had to tough it out and drive home because I'm a retard. Brake pad was completely wore down on one side and grooved the shit out of it. Thought it was my bearing.

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Local idiot wouldn't listen to me about changing his electronic shifter in his transfer case. Blew his 4Hi engagement clutch out.

>>15255062
Temp sensor plug* whoops

>>15254136
It was cast in a foam mold.

>>15254923
you know modern oils don't work with flat tappet lifters right?
shit dont have the ZDDP like old oils did.

only the rotella diesel oils have the zinc needed for old flat tappets

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Transmission, 4th gear crushed. It was a shitbox so it was expected

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I lowered my truck

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What's my gap again?

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>>15255944
No, no they don't, they have reduced levels as of years ago. You're only safe using a zinc additive.

During break in, it is crucial to use break in additives or oil, afterwards you can run conventional oil but the zinc and phosphorus will help slow down that wear and tear.


>do not use synthetic oil for break in or first 500 miles on flat tappet cams (see engine/cam break in instructions incase otherwise stated)

>do some research on ZDDP content of additives

>personally i use about a quarter of a bottle of Lucas Break In Oil on a fresh 350, no issues after 5500 and counting abused miles

>>15254133
I got tetanus just by looking at this.

>>15255964
>took my th350c in for a rebuild after shop sold me wrong one off the shelf
>come back next day to pick it up
>they tell me the pump was cracked and fucked
>planetary gears destroyed
>teeth missing off every gear (still shifted and drove fine, oddly)
>input shaft was fucked too

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Posted this before, but here's my rekt oil sump after overtightening the tranny mounting bolt at the bottom because I'd forgotten the spacer plate that goes there. Good times (not really).

>>15255043
That's not a big deal though, no? You can just tap a new thread and get a bigger bolt.

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>>15256168
Used comp cams break-in oil while breaking it in. Changed the oil immediately afterwards to a conventional and added a break-in/zinc additive. Then we changed the oil again after driving it for 50 miles with convetional and the additive. So far no weird noises. Only problem we're having now is it overheating. With the small radiator we have in the truck, it isn't able to keep the engine cool while sitting in traffic. We're about to add a second radiator under the bed of the truck to see if that solves the problem.

>>15256576
...........lol

>>15254136

Materials Science Engineer here. There is a process called lost foam casting (look up lost wax casting for comparable process). That surface texture could be a result of this process.

However, I didn't think any manufacturers used the process as it is still fairly expensive. Most engine casting is done in sand molds.

I agree with the guy who said this should never have made it past QC. That grain structure and crystallization is ridiculous. This shit was just waiting to break in a dramatic fashion.

>>15256587
>americans

>>15256659

neither of those cars are sold in the US. Try again.

>>15256687
>americans

>>15256576
I'll give you about tree fiddy for that raptor in the background

>>1525658

That's awesome. If you cant park you deserve this.

>>15254023
>oil pan made from cast potmetal

>>15254155
>>15254162
>understeered in a fucking parking lot
must have been using a non factory approved tyre size.

Also, that Swift you crashed into is probably a total loss as far as insurance is concerned.
Somebody is going to buy it for €800, spend €400 on repairs and sell it for €4000

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>>15254133
Looks like a pool cleaners truck.

I used to work near a pool cleaning company that had a big banner up that said

> Failure to hose off you truck at the end of your shift is a terminable offense.

>>15256638
It is used actually, BMW uses that method regularly.

>>15256708
It's not a raptor. It's a kid's I 80cc yamaha.
:^[

>>15255058
Since when does Batman drive a Honda?

>>15256895

Well, shit. Learn something new every day.

>>15255944
Valvoline VR-1 oil has high zinc

>>15255944
>>15258012
I just use regular oil with a separate zinc additive. Can't get the Valvoline Race oil anymore in my area (didn't try online, NAPA pulled it off the shelves though)

>>15258035
My carquest has it and will order it for me if its out if stock

>>15256638
>materials science engineer here
you dont need to be an engineer to know what lost foam casting is, bro. as evident by the two poster who already answered

and taking a materials course your freshman year does not make you an engineer bub

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The car did it's job, thankfully everyone is fine except for minor bruises.

