Blown engine

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by jcolley

Two in progress at the moment. One N/A and one S/C.

Coincidental timing then, the shop just called me and asked, they referred the guy to me. They only do the boring and pass the honing and alusil exposure of to me. Let's hope you don't need any of that.

I'm assuming the new block will require all that as I won't trust a random block. More to come...

[wyatth]

Holy crap. I’m so sorry to hear that! What a massive drag.

Stock xpipe/cats?

[xander_g]

Sorry to hear, hopefully you'll be sorted and running in no time

[nycplumber]

Does that mean the cams are toast?

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by wyatth

Holy crap. I’m so sorry to hear that! What a massive drag.

Stock xpipe/cats?

aftermarket xpipe/cats

3 seasons of double tracking are probably more than what any cat can take.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by nycplumber

Does that mean the cams are toast?

Nopes, the cams are aliiiiveeee!!

They will be transplanted to the next block

[tdott]

Very sad news, sorry to hear!
Wish you best of luck getting it sorted.

What was the mileage on the motor? It was fairly low right?

[nycplumber]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

Nopes, the cams are aliiiiveeee!!

They will be transplanted to the next block

Yes!!!! I'm happy about that. Let me know if you need any help with anything. I'm not too far away.

[NeverL8]

How many miles do you have on BE bearings? It would be good to find out how they look.

[Law]

Very sorry to hear, but glad to see you're not giving up on her.

Subscribed for updates.

[Shredicus]

What?! Oh man, what a heartbreaker...

[wyatth]

Can you share the brand of Xpipe/cat?
I've never heard of this issue, and figured plenty people track with cats. That's nuts.
Still feel for you, brother ...

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by tdott

Very sad news, sorry to hear!
Wish you best of luck getting it sorted.

What was the mileage on the motor? It was fairly low right?

The engine was in beautiful condition. Compression and leakdown numbers are in the 1st page

55k miles

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by TheRussski

How many miles do you have on BE bearings? It would be good to find out how they look.

20k miles on them. If it indeed was the mains i expect the engine to be pretty chewed up

[GMWNashville]

Anyone else think the misfire/smoking/bad cat may play into an injector issue?

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by wyatth

Can you share the brand of Xpipe/cat?
I've never heard of this issue, and figured plenty people track with cats. That's nuts.
Still feel for you, brother ...

Plenty of people track, but as everything in this world, there are many different levels of tracking. Just like 'racing', where people which are practically parked on the track talk a lot about their AER/Chump/whatever racing teams.

I don't think there are many cars that are double-tracked to this level. And as always, depending on the speed you start to see issues.

The best high flow cats are gesi or hjs (or hjc?). They are warrantied for two years. My xpipe lasted longer than that.

The xpipe is the ess hfc xpipe. For what its worth, I don't blame the xpipe. I should have been tracking with either cats in the secondary position vs the ess one that puts them in the primaries or just run full catless during the track season

[whats77inaname]

What x-pipe/cat combo were you using?

When I decided to put cats on the MRF x-pipe I had, I chose HJS specifically after reading the following post.

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpo...5&postcount=61

Originally Posted by Malek@MRF

5) 100 Cell catalysts VS. Catless. Power wise, there is almost no difference at all, especially when high quality catalysts are used. If cheap units are used, they will eventually clog and restrict flow. In many cases, cheaper systems choke up the flow when excessively heated. This would not be the case with Akrapovic catalysts or HJS units. 100 CPI cats were tested during the prototyping phase of the MRF pipe and saw no difference in power and volume.

Given the price we're charged for x-pipes, I never thought that manufacturer's would actually be putting sus cats in place that would actually clog.

Lesson learned on my end. I'm sorry for your loss, btw. I look forward to seeing what y'all do moving forward.

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by GMWNashville

Anyone else think the misfire/smoking/bad cat may play into an injector issue?

Usually injectors on this car stay stuck in 'full open' when they fail. In that case they strip the cylinder and you have a boom not long after

I did replace one of the injectors along with the pile of parts i threw at it at first

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by whats77inaname

What x-pipe/cat combo were you using?

When I decided to put cats on the MRF x-pipe I had, I chose HJS specifically after reading the following post.

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpo...5&postcount=61



Given the price we're charged for x-pipes, I never thought that manufacturer's would actually be putting sus cats in place that would actually clog.

Lesson learned on my end. I'm sorry for your loss, btw. I look forward to seeing what y'all do moving forward.

Given that hjs warranties their cats for two years and mine lasted three i do not expect the result to be different

Not that I'll try cats again on a car that is dedicated to the track. It's easy to swap to the oem xpipe for street driving

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow

20k miles on them. If it indeed was the mains i expect the engine to be pretty chewed up

Yep. Mains always damage the crank pretty bad .

[SYT_Shadow]

Originally Posted by Law

Very sorry to hear, but glad to see you're not giving up on her.

Subscribed for updates.

Definitely not.

I've driven lots of cars as an instructor. M4 GTS, Cayman GT4 with every mod known to mankind, 997.2 GT3... I wouldn't trade any of them for the E9X.

[Montaver]

Sorry to hear this man! You guys really know your stuff when it comes to E9X's so I know this must really hurt. Get a stroker build in there ASAP