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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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Red face Do I have a blown engine?

After 25k APS TT miles, driver side head gasket gone and piston rings are all gone as well. Car dropped off at my very good personal friend's shop Turbohoses R&D to get rebuild and tune with Hydra.
Parts are on their way, JE 9:1, HP rods, Darton m.i.d., HKS hg, ARP head studs.
Just hoping to get around 600whp with this setup.

Oh well... either way I cant wait till I get the beast back!
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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It would seem you've answered the question in the thread title already.

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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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This thread makes my head hurt, lol.

To answer threads question logically:

25k boosted

Head gasket gone
Already ordered Forged lower compression internals
Piston rings gone
Parts even include sleeving the motor
Yep, engine is blown

The red letters represent how you are going to feel when completed, trust my I am stoked right now. My engine is going in on Monday!!!

Craig
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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by craigo'sznprgrs
This thread makes my head hurt, lol.

To answer threads question logically:

25k boosted

Head gasket gone
Already ordered Forged lower compression internals
Piston rings gone
Parts even include sleeving the motor
Yep, engine is blown

The red letters represent how you are going to feel when completed, trust my I am stoked right now. My engine is going in on Monday!!!

Craig
My bad, my english sucks.. haha

yes, I will be happy. But the receipt is making me cry.
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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All this time I thought APS systems NEVER blew engines according to a farmer.......
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed 718
All this time I thought APS systems NEVER blew engines according to a farmer.......
I blew my APS TT stock engine over a year ago, I don't know why I was just a tad over 500rwhp on my stock block

-George
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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Farmer Ted?

Who remember what movie the character Farmer Ted was in?

JET
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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16 candles. when i was in HS my girlfriends loved that dumb movie
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