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      08-30-2015, 10:48 PM   #1
Killerfish2012
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Blown Motor @ the track

So my S65 just rolled 119K miles on the original bearings, and I was at my 7th track event since purchasing it. I put off changing the rod bearings, and was enjoying the day chasing C7 Corvettes. On the third session of the day, I was chasing a C7 Z06, when BAM out of no where the engine blew (Rod Bearings)! See video below:



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I bet 9 out of ten viewers of this thread will automatically assume it was my motor that blew

Brand new Corvette C7 Z06 w/ 8K miles on the clock suffered rod bearing failure:

Towed into the paddock


Brand new 8K mile car:


Axle-rod exited from the side of the engine:
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