Ace blind leading the blind Member 3,657 Member For: 16y 7m 22d Gender: Male Location: Mt Alford, Queensland Posted 17/04/09 11:48 AM Share Posted 17/04/09 11:48 AM lol that is a good thing tab dont wanna scare any poor lil ole ladies with your mug Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverG6ET Member 60 Member For: 16y 3m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Vic Posted 17/04/09 01:11 PM Share Posted 17/04/09 01:11 PM So Smackers what exactly caused your engine to fail mate????? Details please. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smackers XR6T Red F6310 Member 175 Member For: 19y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: A small country town on the Murray River South Australia Posted 17/04/09 01:28 PM Author Share Posted 17/04/09 01:28 PM The old engine has been sent back to Ford engineering where it will be fully stripped down and evaluated. They are going to let me know what caused the blow up.At this stage they have suggested a faulty piston casting as the most probable cause. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverG6ET Member 60 Member For: 16y 3m 27d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Vic Posted 17/04/09 07:52 PM Share Posted 17/04/09 07:52 PM No worries mate. At least you have her back in better order .I thought the T engines were basically hand built (someone correct me if I'm wrong) so you would have thought a bad piston cast would have been picked up. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 7d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 18/04/09 01:14 AM Share Posted 18/04/09 01:14 AM You would think so...but then you'd think lots of things would be obvious to Ford. The beancounters usually win over proper QA though.Please remove yourself from this section minion Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootster Just a large member member Silver Donating Members 3,125 Member For: 16y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 18/04/09 01:39 AM Share Posted 18/04/09 01:39 AM come on tab you should know better, if the piston had a casting fault you would never see it with the naked eye.Ford fitted half a piston is that what your trying to say. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smackers XR6T Red F6310 Member 175 Member For: 19y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: A small country town on the Murray River South Australia Posted 18/04/09 02:06 AM Author Share Posted 18/04/09 02:06 AM Correct there. Unless the piston had a noticable defect that could be seen then there is no way a "weak" casting would be picked up unless it sh*ts itself like what happened to mine. At the end of the day if it is a piston fault then you can expect Ford to be claiming all cost from the piston supplier (ACL/Mahle) Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom XR6 Member 1,460 Member For: 22y 6d Location: Geelong Victoria Posted 18/04/09 02:26 AM Share Posted 18/04/09 02:26 AM No worries mate. At least you have her back in better order :titwave: .I thought the T engines were basically hand built (someone correct me if I'm wrong) so you would have thought a bad piston cast would have been picked up.They go down the line just like any other engine, except the turbo is fitted after it has been hot tested with a standard NA exhaust manifold on it. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smackers XR6T Red F6310 Member 175 Member For: 19y 8m 22d Gender: Male Location: A small country town on the Murray River South Australia Posted 18/04/09 09:08 AM Author Share Posted 18/04/09 09:08 AM Well today I managed to knock a couple of hundred Kms up on the new engine and I must say it seems all good so far, the addition of the XR8inlet/lower airbox seems to have added a few extra Kw's.Heres a few more pics taken this morning: Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootster Just a large member member Silver Donating Members 3,125 Member For: 16y 6m 16d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 18/04/09 09:38 AM Share Posted 18/04/09 09:38 AM great to see your smile return,hope smooth sailing from here on.Cheers Nick Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/56010-could-this-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come/page/6/#findComment-862966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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