One drunken piston refuse to wake up for work after drinking too much sky juice.
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and its 'rod' down there swung open a hole on the crankcase wall
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Vented hood and an open pod sitting right below the vents caused a serious hydrolock after a heavy rain. Second cylinder drank most of the sky juice and the conrod snapped almost instantly. Conrod cap swung open a 3cm x 5cm hole on the crankcase wall. Piston jammed in the cylinder and that's it.
Supposed to be a repair job on this 2 month old CPS. After some discussion with the owner, we decided to do some minor internal modification since the work and time required has no difference.
In short, the engine will be enlarged to 1639cc from 1597cc. The flywheel, crankshaft and the crank pulley will be balanced and lightened as one assembly. All new pistons and conrods (1 new rod) will be weighed, lightened and balanced.
At this moment, the engine has been completely dismantled to the last pieces, cleaned and sent to be repaired and modified. New oversize pistons, new rings, new bearings, seals and gaskets are already here.
For a week or so, our job is to wipe the car shiny clean. :D
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CPS intake camshaft with trilobe cam profile. The middle lobe is used when CPS is not activated. Side lobes pushes the valves by few mm further.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs120.snc4/36377_10150195570330154_576425153_13533390_7185899_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs126.snc4/36660_133538873335356_100000377312513_228195_8245841_n.jpg
and its 'rod' down there swung open a hole on the crankcase wall
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs101.snc4/35424_133539173335326_100000377312513_228196_6340946_n.jpg
Vented hood and an open pod sitting right below the vents caused a serious hydrolock after a heavy rain. Second cylinder drank most of the sky juice and the conrod snapped almost instantly. Conrod cap swung open a 3cm x 5cm hole on the crankcase wall. Piston jammed in the cylinder and that's it.
Supposed to be a repair job on this 2 month old CPS. After some discussion with the owner, we decided to do some minor internal modification since the work and time required has no difference.
In short, the engine will be enlarged to 1639cc from 1597cc. The flywheel, crankshaft and the crank pulley will be balanced and lightened as one assembly. All new pistons and conrods (1 new rod) will be weighed, lightened and balanced.
At this moment, the engine has been completely dismantled to the last pieces, cleaned and sent to be repaired and modified. New oversize pistons, new rings, new bearings, seals and gaskets are already here.
For a week or so, our job is to wipe the car shiny clean. :D
---------- Post added at 09:40 PM ---------- 6 hour anti-bump limit - Previous post was at 09:29 PM ----------
CPS intake camshaft with trilobe cam profile. The middle lobe is used when CPS is not activated. Side lobes pushes the valves by few mm further.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs120.snc4/36377_10150195570330154_576425153_13533390_7185899_n.jpg
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