What did you do today to your 3/S?

[Beef6]

Started the 60k, just waiting on parts now.

[Chris GTO TT]

Wrote down my mileage for insurance purposes... 75,400 Miles

[Kev943kgt]

Installed my hoop spoiler. Quite the job but looks great

[JasonY]

Found out was caused Todd's two engines to blow. And it has nothing to do with Methanol Injection or the amount of it we spray(well, almost)...

Jason

[TurboSinceBirth]

I drained my tank, filled it with 91, and had to drive about 15 miles to clean out the rest that was left in there. I almost thought it wasn't going to solve my misfiring issue but sure enough everything cleared up. For some reason I can't go past about 9 psi now because it cuts out so I think I may need to change out my fuel filter. Other than that I drove about 50 miles through some back road twisties doing 70+ through 30 mph turns and had a blast. It was extremely nice outside 70s. I'm almost leaning more and more towards getting a Spyder so I can drive with the top down. Lol.

[futurevr4man]

Jason you care to expand on your findings?

[DK77]

Jason you care to expand on your findings?

I would be very interested in what you found as well.

[MR2]

doing a little reading it seem to be pistons. (TOO MUCH POWA CAP'n)

[AdamVR4]

Found out was caused Todd's two engines to blow. And it has nothing to do with Methanol Injection or the amount of it we spray(well, almost)...

Jason

Sorry, but why'd you even post?

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Got the block I will use for my 3.5L from a local, long time 3S'er. It's virtually identical to the block in my car, same year, same mileage... Even has the composite head gasket I scraped off mine long ago.

[JasonY]

I posted that because its a fairly serious problem for people with piggy backs that don't have timing control that are making good power. Todds engines blew from excessive timing down low causing cylinder pressures high enough that the exh valves couldn't even open, collapsing a lifter and causing the cam to shover the rocker out of the way. several cars recently were dynod witth piggy backs, all gained 30+ hp down low by nearly halving the timing or literally halving it...

Just something i myself and some others put together after breaking this last engine down with the intent of trying to find what caused the failure. Which was 4 pistons obliterated while being under 5k rpms and 50% throttle....

Jason