:nonono: I'll get rid of it before I rebuild anything.... FUGG THAT!SmokenGRA03 said:
Terminator piston damage (pic)
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happened to me.....engine is out at the dealer right now....rep is coming monday
Did you guys that had this problem have the tick from the beginning?
no my car got it at 31K..after a high speed pass
high speed pass.....here
my car got it at 14,500... but that was after a 160mph speedo peg for 25 seconds :shrug:
whatever happened with your situation? did everything work out okay?SALEENGTROUSH said:
Has Ford responed to any of this, or are we responsible to fix this problem ourselves?(the teflon issue, that is) Also, is this affecting both 03' and 04'?
please define a high speed pass?would it be like a dyno run?
high speed pass meaning high speed run! topping out so to say...........150+ mph.elmo0244 said:
Why is everyone going 160?
I dunno! I haven't went over 140 yet cause I run out of road all the time....RGrossman said:
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SALEENGTROUSH said:
Quit threatening peoples lives and driving fast your jerk, rootus told me to relay that message!
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RGrossman said:
Why Not???
RGrossman said:
hey im not goin 160... im goin 165 and up :shrug:
I was thinking the same thing JB. And the potential for this becoming a major issue for a lot of folks is right up there. Think of all the people here who have complained about ticking and couldn't get the fix through Ford. Like others have mentioned in this thread, it makes you wonder if they have this very problem. Doesn't bode well for the future of these motors.JB said:
KENZILLA said:
No leaks, but that could be because it isn't installed yet. I have a bunch of parts sitting in the spare room here waiting to go on next week. My deployment set me back a few months. I hope I don't get any leaks though. If I do, I will try the RTV seal (I hate leaks).
I-CAN-STANG said:
IMO the Apten definitely helps, and a better HE will go a long way. The Eaton just creats too much heat because of it's ineffieciency. My Whipple seems to run much cooler.
CobraBob said:I was thinking the same thing JB. And the potential for this becoming a major issue for a lot of folks is right up there. Think of all the people here who have complained about ticking and couldn't get the fix through Ford. Like others have mentioned in this thread, it makes you wonder if they have this very problem. Doesn't bode well for the future of these motors.
It's funny you mention this, because a friend of mine had "the tick", and it sounded exactly like my damaged piston sounded. Ford was giving him the runaround, but told him it was safe to keep driving. I knew I had already voided my warranty, so I decided to have the engine tore down myself to see what the problem was. I told the shop out here (CP Motorsports) about the "head tick", but once the engine was tore down it was obvious it had nothing to do with the heads (pics).
Now that everything is back together the car runs perfect.
quadcammer said:
That is what I thought, but the shop working on my engine showed me the stock bearings, and they looked brand new still. In fact two shops said I should re-use them (CP Motorsports and HBR engineering). They are apparently some good bearings. They were polished almost to a mirror finish with absolutely no scoring on either the bearings, or the crank journals.
I pretty much spared no expense on the rebuild, but it would have been a waste to buy new bearings when mine were still in great shape IMO.
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