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pinion nut came loose and the pinion shaft did some heavy dirty dancing with the carrier. just tightened the nut and loctited it and now it works

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>>15253355

got sandwiched between a semi and another car while stopped in traffic. Was a good car, taught me how to drive stick. Lot of memories...

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>>15258319
another one

>>15255047

Funny story actually. I'm a Tow op, and I had to roll a car like that once that sat on its roof for a good hour or two before I was called. In situations like this the fire department never bothers to disconnect the battery because its a write off anyway, but buddy was insisting it was fine.

So I roll it over, and one of the fire fighters I'm friends with comes over to chat. Suddenly we both hear a starter go. Buddy that owns the car tried to fucking start it. Suffice to say, the loud bang as the pistons all bent themselves to shit was pretty great.

The best part was he still insisted it was fine and just needed to sit, so he had me tow it back to his house. Then the next morning he called and complained that I broke his car because it wont start anymore.

>>15258319
>>15258326
>those fucking stickers everywhere

>>15258356
more stories pls

>>15258358
obligatory for all honda owners.

say what you will, I had a lot of fun with that car.

>>15254480
>car is so low you have fresh air

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>>15253355
>Nebraska or Bust 3 days ago
>rebuild 1965 impala to working, running condition with 0 prior experience
>drive car 850 miles in 2 days from Texas to Nebraska, then another 200 to home
>car overheating with an hour left before finish line, pull over
>parents insist on meeting me while car cools and escorting me back
>i show dad my work and he adjusts some things (keep in mind i made it over 1000 miles without issue outside overheating)
>drive rest of way, get within 5 miles of home
>suddenly tire blows out
>control car to shoulder, smoke now coming from engine compartment and oddly from blown wheel
>suddenly fire, drum is red hot and catching rubber on fire
>lots of extra coolant and water from long trip, douse flame
>doesn't die
>fire gets big
>pic related, my mom is looking for more stuff to pull from the car

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>>15258521

>>15258521
shit i didn't know drum break could catch fire
but why did you rebuild that impala without putting disk brakes ? no one wants the slowing power of 60's drum brakes

>>15254133
this is what you get for using plastic bed liners in wet and salty places of work

>>15255058

Ew

>>15258319
deserved it to be honest

>>15258566
thanks captain hindsight

>>15258596
this.

teenager having fun with his car? heresy. Deserved the cruel fate it got.

>>15255058
MMOOODDSSSSSSSS

>>15258617
no problem ,buddy glad i could help you

>>15255058
would drive desu

>>15253886
I.......

Really it's like people hate ground clearence

>>15258121
Shame the driver didn't do their job...

>>15258566
No reason to switch to discs in the back. Big drums back then were just as powerful as most OEM discs. If you really need more braking power in the rear you can use drums from wagons and fullsize sedans, Ford had drums up to 11x2.75 which is way more power than you can use on a 3500lb car on the rear. Discs in the front are nice though.

>>15258356
Where do they make these people? christ sakes take some responsibility

>>15258723
One truck hit the another's back causing it to veer into oncoming traffic.
And there's guard rails on both sides, nothing you can do, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

>>15258521
y-you're not going to junk it are you?

>>15258319
>"Simply Clean"

Sure as hell ain't now.

>>15258521
was probably dragging oh so slightly. Sucks man.

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Because race car...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu6-rbMHWp0
^video of rod ejection

>>15254196
No just normal ecotech problems

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>>15258830
oh and this was the day before....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1CzK5yRp40
Revving to 8500 on a d16 trying to get off the track might have something to do with the rod....

>>15258815
Simply Rekt

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head-on collision with someone who tried to left-turn into a Walgreens across two lanes of traffic through a one-lane hole

>>15254142
>>15254188
That's a 924 turbo

>>15256638
A lot of manufacturers use it to make engines lighter I also know Honda and Toyota and Lexus and Chevy had some problems in the mid 2000's with blocks that were porous

>>15256587
He could have at least parked his truck better after all that.

