illusionzzz Member 180 Member For: 19y 4m 9d Posted 24/10/06 11:17 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:17 AM Hey Guys, Would finding these behind your car after its practically turned in to a speeding fire ball be classed as catastrophic? I'm sure they're not meant to be sitting on the road like that...... She seems to still run fine..... NOT It was making about 290rwkws.......Ignore the rust, its just from the laundry sink. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exahsix Member 296 Member For: 19y 6m 24d Location: Monterey, NSW Posted 24/10/06 11:33 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:33 AM faaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk looks like rod let go in a BIG way Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
O2STOCK Donating Members 607 Member For: 19y 7m 9d Location: Brisbane Posted 24/10/06 11:33 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:33 AM (edited) Umm not sure was it a seven cylinder ?? LOLSeriously what KW was it pulling how many Kms ? Edited 24/10/06 11:34 AM by O2STOCK Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 9m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 24/10/06 11:35 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:35 AM Whats the story mate, seems low in the power range for that to happen, I mean it went in a big way.Scotty Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildub Member 52 Member For: 18y 9m 7d Posted 24/10/06 11:43 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:43 AM From the photo's this looks like it broke the rod bolt first as what is left of the rod beam looks fairly straight.The big end is also spread another sign of bolt failure not rod failure.How many kms has the engine done ?and how many rpm do you rev it too? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionzzz Member 180 Member For: 19y 4m 9d Posted 24/10/06 11:54 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:54 AM It was pushing around the 290rwkw mark....it had 50,000 kms on it.....I usually only go to ( or did go to hehe) about 5000, 5500. I had a comp test done a little while ago and it was losing a little compression on the number 1 cylinder, so I was saving for the rebuild.... If I hadnt of got the comp test I wouldnt of known any better when it went band and I would be a lot more pi$$ed off..... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8TOADS Silver Donating Members 3,618 Member For: 19y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 24/10/06 11:57 AM Share Posted 24/10/06 11:57 AM it'll grow back Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrdreaming Lifetime Members 1,693 Member For: 22y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/10/06 01:30 PM Share Posted 24/10/06 01:30 PM My 2 failures have been rod bolts not the rod itself and both made as big a mess if not bigger than that. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 24/10/06 09:46 PM Share Posted 24/10/06 09:46 PM fark Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 10m 3d Location: Canberra Posted 24/10/06 09:55 PM Share Posted 24/10/06 09:55 PM xrdreaming said: My 2 failures have been rod bolts not the rod itself and both made as big a mess if not bigger than that.← bugger. So from all this, I'm gathering its not as safe to run 300rwkw as we all once thought it was for the guys in the know, is there anything that we can do to reduce the chance of a failure?? are there any cheap options out there that might help reduce any problems? Other then returning the car to stock I can't drive it stock after having it this way... will a comp test help a possible early diagnosis of any pending problems?? If new rods are needed, is that all that needs to be changed?? I'm getting worried now whats the cost of rods?? I got a mate who can do all the labour. I'm guessing if its gonna go, its gonna go regardless if I've returned it to stock now or not Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/66619-atomic-motors-merged-topic/page/11/#findComment-453921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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