Huwsi
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Turned int a Fireball on Sunday Night, It spat out a rod and the oil caught fire after coming in contact with the turbo 
Before;
After;
I'm well gutted for him because it was a really well built conversion. It's a shame really .
I thought I'd share it with you 
[Edited on 22-04-2008 by Huwsi]
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andy1868
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does your cousin know alex? (whittie)
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deano87
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Ouch 
Was he ok?
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fazza
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fook me bet hes gutted!
would be one mega project to redo though
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Huwsi
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
does your cousin know alex? (whittie)
yeah, quite well i think 
He got out fine but was a narrow escape from wht he told me
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richc
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Was it running stupid boost by any chance? I didnt think these engines were known for spitting rods!
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John G
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cochyns focus heard about this earlier today
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Huwsi
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Pic of the engine before;
And after;
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Jambo
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ooooft nasty that.
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Huwsi
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
Was it running stupid boost by any chance? I didnt think these engines were known for spitting rods!
Can't remember how much boost he was running, but whatever happened it left a huge hole in the bottom end.
Personnally it looks like oil starvation but I wouldn't put any money on it 
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John G
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291bhp it was running last i heard! with purged CO2. Only thing i can think of is it wasnt set up very well as at that sort of power it really shouldnt split a rod
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Ben G
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i gather it was an engine conversion? as rs's only came in blue.
saw the pics in the morning thread yesterday, i'd be gutted
might be a silly question but, is he fully covered?
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John G
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i gather it was an engine conversion? as rs's only came in blue.
saw the pics in the morning thread yesterday, i'd be gutted
might be a silly question but, is he fully covered?
yep it was a conversion
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_Allan_
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Exhaust wrap looks salvageable
OoOo nasty
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broster
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who did the conversion on that originally, looks like it was a nice car
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Rob E
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read about this yesterday on local forum feel so sorry for him as ive seen all the work gone into this over the years. I remember when it was a 1.4 with nos which beat me 1.8 escort 
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Huwsi
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Yeah, was a good conversion- i'm not entirely sure who as i didn't bother asking him i think it was pumaspeed though. oh, everything was declared The car was running fine beforehand because he took me for a spin earlier on sunday (a couple of hrs before)
[Edited on 22-04-2008 by Huwsi]
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jamez_zz
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think its a right off tbh.
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Doug
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Still makes me laugh thinking about when he had the turbo whistle welding into his exhaust
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wilson_sri
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Such a sham looked awesome. Did he not have a fire extinguisher in the car?
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little_duke
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oh my word.thats bad
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mattk
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a in car fire extinguisher would be usless against that
seen it happen to an RS Cosworth
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Whittie
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Poor lad, i'm gutted for him. Was running around 300bhp.
He's getting an escort cossie next.
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Ludacris Turbo
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Saw this on passionford Said he was looking at getting an escos though to replace it
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Whittie
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quote:
Originally posted by jamez_zz
think its a right off tbh.
No need for stupid comments like that to be fair.
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