Okay so for the last couple months I've been building up a new 885 head for my 3.1L block. Can only work on it weekends, deadline is May 5th, etc. Anyways after a lot of hours and some clever logistics we get all of the parts together and assemble everything during a 14 hour Saturday Easter weekend.
Polished head with oversized valves, 272 cam, heavy rockers and cam sprocket:
Mostly assembled engine at end of Saturday:
First "complete" pic:
Anyways the thing sounds beastly, nice rough idle and just overall completely raw. Pulls very hard up top and is overall a fantastic return for the effort.
Until tonight.
This is only the second day I've driven the car since completion as it snowed over the weekend and screw that. Anyways, I'm reasonably driving to a friends house to hang out and thinking to myself how great the car feels, when all of the sudden around 4k in 3rd I feel a quick miss (big stereo, can't hear anything) and see a huge plume of smoke in the mirror as the engine stalls. I quickly shut off the car and coast down the on ramp as far as I can before pulling over, engine completely dead. Seized up, won't crank. Found the coolant reservoir was totally empty, as well as the lower rad hose but not a leak in sight. :<
Make a couple calls while waiting for a tow truck to show up, sadness slowly sinking in..
Tomorrow is going to suck, especially if I don't get any sleep tonight. Cylinders 1 and 6 are completely full of coolant, 2 and 5 partially, spark plug from 6 looks like this:
Polished head with oversized valves, 272 cam, heavy rockers and cam sprocket:
Mostly assembled engine at end of Saturday:
First "complete" pic:
Anyways the thing sounds beastly, nice rough idle and just overall completely raw. Pulls very hard up top and is overall a fantastic return for the effort.
Until tonight.
This is only the second day I've driven the car since completion as it snowed over the weekend and screw that. Anyways, I'm reasonably driving to a friends house to hang out and thinking to myself how great the car feels, when all of the sudden around 4k in 3rd I feel a quick miss (big stereo, can't hear anything) and see a huge plume of smoke in the mirror as the engine stalls. I quickly shut off the car and coast down the on ramp as far as I can before pulling over, engine completely dead. Seized up, won't crank. Found the coolant reservoir was totally empty, as well as the lower rad hose but not a leak in sight. :<
Make a couple calls while waiting for a tow truck to show up, sadness slowly sinking in..
Tomorrow is going to suck, especially if I don't get any sleep tonight. Cylinders 1 and 6 are completely full of coolant, 2 and 5 partially, spark plug from 6 looks like this:
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