Jzurita's Build "Nightmare that became a dream" 590whp 93 octane
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P.S. this was the drama that some forum members from the southern region of the united states said that mods (me) part take in. Now imagine if I didnt open up this closed thread for John would any of us know what happened. Im tired of things getting covered up or swept away on this site.
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Jon i gotta say.. i don't know if its because you're in insurance.. but you keep impecable records... and had you not done that.. no one would have believed you.. and it would have just been another 'attack' on JT .. its one thing to take video of the current breakdown.. but you had video of when you got the motor from JT.. thats impressive.. i tell you i would have never thought of doing that.. that evidence alone maybe enough to get money back for this motor.. maybe coach or terry can chime in on the legal standpoint
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P.S. this was the drama that some forum members from the southern region of the united states said that mods (me) part take in. Now imagine if I didnt open up this closed thread for John would any of us know what happened. Im tired of things getting covered up or swept away on this site.
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Jon i gotta say.. i don't know if its because you're in insurance.. but you keep impecable records... and had you not done that.. no one would have believed you.. and it would have just been another 'attack' on JT .. its one thing to take video of the current breakdown.. but you had video of when you got the motor from JT.. thats impressive.. i tell you i would have never thought of doing that.. that evidence alone maybe enough to get money back for this motor.. maybe coach or terry can chime in on the legal standpoint
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but why would coach have anything to say?
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I was there for the teardown of the engine on saturday. It looks like the main cause was due to lack of oil. All bearings were burnt, as well as the bearings on the cams, and the cam shafts were slightly damaged as well. There were also no balance marks (other than factory) on the crank shaft. So the combination of the lack of oil and unbalanced crank led to the crank breaking just to the rear of the 3rd main bearing.
We pulled the oil pump, turned by hand, and it did pump some oil. We then noticed wrench marks on the bolt that holds the spring in, so someone must have been in there before. We expected to see some shims (although not needed b/c the rev up pump makes great oil pressure anyway), and instead of nice flat shims, there were two lock washers on top of the spring being used as shims. Why would you ever use a lock washer as a shim? This must have caused the oil pump not to work properly and starved the engine for oil.
We also found coolant on the heads under valve covers. Even under the sealed bearings of the cam shafts. Which most likely means leaky HKS head gaskets.
The JWT cams look like they can be polished up and salvaged, John needs a new crank shaft, main bearings, and cam shaft bearings. Due to the broken crank, one piston struck the bottom of the head, but it looks like no damage was done. So hopefully its back up and running soon.
We pulled the oil pump, turned by hand, and it did pump some oil. We then noticed wrench marks on the bolt that holds the spring in, so someone must have been in there before. We expected to see some shims (although not needed b/c the rev up pump makes great oil pressure anyway), and instead of nice flat shims, there were two lock washers on top of the spring being used as shims. Why would you ever use a lock washer as a shim? This must have caused the oil pump not to work properly and starved the engine for oil.
We also found coolant on the heads under valve covers. Even under the sealed bearings of the cam shafts. Which most likely means leaky HKS head gaskets.
The JWT cams look like they can be polished up and salvaged, John needs a new crank shaft, main bearings, and cam shaft bearings. Due to the broken crank, one piston struck the bottom of the head, but it looks like no damage was done. So hopefully its back up and running soon.
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Sorry to hear Jon, hopefully your red beast is back up on the road soon!
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I sure as hell hope the current shop will build you a "real" engine.
Best of luck to you.
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CoachK might comment.....All this happened PRE CoachK.....I am 100% sure that he would not allow this kind of BS to come out of his shop...its his name on the line now..not JT's.....
All this BS is on JT only.....he alone needs to deal with it. If it were not for CoachK....more stories would be plastered all over this website.
All this BS is on JT only.....he alone needs to deal with it. If it were not for CoachK....more stories would be plastered all over this website.
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CoachK might comment.....All this happened PRE CoachK.....I am 100% sure that he would not allow this kind of BS to come out of his shop...its his name on the line now..not JT's.....
All this BS is on JT only.....he alone needs to deal with it. If it were not for CoachK....more stories would be plastered all over this website.
All this BS is on JT only.....he alone needs to deal with it. If it were not for CoachK....more stories would be plastered all over this website.
and you're right.. alot of times i calmed down and kept my mouth shut in respect for coach