>>15258356
Why did that happen? What happens to the car after its rolled that it wont start?

>>15256847
it wasn't a parking lot
it was a one way street with parking
and the tyres are stock

the insurance can't pay a new axle? that's bullshit.

>>15259102
All the oil goes past the pistons and sits in the combustion chamber. Hydrolock when cranked over, can bend rods. Expensive.

Always pull plugs and vrank engine over to get any shit out if this happens.

>>15259187
>the insurance can't pay a new axle? that's bullshit.
The axle isn't really the issue, it's that the whole rear quarter is fucked.

>>15254891
looks kinda like a cv axle, looks like the end is threaded for an axle nut

>>15254923
run vr1 racing oil in it

>>15259200
i honestly think that a good body shop can repair that part, although with some effort

>>15255047
VTEC kicked in yo!

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This is a late model dodge minivan that, from what i can figure, lost a lugnut and the stud rattled off the hub and got caught on one of the hub mounting bolts locking up the wheel and shearing off the remaining studs causing the wheel to fly off. Fun!

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before the hei swap

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>>15259259
like this?

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>>15256889

>mfw i thought that someone made a wood hitch as a joke, then realized it's metal

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>>15259273
I have done that as well

>>15259266

Wow thats a good one! Lol

Four lug hub with a pressed bearing and front wheel drive? Old honda?

>>15259288
the WAT CRX
Sheared the hub off racing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9HwyXUA-Do

>>15254091
shit i work on diesel engines and if i took a picture of any of the stuff ive seen you wouldnt believe it

>>15259306
>Those shit tires on a fucking ferrari
Deserved it desu

>>15259298
Your last name isnt Moser is it? My old boss raced crxs at waterford hills. He held the record for a while in B i think?

>>15259318
Those are the stock tires. The Pirelli Systemos that came on F40s are just as bad, they look like all terrains, even have sidewall treads

>>15259361
No, I think Moser sold both of those CRXes

>>15259370
Well, it's not 1986 anymore.
I sincerely hope the owner cared enough to get decent tires.

>>15259378
Haha small world huh. I worked for him in the mid 00's when he still owned a shop in westland

>>15259385
Cool, I am in that general area of Michigan

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>>15258566
the drums didn't catch fire, the rubber did. the drums were glowing red hot. and like the other guy said, drum brakes are preferable in the rear due to the way the axles are set up (rear ends will essentially push disc brakes apart off the rotor and cause loss of brake pressure)
>>15258774
no, she's my baby. the wheel isn't even broken. i got a new tire mounted today and with a wheel cylinder rebuild kit and a brake parts rebuild kit, the wheel will be back together in no time. all the other damage was on the list for repair anyway
>>15258818
yeah. kinda the theme of my rebuild though. each success brings a new failure, something new to fix. after the huge success of 2 months of work getting me to nebraska, i had to have a huge failure too. that's the way it had to be

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Oc

#2 piston out of a ford focus

>>15259236
Lel noone repairs shit like that nowadays. The panel damage plus the while rear axle, wheel bearing etc, and it's close to the value of the car. Eg economic write off

>>15254155
>understeer then oversteered
sure bud.

>>15255058
Canadian here, release the nukes, erase BC from our map

>>15256576
Get a better radiator and run an electric fan if you aren't already. What temp thermostat you running anyways?

>>15255058
DELETE THIS

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I plan on rebuilding my LT1 in the next year. Has zero problems but i wonder what gremlins await me.

>>15258319
>>15258326

deserved

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found this when changing plugs.
kinda hard to see but you really have to get under the master cylinder to get a good visual, fucked up when buying the car and not inspecting it properly.

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>>15259579
If it ain't broke anon...

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Wasn't a great car, but it was my first car and I loved it. Friend took a blind corner too fast while I was riding in my other friend's STI. No one was hurt and his insurance paid for it, but still, lesson learned.

