1968 Camaro "Badmotorfinger" v2.2

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

A Wankel -- he loves RPMS!

TURBO Wankel!

[intocarss]

Up dates???????????

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by KlasSic68

Sorry if I missed it somewhere, but do we know what the new motor is going to be?

Haha - go easy on Justin guys... he is the guy who sold me this beast of a car and got me started with a great foundation.

You didn't miss anything Justin -- I haven't let the cat out of the bag yet -- details still being finalized and parts accumulated.

Well after a successful RTTC for me personally and the car, we are even happier and shocked at just how bad the motor was effed up on day 2... we knew it wasn't good but the final score was this:

4 broken pistons
3 bent valves

I'll just let these pictures do the rest of the talking.









The block is actually in decent shape and was only bored .020 over so it's good life left for someone, just not me. Will be figuring out what parts are for sale and what might be reused (if any).

I'll just say I don't plan on being "underpowered" with this next motor.

[intocarss]

Sorry that happen. It looks like a nitrous eng gone wrong.

[Vegas69]

Nice work Gordon Your tune had to be way off to break that many pistons. My guess is your nascar exhaust caused your engine to go lean and that was your overheating issues. The decibel level kept you from hearing the extreme pinging noise. ha ha The piston debris bent the valves. It's a miracle that you didn't spread that thing all over El Toro.

[torino420]

wow...nice carnage!

[Sieg]

Nice work Dave! How are the heads and are they going on the new motor?

FWIW - Todd's assessment sounds about right.

[fleet]

Originally Posted by Flash68

DETECTIVE: Whoever did this didn't just dismantle it. I mean, they took their time, they had fun. They were very systematic. They went out of their way to gouge the sides of every piston, and the turbo was separated from the housing and shoved right up the exhaust pipe.

ELAINE: Uhh

JERRY: Wait a second. Turbo? I didn't have a turbo.

DETECTIVE: Your car's not a turbo?

JERRY: No, it's a nine-hundred S. (happy) It's a turbo, Elaine, a turbo!

ELAINE: (sobbing happiness) It's a tu-hur-bo.