Another one bites the dust..... :(

[Florida240sx]

Swapped everything over last week. Had a slight heating problem which was fixed by removing thermostat and then finding a piece of gasket maker behind my waterpump.....Everything is running great at 8psi with enthalpy ecu. Went for a 20minute cruise and on my last pull from 5th gear startign at 40mph something goes wrong when I hit 100mph.... I let off.... and then the backfiring begins... Excessive blowby and all my ic piping is covered in oil........ able to clean the plugs and limp her back home with a big smoke cloud....Engine 1: Spun rod bearingEngine 2: overboost piston rings wentEngine 3: Was engine 1 Engine unbolted itself and hg wentEngine 4: Less than 100miles and the pistons go bad...

Just another day in my life....

[turbo2nr]

damm whats up with everone blow up their ka-t's . im scared now..

wow that sucks man good luck

[hotbox240]

Yea there's been far to many "i blew my ka up" threads lately. Oh well I guess the stock motor is only good for so much abuse.

[VeloceDrift]

lol hopefully i wont be next

[Chezedik]

Nope, it will be me. Anyway, that sucks, I wonder if you would have been better off if you hadn't let off of the gas. I would think it runs super lean and more advanced, no?

[480sx]

Damn i took a few days off of checking the forums and come back to 2-3 more I blew it up threads, freaken depressing.

Any idea what cuased this failure? Sounds pretty strange getting blowby on brand new rings. To me i would have to say you gaped them incorrectly or didnt break them in.

Are you going to tear apart the block and figure out what went south? What are your plans, man you have a brutal ka-t history, i feel for ya. :/

[TheOne]

sounds like me, and am not even boosted yet!

believe 3 spun bearings, 3 heads, 4 different engines.(literaly), in about 4-5 yrs of ownin my 240.

i guess mine have been cause i've cheaped out quite a bit.

[1995240sxSE]

Florida We must be related!!!! I think if there werent for bad luck there were be no luck at all. I am thinking I have no compression in my brand new motor. I think cams jumped teeth and valves and piston wanted to share spaces!!!!!!! I havent even gotten it to fire up yet. comp test tomarrow and part out my kat setup to buy rb20det!!!!

So sorry for your bad luck dude!!!! I feel your pain.

[1WheelWonder]

Dizamn I've noticed alot of "Kaboom" threads lately aswell and not just on this forum, it must be something in the air. I must have started this chain reaction when my wiring harness went up in flames at the track a few weekends ago!

[DammitBobby]

Is this a stock engine or did you go with forged internals?

Sorry to hear you having such bad luck. Been there done that.

Engine 1: Ran the best developed Rod Knock after install JWT ECU raising boost.

Engine 2: Bought it from NICO member in Tennessee Broke ring lands after raising boost.

Engine 2: Rebuilt Engine 2, still running balanced entire rotating assembly, AMS basic with ARP hardware but not running like it should.

[KATwo40]

Don't sweat it guys. I'll be posting up the a cheap solution to these problems in just a few weeks (3-4).

[PapaSmurf2k3]

sucks to hear man

[Chezedik]

I have thought long and hard about a 302. Maybe I will try it after I blow this one (after my experiences it is not when).

[Florida240sx]

Rebuilding my built engine lol.Now I got enough blocks to build them all up. This engine was 130k.... I boosted my orginal at 174k....Just a matter of getting an abused enigne and boosting it and boost and bad engine don't mix... All my engine failures have been abuse or neglect problems not the motor.

[S13FX]

Don't worry after finally getting my buddies KA-ET running we found out that it has rod Knock heh. Time for a new KA. Anyone have a Spare SOHC let me know.

[Craving4Boost]

I think Florida and sunnys14 are trying to have a battle of who can blow more engines

[Chezedik]

I think Florida and sunnys14 are trying to have a battle of who can blow more engines

HA! Well I think Sunny went to SR, didn't he?

[Florida240sx]

I refuse to put anything else in this car..... unless I'm given something for free.. Redoing HG on my old enigne with my pistons and cams

[myRed240]

HA! Well I think Sunny went to SR, didn't he?

Wel, if I'm not mistaken, sunnys14 blew a few SRs and is now back to the ka...

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[Chezedik]

More HA!

[Florida240sx]

Forget to add in the part of not being able to resist the torque.KA-T FTW