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>>15259618
This is the F-150 that he hit, btw

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>>15259612
Its gonna be 20 years old. It has oil leaks and slight exaust leak. The t56 likes to pop out of reverse sometimes. It aint broke but its hardly a spring chicken. Figured if im already gonna be inside it might as well go balls deep.

Already taught myself to rebuild harleys. Ford 4.6 was easy. Lets see what the infamous "hurr durr muh push rods" has in store for me.

>>15259618
>but still, lesson learned.

What. Dont let other people drive your shit? Isnt that day one stuff?

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>>15259642
How many miles on the clock?

>>15259682
1997
Just past 160k. Military car that sat through a few deployments.

>>15253886
>bro I ripped the front
>gotta keep the cool keep going bro...

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>>15259710
At that mileage I understand then. I've got a lower mileage LT1 so that's why I was curious.

>>15259710
Optispark never got you? Cool.

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>>15259720
Yea dude. Its a fucking trooper. Like i said the whole reason i want to rip it apart is for the experience points and that warm and fuzzy after covering EVERYTHING possible.

And the reason i havent done it yet is cause you have to lift the som bitch and drop the entire damn front end to do any real work

>>15259737
Negetive. I bought it from one of my marines who replaced that along time ago.

>1994 chevy corsica
>back when I was underageb& early 2000s
>decide to race my friend in his avalanche for shiggles
>doing fine, he slows down suddenly
>apparently the road dips pretty harshly on this road at once place
>take air for a few seconds
>pull the pins right through my front lower sway bar
>tear CV boot
>still won

>same car, sometime later
>coming down a hill, catch ice
>go up onto a hill, through a bush, and just barely avoid hitting a tree
>ripped transmissions lines out, trans oil everywhere in the snow

>>15259538
>what is lifting your foot
>what is weight transfer

>>15259530
Well, I'm probably very screwed if that's true. Fuck.

>>15253355
me and my m8 when we stupidly did a clutch on a fwd car didnt take speedo gear off the right hand side of the car.
we guessed that the driveshaft was just stuck in or something so we cut the transmission end of the driveshaft and popped the balljoint out.
dumb as hell(we had no idea) but at least there are driveshaft boot rebuild kits because it looks like lots of people bust the boots on driveshafts getting them out.

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>>15253355
Oddly my life started getting better after the wreck

>>15253886
Jesus fuck why?

>>15256587
And he walks away like nothing ever happened

Do these people seriously have no remorse?

>>15259879
It is definitely true, at least here in aus. I have to work on shit like this all the time, have a pretty decent idea of what insurance companies do now.

>>15260034
Faggot should have parked properly.

>>15255058
JESUS CHRIST FUCK - WTF CANADA

>>15259569
We have 2 electric fans on the radiator. We have a 160F thermostat in it. It'll stay around 195-205 while driving, but in traffic it likes to creep up to 210-220. If it passes 220, we usually pull over to let it cool down a bit.

>>15259538
That absolutely happens

>>15255184
Don't you just love it when this happens when people don't listen to you? I know I do.

>>15259579
I've got a 95 z28 with the LT1 & T56. I love it. Just changed the clutch in it.
>About a month ago I noticed everything was oily around the front timing cover so I decided to change the seals in the cover.
>Have to take off the optispark distributor to get to the seal I need to change
>decide to take the distributor cap off to see what kind of shape it's in
>as soon as I open the distributor, oil spills everywhere from inside it
My optispark was full of oil and my car was somehow still running great.
Maybe GM ment to make the optispark filled with oil and have regular oil changes like the engine?

>>15259618
>turning in a mustang

WEW

>>15259236
A good bodyshop can repair the damage. But that whole panel is going to need to be cut out and another one welded in because its too creased and ripped to be beaten back into shape.
But before that, most of the interior will need to be disassembled to prevent it from catching on fire. Then the whole side of the car will need to be prepped for paint and sprayed because if you blend a repair, the clear coat will eventually fail.
Thats at least 4days days of work to fix the body damage alone and a cost of at least €1000 including materials and labor. The insurance will likely give the owner a sum and let him keep the car.

