RAP1D Member Donating Members 3,739 Member For: 18y 6m 4d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW Posted 22/11/07 07:03 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 07:03 AM Over reving is a main reason why rods bend and break. Apparently a few NA's have done this in the past.Its not just sketchy tunes and big boost that bend/break rods... its the right foot too.Good luck with the rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 22/11/07 07:18 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 07:18 AM when it was BA, the NA and T rods were the same, now they have the typhoon bottom end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHO XRT THE PSYCHO XRT Donating Members 1,275 Member For: 18y 11m 16d Gender: Not Telling Location: At the lights! Posted 22/11/07 07:49 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 07:49 AM Another victim of a snapped conrod. If your wanting to beef up your BA, your best bet would be to invest in a BF F6 short motor from Ford. It will set you back around $2,500 delivered to your local mechanic.All the best with your rebuild.San. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM1111 Member 631 Member For: 17y 3m 27d Gender: Male Location: newcastle Posted 22/11/07 08:17 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 08:17 AM its still odd that a car with such low power and torque compared to a stock T would snap a rod.the car must have been punished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 22/11/07 08:20 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 08:20 AM hopefully the guy can shed some light on what state of tune the car was in, until then, maybe we should give him some good ideas how to fix it - like san hasyou do have the atomic option, but unless you need big big power, don't spend the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon73 Member 163 Member For: 18y 4m 9d Posted 22/11/07 08:38 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 08:38 AM hopefully the guy can shed some light on what state of tune the car was in, until then, maybe we should give him some good ideas how to fix it - like san hasyou do have the atomic option, but unless you need big big power, don't spend the money!so if you have a bad tune can it make the motor do something like this?in what waysorry to ask tuning and computer idiot here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM1111 Member 631 Member For: 17y 3m 27d Gender: Male Location: newcastle Posted 22/11/07 09:28 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 09:28 AM yeah I wouldnt bother with atomic uless you are going with forced induction as it would be overkill on a NA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skrema Guests Posted 22/11/07 09:36 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 09:36 AM I doing doghnuts yes circle work and then twang!!!! and I drove home with this mean knocking sound coming from the engine, turns out ive snapped a rod and f@#ked the sleeve....... LOL I have to make this my sig..... that's just awesome... well if youre gonna do it, make sure you do it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straughsberry Donating Members 1,846 Member For: 17y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Broady, Melbourne Posted 22/11/07 11:19 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 11:19 AM its still odd that a car with such low power and torque compared to a stock T would snap a rod.the car must have been punishedToothpicks aren't that strong really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 21y 6m 29d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 22/11/07 11:30 AM Share Posted 22/11/07 11:30 AM Another victim of a snapped conrod. If your wanting to beef up your BA, your best bet would be to invest in a BF F6 short motor from Ford. It will set you back around $2,500 delivered to your local mechanic.All the best with your rebuild.San.Compression ratio is different between them, an F6 bottom end would bring the power down even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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