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Originally Posted by
King-Oka
Do you blow up engines regularly? Is this something a person should expect to happen routinely?
I have made many offerings to the gods of speed. Here is a list of motors I've blown since roughly 1978 (listed in chronological order)>
3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton (2 motors, 2 busted cranks)
Honda CT 70 (failed valve train)
Chaparral 80 (fuji motor, broken piston)
Hodaka 100 (Fuji motor, broken piston).
Honda NR50 (aka Honda Express moped), 2 motors, both with piston failures
Suzuki RM 400, wrist pin failure
305 Chevy SB (Mom's car, timing chain failure, sorry Mom)
225 Slant six Plymouth (con rod failure, Girlfriends car, sorry about your Duster Pam)
Mazda 13b (first car, 3 different motors, 2 rotor house failures and a apex seal failure)
396 Chevy BB (crank failure)
402 Chevy BB (crank failure)
400 Pontiac (rod)
455 Pontiac SD (74 TA, crank)
421 Pontiac HO (Catalina factory drag car, valve train failures).
302 ford (Pinto transplant, spun main bearing)
Z1 900 Kawasaki
2.3 ford (Mercury Capri II with turbo, crank failure)
355 SB Chevy (street stock racer, 3 seasons, 4 failed motors, all con rod or wrist pin failures).
2.3 Dodge Shelby turbo (main bearings twice, motor replaced twice under warranty).
Honda VFR 750 (3 motors, all valve train failures, in my legends racer).
Saab 9000 Turbo (rental car)
350 Chevy SB (Girlfriends Vette, sorry Susan)
Ford SHO V6 (valve train)
Ford SHO V8 (valve train)
Ford 4.6 (SVT stang, crank bearings)
Jaguar 4.0 V8 (factory supercharged XJR, split #2 cylinder)
GMC truck (uhaul with 10 million miles, may of had nothing to do with my driving)
Hummer H2 (whipple supercharger, piston failure)
Mercedes E430 V8 (dropped a valve)
Lexus IS300 6 (NOS, piston failure)
Dodge 4.6 (whipple supercharger, valve train failure)
Lexus GS430 (sheared cam sproket bolts, motor repaired)
Porsche 2.5 (aftermarket supercharger, on my 2nd motor).