He can either sell the car and buy a replacement, or use the money to fix it.

If he knows a good 'local bodyshop' if you know what I mean, he can get a good deal on the repair and actually keep some of the insurance money.

>>15259502
valve seat drop?

>>15260034
He did it on purpose why would he feel remorse

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Saw this at work. Customer said his tranny was literally sideways. Threw it up on the lift, sure as shit it was.

>>15259236
They'd have to cut out every layer of that quarter panel and weld it back in, then body fill it, paint it, and buff it. That would cost too much in hours, don't know how much it would cost in parts. It depends.

Costs too much = totaled = just get a new one. Simple.

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Hey its my first time on /o/, can i post aircraft stuff here? I am an aircraft mechanic

>>15260358
Ya

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Caught a sign with my front swing while backing out of a spot

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>>15260411
Body shop wanted $2800 to fix everything proper, I bought the panel, reinstalled it and re-pinned the fender liner for $211 and half a day.

>>15260217
used to work at a tire store, saw this all the time. kids would lower their rides, and never fix the camber because it looked cool. then they come back in 2000 miles complaining that their tires are all jacked up. well no shit!

>>15260393
Dope, i will dump some then

>>15260358
this pic is a custom made wingtip created by the owner.

>>15256168
>zinc will help slow down that wear and tear.

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>>15260358
more dump
so what the next few pics are going to be is the nose landing gear nuts touching the aircraft and grinding down it every time it opens or closes. On top of that every time you would put the landing gear down it would groan and stick up a bit, then drop out and slam down. He has been flying it like this for 15 years because he is licensed to do his own inspections.

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>>15260517

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>>15260517
more dump, this is the grove it cut int the metal

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>>15260517
more dump, here is a better pic of the groove

>>15260540
also that is sideways no idea why its flipped

>>15260517
hm i do not have a pic of this but on the same plane the leading edge on both wings was 100% fucked. The guy put his own edge on 15 years ago and it is bent in really weird ways. That and the whole air frame is slightly twisted. we have no idea how it fly's straight

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>>15256236
You would have to take off the heads and send them a welder that can do cast iron. I settled with trying to just RTV the shit out of it, but kept getting pinhole leaks.

CCG advised against using JB Weld, and doing it the "right" way. However, this car has cost me way too much money already and it is a rebuilt engine that I had just overhauled.

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>>15253355
Dumping the clutch at 4.5k with slicks.

Can you faggots stop posting 5400x3000 photographs, please? Shit is stupidly large and slow to draw in the page. Fuck.

>>15260653
whops

>>15260411
>>15260430
Reminds me of when I had a friend guide me into a tight parking spot.

>Keep going, keep going
>*crunch*
>madangryface.jpg
>You said keep going!
>"Yeah, but you're driving"
>memeface.jpg
>...

Luckily it was just paint transfer and most of it buffed out, but still. What is the point of guiding someone where they can't see if you're going to make them hit something...

>>15260644
I can't even tell what this is.
Was this a driveshaft?

>>15260653
What you need a 56k warning or something bitch?

>>15254170
Wrong. It's actually made of aluminum

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>>15260495
Do some research, just because your honda doesn't need zinc doesn't mean that doesn't stand true for the older motors. EPA guidelines mandated lower levels of ZDDP and Phosphorus in modern oils, old flat tappet's don't like that. Don't believe me? Then why is it break in oil is used by any reputable engine builders of flat tappet cams in situations where race regulations, or customer budget, don't allow for hydraulic lifters? People have sent off oil samples from fresh off the factory floor Corvettes to see upwards of 5000 PPM ZDDP content in their oil. Modern oils can see as low as 500 PPM, a break in on flat tappets should be using oil between 2400-2800 PPM ZDDP, some people go as high as 5000 PPM.


