Busted Motor

[Turbo5Oh]

took this pic from turbomustangs.com, i heard of people braking blocks but this takes the cake! this started out to be a factory ford 302 roller block. just a little something i have to look forward to.

[Turbo5Oh]

this is what the motor looked like before dissembly, the intake and main caps were holding it together

[92TSIpos]

holy shit, that hurts a little bit. That should have been fun to pull out of the car.

[amicheze]

holy shit..

[torbs]

that's a ford for ya

[dubbsy]

I bet it all started when he hit the NOS and blew the welds on the intake mainfold...

right?

[amicheze]

well at least the block is already ripped apart for when they need to replace the fried piston rings...

[btleier]

so why do people modify these motors if that is what happens?

[King Ricer]

that would suck balls man

[weshole]

I've actually seen that before on ford engines. But only on the 3.8 v6's nothing else. I didn't thing the V8's had to worry about that. Did it say how he did it?

[Turbo5Oh]

its actauly a common problem with the factory block it has very little re-inforcements and weak webbing most motors u see this happen to are well over 500hp and reving past 6k, it usauly happens after a hard run it starts with a light lifter tick and if not caught in time it ends up like this one, a v based engine is getting forces from all directions trying to yank it itself apart, when hp is up there and high reving it adds to the problem. they make all kinds of different girldles but they just delay the inevitable. the only real cure is a after market block, this is why a inline engine stay together so well, but like they say u gotta pay to play. Any car with over 500hp is gonna tend to break something. just do a web search and type in broken 302 block and see what ya find

[dynotune]

good explanation mikey. It's a big time saver when you can pull the crank out without taking the main caps off!!!
We'll take pics of yours when it happens, too!

[DaveH]

That must be the new modular 2-piece block.....

[94NDTA]

A little JB weld will fix that right up...

[Turbo5Oh]

if i could brake a motor that bad i think id make a sweet necklace out of it, or possibly a belt buckle

[94NDTA]

I would make a garage lamp of garage table out of it.

[treimche]

That motor is sweet! Mike, did you really just make that big long post all by yourself? I like this part of it "they make all kinds of different girldles but they just delay the inevitable." LOL. Aren't those words sort of big for you? I'm j/k man!

[NickB]

94NDTA wrote:
A little JB weld will fix that right up...

fuckin right

[dubbsy]

DaveH wrote:
That must be the new modular 2-piece block.....

LMAO!

does that come with the new 3v heads too?

[PSiedTSi]

"danger to block" im surprised you didnt blow the welds on your block....thats gonna be the new saying everytime schell runs down the track