$$ Spun Rod Bearing In Fully Built Rb30 :(

[ZT-R]

[Shoota_77]

Strokey strokey! Nice!

Good to see you're using quality Aussie parts!

[ZRBE]

Sucks that you have to hide all those sexy parts inside your engine... haha

[ZT-R]

sleeper. haha

[ZT-R]

thought about spool and bc kits, but I dont know i think i read something way about bc getting their shit from china. spool, doesnt seem like many use them. Certain engine builders said hell no to spool, I willnt add names... although the price is tempting. Then again price isnt always indicative of quality as i have learned.

[Simon-S14]

did you find out what ended up being the cause of failure with the RIPS engine?

[ZT-R]

We are thinking some sort of oil starvation. Maybe it doesnt like tomei pressures, who knows.

[Ramius83]

Well, all I can say is Nitto Stroker with a Dry Sump setup........PROBLEMS SOLVED!!!!!!

[ZT-R]

I dont know about that, I kinda like my AC... Its hot and sticky down here in the south, you know that Ramius...

[r33_racer]

Nitto isnt exactly aussie made....its the same as BC, spool and the rest. Someone misinformed you there lol.

Eitherway it will be better then the standard crank. Rods and pistons are much of a muchness.

[ZT-R]

Got the block tore back down. I might just do a v8 or 2jz after looking at the bearings. What do you guys think. A kangaroo must have shit on this block cause this is just shitty.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54638216@N07/

[StevenCJR31]

Nah, not kangaroo shit, thats ratshit!

[Shoota_77]

If the crank was linished after the first time then this has to be put down to to material in the engine (oil) still. Did you remove the oil gallery plugs in the engine and flush it out when you were cleaning it? You need to direct the pressure washer flow straight into those main galleries and block off each main bearing hole so it pressurises the other holes and blows any contaminants out. Chunks of metal/bearing material could have been left in the gallery and as soon as you had oil pressure again it pushed it straight back into the bearing shells where it came from.

That would be the most likely cause of the cam shitting itself too.

I'm sorry to say it but I think you just didn't clean it out well enough after last time.

[Ben C34]

Did you get an answer from rips as to what those bits of rod you found were?

[ZT-R]

Yes the block was throughly cleaned and hot tanked. Never did figure out what the rod was.

[Shoota_77]

It's fu<king cursed then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Missileman]

obviously sabotage, who loves you baby?

[ZT-R]

Yea, hot tanked then everything removed and flushed with 3 gallons of mineral spirits through a pressure pump with each main bearing being plugged. 1000000000% sure it was cleaner than any factory job. I swear its like the more I take time to do shit right the worse shit f**ks up. All I can do at this point is laugh. maybe i just just roll the block around in some dirt and put the bearings it upside down (mains) and it will probably run just fine.

[Missileman]

Yea, hot tanked then everything removed and flushed with 3 gallons of mineral spirits through a pressure pump with each main bearing being plugged. 1000000000% sure it was cleaner than any factory job. I swear its like the more I take time to do shit right the worse shit f**ks up. All I can do at this point is laugh. maybe i just just roll the block around in some dirt and put the bearings it upside down (mains) and it will probably run just fine.

lol... I know how that feels, just don't think of the money involved, a little bit of denial is good sometimes.

Time to chuck an unopened JZ motor in, and boost it till she pops.

Edited September 6, 2013 by Missileman

[StevenCJR31]

^^ you have a lot of patience thats for sure!