Hell, go look at crate motors with flat tappets, every single break in manual recommends the use of break in oils, and every break in oil, has higher ZDDP and phosphorus levels than any off the shelf oil.


>Rotella / Diesel oil meme

ZDDP and Phosphorus among other additives in diesel oil has been on decline since mid/late 90's.


>VR1 racing oil and others similar

Also seen decreased levels, multiple online sources of people emailing companies about their ZDDP/Phosphorus contents receiving emails back stating the actual content in PPM.


I've broken in countless motors, and never wiped a lobe or dished a lifter on a flat tappet, I've always stuck to using break in lubricants or oils depending on the situation, run the motors 2200-3200 RPM varying for 30 minutes before letting them cool, change the oil, check the oil filter, valves etc; and changing the oil, again using break in additives/oils and broken in for the next 800 miles.

>>15254562
Try fucked bearings in the bottom end, soon to become spun, and chew a rod to oblivion.

>>15254562
Nah m8 yer fucked. Thick oil like that doesn't flow for shit especially when cold and on startup, essentially starving the engine of proper lubricants. Run what the manufacture recommends, at most throw in something like hyperlube oil stabalizer, and not the whole goddamned bottle, if it's burning/ticking bad on normal oil.

>>15260711
Get better friends

>>15260141
220F isn't overheating.
it a bit hot but not dangerous.
factory SBCs in the 90s were designed to run at 210F

>>15260517
>licensed to do his own inspections

Terrifying. I've been going to school for my A&P for 2 years. I assume this is general aviation stuff? How worn were the cotter pins on those nuts from the contact? Looks pretty bad.

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i FUCKED this road....think I was kinda heavy for it.....what do you think?

P.s the first tow truck lost his winch [10k winch]...it got ripped out..they had to get the big boy 40k winch

>>15253355
that's not gore, that's almost beautiful

>>15260871
Not in Australia it's not. We spell things correctly here xD

>>15260980
>>15261053
looks like im walking to the motor shop for oil, im not driving it until i do an oil change

>>15256691
See. >>15256687

>>15260034
the only remorse he has is remorse for buying a fatass truck for city commuting and still not knowing how to back in to park

>pulls in
>parks worse than the guy he hit

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Poor preventative maintenance

>>15259720
Fucking love that colour on bikes

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Manufacturer failure... Sad but true

>>15260266
Yup paid 300 for the car 500 for the parts and a weekend of my time

>>15258356
Great story desu senpai.

>>15257275
Yeah but a kids raptor right?

>>15255058
Why would someone do that?

>>15259427
Its all good. Such is life with an old car that you drive regularly. Just stay on top of the issues you know about so they don't become bigger ones and stay positive.

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>driving home
>some chucklefuck passes by me the other way with (what i didn't know at first to be) an unsecured load of coke-can sized pieces of brass
>right when i pass him one falls off of his truckbed and ricochets off of the road, striking the radiator of the car
>thought it was a piece of wood or something so i didn't think much of it and kept going home
(cont.)

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>>15262396
>engine temperature was gradually increasing but didn't realize it
>got home right when it reached 100f or so
>when i stopped i realised what the thing actually was
>it dented the radiator, punched a hole in my grill and knocked a few pipes off
if that piece of metal had bounced up any higher it probably would have killed me.

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>>15262402
the worst part is, i kept finding more and more of the metal pieces around town, which means he's probably fucked up more cars than just mine.

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this wasn't directly my fault, but was driving and suddenly the car got wayyyy louder so I knew a hole had opened.

>>15262475
i knew i was gonna have to fix it at some point, but didn't figure the flanges would blow that soon after i bought the car

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>>15260219
Kek.

I replaced the radiator on my 94 Formula a month ago because it split down the middle. Good ol stock rad. I replaced it, flushed the engine block and put fresh brand new clean coolant in it. She ran so cool... Then the waterpump pisses itself not a week later, killing my optispark and making me drain all my fresh coolant out.

Owell. I'm replacing the waterpump with an electric one, here's hoping changing the optispark out gives her the pep she once used to have.

