stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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For whatever reason, have you ever intentionally blown your engine?
I have once in my OLD Nova 1.2 SPi. Or at least i tried 
I was driving it to my mates, where we were going to be fitting my SR engine. I came around the bend just before his house and could see his drive. Whilst doing 'a number of miles per hour' i selected 2nd, then sidestepped the clutch.
The revs went off the clock (digi clocks) and the engine died and would not restart.
However, there was no sign of any 'legs out of the bed' or anything else visual to signify a dud engine.
Anyway, we swapped the engines and to cut a long story short, it turned out that revving the car past 29million had sent some sort of surge through the loom and melted it all together. It was completely wierd. Eventually got it all going again after dyas of head scratching...
Proof that 1.2 8v's are really indestructible...
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
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Pitty its so fucking slow 
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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i selected 1st on the motorway
but didnt let it rev long as i put my clutch back down after a second or two
no damage whatso ever to my 1.2 8v
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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tryed to blow up my 1.0 just before i was throwing the valver in...
took it near 45-50 in first, probably around 8k+ rev's - engine didn't even flinch
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burgess
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Registered: 22nd Feb 04
Location: Norton, North Yorkshire
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I used to regularly get my old nova 1.2 bouncing valves
would do a indicated 40 in first and nearly 70 in 2nd but it was only a 4 speed merit
never close to blowing it up
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phil_sutton
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
Location: Nottingham
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yes ive done a few of them now, this is the first one I blew up with nitrous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzlFO_4vQI
Best thing about it was it fired back up again and proceeded to keep going until it was full on mullered, by feeding it bolts an screws. An even then the only reason it stopped running was because the bolts snapped the ends off the spark plugs off. No bent valves or rods out the block, was gutted.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Missed 5th in a mates focus 2.0 zetec, hit third after some semi high revs in 4th, dropped the clutch, revcounter hit 7krpm (top of the counter - it redlined at 6.5!!!), hotfooted the clutch back down, got 4th again and carried on. Its nearing 167k now 
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ed
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I tried to on my 1.2 8v. But they are so fucking strong it wouldn't budge.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Valve bounce
Mates AX used to do that
[Edited on 24-12-2007 by pow]
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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My mates filed the header tank on his nove with beer, ran for ages then went kaboom
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nik
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Tried to shaft my ancient old 1.2 8v, bounced it off the limiter down the road for about 5 mins and nothing 
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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I poured a 1litre or coca cola in a ford escorts engine and it still went. Untill i the coil pack went and i were ragging it and a conrod hit the road still ran but on 2 cyclinders and about 30 mph
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stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I poured a can of Irn Bru into the inlet of an OLD Toyota Camry or something like that. Ran absolutely fine but smelled of candy floss haha.
My mates Nova GSi was knocking real bad so was nursing it home, but soon gave up on that so gave it utter death untill the engine turned inside out and i could feel bits of rod and block hitting the bottom of the car.
The car started, and drove a further 6 miles until it finally gave up. Ive never seen smoke like it. I hurt sooo much from the laughter.
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phil_sutton
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
Location: Nottingham
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It is piss funny running an engine when a rod has come out the block. Massive hole an whats left of the rod flapping around lol.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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What a waste of irn bru
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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iv tried serval times, never works
holding it on the rev limiter for 20 seconds,
chucking it in 3rd at 85mph
just wont give up, even the gearbox grinds like fook and that wont blow up either
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stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
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quote:
Originally posted by warren.g
chucking it in 3rd at 85mph
2nd at 90mph seemed to do it
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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wasnt trying that hard
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gavin2409
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Registered: 23rd Apr 06
Location: Newport
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a old woman round ere by me drives her car constantly in 2 screwing the bollocks out of her corsa 1.2ls supprised that aint blown up
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
Location: Under your sisters bed
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i killed a 1.4 8v sri..
ran it with no rad for 59mins.... i suspect it would have restarted after it cooled down tho!
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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59 mins
My mum hadn't been in the car that long when she blew my dad's old engine with coolant in, that ended up with a 50p sized hole in piston 1, and the head melted in various places, although that wasn't intentional
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
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it was just sat at idle to be fair.. smelt baaaad..
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
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She was at idle in traffic most of the time, although she was doing about 60-70 when it developed a rattle, then started loosing power then when she finally pulled over there was smoke pouring out of both ends
She's never lived it down
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
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ace
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jams
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Registered: 17th Dec 07
Location: chester
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have done on my van transit connect
i had loads of work to do and i wanted to go home 
go i changed to 2nd about 70 it snapped the cam
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