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Old 04-18-2007, 05:37 AM
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Question most broken engine ever?

This has to be a contender for the most toasted engine ever: clicky

My paticular favorite is:



The bits of shrapnel are all they could recover of the piston.

OOPS!!
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That'll buff out okay.

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A bit of T-Cut will sort it out.
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Looks like my mate's Porsche engine.

Known fault apparently
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My mate blew his one up in his integra..

Shattered the four liners...Ill try and get some pics...
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I've seen one from a 300zx, and on one bank all the con-rods were bannana shapped.
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Originally Posted by Ryn,Apr 18 2007, 05:59 PM
Looks like my mate's Porsche engine.

Known fault apparently
and to think Porsche engines used to last for life
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