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>>15262484
Yours must be a 93 or early 94. Yours has the non-vented optispark which are prone to dying faster than the vented. :c
Mine has been fine up until I changed the clutch a few weeks ago. Maybe I screwed a wire up somewhere while changing it? Just yesterday while I was starting from a redlight,
>press gas
>use clutch to start moving car like normal
>release clutch pedal and begin to press gas harder
>reach a point in the gas pedal where the engine just dies, almost like I'm just hitting a kill switch
After about 5 seconds of it trying to die and trying to get the car moving, it just fixes itself and runs fine the rest of the day.

>>15262396
Desu you should have picked them all up and scrapped them. Fuck that guy. Brass is like $2 per pound

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>>15262546
Yup, mine's the non vented. Gotta love that 94 year. Sounds like you had a little moisture in the cap from something. But it should be fine since you have the vented one (I assume). Damn things though.

Makes me want to do a 24x conversion but the kit is like $1500.

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>>15262592
...never even heard of a 24x. I was onto something called a dynaspark? I think thats what its called. Anyway its supposed to be a shitload better than the opti.

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Here is some OC from last winter.

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>>15262592
>>15262768
MSD makes a full replacement distributor for the optispark that has their own type of sensor inside it. No idea if they're any more reliable though.

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>>15262768
what the hell even causes that to happen? seen it happen at drag races a few times.

hot off the presses. underside of my truck.

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I managed to melt a piston on my Gt-Four, I put it down to it being a jap import and being tuned for 100 ron fuel (best here is 97.)

I sold it as a rolling shell and now it's running again with a new engine but it's been resprayed bright purple / riced to the max.

>>15262574
i just keep it as a souvenir for when i almost died :')

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>>15262857
Pic related, Yes that is an alien on the hood.

>>15258319
Fuck you for getting that Pokemon card wet

I hope you and your Honda burn

>>15254155
Are you a woman? Post tits

>>15259316
What am I looking at
Did someone drop wings?

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>tfw a dirty arab sideswipes your friends nice LS460

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nothing too bad
sounds nice

>>15259802
>trans oil
Cis scum...

>>15260217
Quasimodo?

>>15260217
Don't drive on me or my son every again.

>>15262833
Too much traction for the suspension. It's called wheel or axle hop. Basically the tires jumping off of the road due to too much traction causing an incorrect toe (& pinion) angle.
It's way easier to do with leaf springs, as the force of the axle pushing forward can "wrap" the spring and cause stress on the rear pinion u joint, which can lock given enough angle.
Effectively, when the rear tires grip well enough, the rear axle pushes forward, which makes it rotate, changing the toe, which then rebounds back and forth until either you let off, the u-bolts have had enough, or any other kind of massive drive-axle failure.

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>>15263430
in other words, the axle's putting down so much power it literally rips itself off the frame?

neat.

>>15263446
Pretty much. The only real cure at that point is to put a traction bar on to hold the axle in place so it doesn't move forward of backward in the wheelwell.

>>15258541

THE GOOOSE IS LOOOOOSE

>>15262475
Dats a 99 Era outback ain't it.

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Gas tank on a PT cruiser

>>15258319
>>15258326

I like it, RIP in piece small Asian friend.

>>15261314

How heavy where you? A couple snatch blocks and a wire rope good to 3750 (Which should be on a 10k winch) could get that out.

>>15260644
TOO MUCH POWAH

>>15263430
It came apart because someone converted the car over to a 4 link and did shit welds with shit fab skills.
Axle hop doesn't help but if everything is built properly it will handle it. Leafs are susceptible to wheel hop yes, but you'll never see this happen to a leaf spring car unless it was rusted to fuck.

>>15262484
That's an auto zone radiator, isn't it?

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>>15265095
Yeee. It's not half bad. Kept the car pretty cool compared to my 22year old factory one.

