Guest TurboSedan Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 i was bored the other night so i decided to pull the LG5 shortblock out of the corner of the garage and pull the melted piston out (piston #5). this engine came from a TSTE in the local salvage yard. i bought the complete engine (sans turbo) for $350 not knowing it was blown , that is why i turbocharged my LH0 instead. i had no idea it was this bad, and unfortunately i don't think there is any way i could get away with honing the block. pretty sure it will need a .020 overbore. check this out: http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02217.JPG http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02218.JPG http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02220.JPG http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02221.JPG http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02222.JPG http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02223.JPG that lighter gray stuff near the piston pin on the connecting rod is molten aluminum that dripped down after melting off the piston :shock: http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02224.JPG http://www.turbosedan.com/cutlass/engine/DSC02225.JPG also, i thought it was interesting that 'MAHLE' was actually cast into the underside of the piston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intlcutlass Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 You just can't seem to catch a break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Nice carnage there. How do the other pistons look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurboSedan Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 the other pistons look perfectly fine, as does the rest of the engine lol. hell, even the heads looked great, which i'm using right now on the turbo LH0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 that poor piston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOHC_WBody Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Hmmm....looks like a detonation problem that turned into a compression problem. Good kill. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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