Want to see some broken parts?

Not everyone who watches this blog is a racer. Most racers have already seen too many broken parts to take any interest in what I am showing you. But for the rest, you may find it interesting.

First, let me explain what we ultimately determined was our problem. We had about 160 runs on the motor, and the rods are made in China. What this means is simple: First,  it is hard to find much of anyhting that isnt made in China, and two the quality isn't what it used to be when it was mad ein America. But this would/could be true of any rods. The big end of the rods, tend to get out round, and when they do, they put unusual pressure on the bearings, which then tend to fail, and then the rod breaks, and then the crank gets hammered by the broken rod, and the block gets cracked.

The top two pictures are the rods.

The one below is obviously the one that totally broke.

The pictures below are the cracks in cylinder walls.

This cylinder, you can see, is more than cracked.

 I didn't show the crankshaft, but it was beat up pretty badly, and was totally unusable.

So there you have it. That's what broken parts look like. And we now have broken a total of 4 motors, two 6.1s and two 5.7s, so what is next?

Hopefully, there will be no more broken engines. But if there is, we will build another engine and race it!  Never give up! And it will take a lot more than broken engine to make us give up now.

God Bless, and Safe Racing.

David