>>15264725
I disagree. You can have axle hop in a brand new, rust free car, as long as you have too much traction (& torque) for the suspension. It happens in brand new, regeared diesel trucks just due to the sheer torque twisting the axles

>>15265134
Wasn't talking bad about it, I just work there. Memes aside, they're solid enough parts, plus lifetime warranty.

>>15260482
nigga thats a mercedes rim, they dont stance shit...ive worn my tires ao bad they show belt but never got bulges from it

>>15265182
>rim

>>15265182
The bulge is from gross overinflation, not tire wear.

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Dont drive to Long Island, kiddos.

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Found this gem a few mins ago.

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>>15265800

>>15265171
I meant about the rear end coming out. Yes anything can have wheel hop

>>15265806
>>15265800
>Coldair

My fuckin ass.

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Jackstands + asphalt + 80+degree temps + didn't block the front wheels like an idiot

>>15262904
kill it with fire

>>15259404
did you ever go to those karcepts 36mm hubs?

>>15265800
>cone filter TOUCHING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD

*sigh*...

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>>15263430
>>15263446
can be fixed with traction bars

>>15262948
I think that used to be a cat.

>>15255035

Vise grips

>>15265797

t. pennsylfailia

>>15259618
Shitstang pls go

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>>15262396
improperly secured loads make me want to be a loose cannon highway cop

if you drive around with bricks and wheels and wood and fucking brass cylinders flying off your truck into people's windshields I'm giving you a ticket for the load, the 6 over you were doing, your flickering license plate illuminator, your window tint, and your seatbelt, I'm slapping your gf's ass, and I'm claiming that you reached for something so I can execute you and your passengers on the spot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazTQVi1CEE

>>15260217
QUADDDEEEE, START THE ENGINEEE

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does this count

>>15266245
MULTI-KILL

>>15253355
I see you stole Bob's pic.

>>15260813
Yes

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Muh oc. Bought the engine for $300 because it had a knock. I found the knock.

>>15266370
Has science gone too far?

>>15266563
!!!CLICK NOW TO FIND OUT!!!

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Broken diff housing, two blown diffs, three blown transmissions, one engine, multiple control arms, subframe replaced once, rack replaced once, three doors (two driver, one passenger), four fenders. All from drifting

>>15266846

What piece of shit are you drifting thats falling apart like that?

>>15266870 haha it's what happens when you run 300whp through a car that originally made 95. 91 Miata that's been converted to all 1.8 stuff now. Doesn't break anymore lol

>>15253355
my mom bought me an old nissan and i revved it to 6k and dumped the clutch diving it home, the day i got it, and the clutch was ruined

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Toasty clutch

>>15266007
it's actually touching the upper radiator hose, but close enough!

>>15255058
isnt that just an accord with some kind of nsx bodykit? Their rear lights are very similair

>>15260217
its pregnant

>>15268683
pretty sure it's a Fiero

>sitting at a stoplight yesterday with friend
>light turns green
>as traffic pulls away, I notice a 1/4 ton pickup behind me suddenly tip to one side
>rear passenger wheel had fallen off and was now rolling into the cross street
>truck limps to the side of the road where the drum falls off
>tire meanwhile bumped the first guy at the cross street
>I pull over, go retrieve tire
>lug studs on the truck completely sheared off
>lug holes in wheel worn about 2 inches more circular
>maybe an inch of wheel left before the center fell off
>friend and I both wat
>lady driving said her neighbor has been loosening her lugnuts
>cop pulls over
>friend and I leave

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>>15268683
Nope.

>>15261144
Yea it's GA, and the pins where surprisingly not too worn. Oh also on this one there is hardly any nuts and bolts on it that are the correct size, and almost every rivet on both wings is completely fucked up so we have to replace them. All of them. I have no idea how it is not totalled

>>15256587
I don't get it. It's barely big enough for a sedan. Why the fuck would he get mad? Maybe he knows the owner.

>just a joke, bro!

>>15260813
That or a halfshalft

>>15269892
No source, but from what I heard the garage has assigned spots, sedan driver took pickup's spot and left on vacation. Again, just hearsay.