take one "unknown" history 996 engine that we bought for spares, no oil in the water, just it wont turn over (which is normally a sign of something spectularly gone wrong)
and before i forget, the obligitary shardes of metal in the sump
one crank case half removed to expose crank carrier, and a suspected bent rod
only to find that rod on no3 has snapped in half, which is quite unusual as they normally when over revved snap the rod bolts and spit the rod half out the crank casing.
during the process of over revving it, its managed to bend no 2 rod also
the offending half of rod and piston no3, the rod had actually trapped itself inside the piston, which as a result had cracked in half too
will need a lot of emery paper to buff up bore no3 lol
the crank carrier looks to have cracked from where the rod had rattled around inside the engine, must have made one hell of a noise!
no3 rod closeup
no2 rod, a normal rod, and no3 piston
the crank carrier with intermediate shaft spash gard
splash gaurd removed and its cracked all the way around
close up of crack
the remains of rod no3
and it turned out a two piece crank carrier, was now a 4 piece crank carrier
hope you all enjoyed looking at it half as much as i did taking it apart!
oh and in other news, one of those new R8 things turned up. not sure whether or not i like them
but im pretty sure everywhere you went people would think its just another TT!
