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Bad bad bad news ladies and gents... the dyno didn't go so well...We don't know exactly what happened since it all happened so quickly and unexpectedly. We were doing part throttle tuning, going through the rpm range with some boost, and BOOM! A bunch of smoke poured out of the exhaust, water shot out of the headgasket, and it was toast. A few things that happened for sure: the wastegate never opened and the ecu had no boost control or boost safeties. It SEEMS like we had some runaway boost since the wastegate didn't open and just destroyed the engine. Since the ecu is a stock chipped ecu, there was no way to really prevent it. I'll have a video out about it soon, explaining things more. Unfortunately I dont have the time or funds to rebuild this engine. We'll be throwing a stock motor in and making something around 250hp on low boost. This time I'll get a new wastegate....Oh, and the LS6 arrived...

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usernametook

Really surprised you didn't go with a hondata or something

Kyle Wise

Good luck with the swap though, hopefully it goes smoothly

Gabriel Vermilyea-Smith

Man I can feel the pain in those pictures. At least the LS arrived to bring a little bit of good to the party!

Greg Rhyne

LS swap the world!!!

Ding Dong Drift

Where's boosted John, he said this wouldn't happen and i said it would lol.

Ding Dong Drift

Also i don't understand why people boost these motors, they're open deck, they can't handle boost.

Inkdrop

You can't win em all. You've still got a pretty Civic coupe, and a fun engine swap ahead of you. This sucks, but you've got a lot to look forward to. These catastrophic failures are also good learning experiences, as much as they initially hurt. Looking forward to that Volvo! It's gonna be badass!

Abraham Robert Oldenburg

Big F. I was at work when I got the notification. Feels bad man. Hope you fix it soon I can't wait to see it rip

Ivan

F

Patrick Li

Damn this sucks, at least the ls has come

Magnus Askland

Well that put an end to my good mood, but I know its only a fraction of what you feel.

Red Squirrel

Damn! Blew the ass right out of her! That sucks though. On more bittersweet note a dyno video that involves an engine blowing up is sure to get good views! lol.

Cornflake

Yeah. You can do a lot with a 242 motor

Kody Kaster

Lol *builds great engine, then proceeds to send all the boosts threw it and out the sleeves

Jeff Meyer

Plenty of people boost these motors and make a ton of power reliably. Runaway boost will kill the most robust of motors. Glad he's learning his lesson and getting a new wastegate.

Phil thomson

They don’t handle boost that well, should get a block guard and stuff if running big boost