6.7 Twin Turbo Setup

BOSS450 · Mar 1, 2015

Motor spun a bearing again.

powerstroked08 · Mar 1, 2015

Uh oh that's no good.

Dan · Mar 1, 2015

Yeah kid offered to buy last summer I accepted he never came through with money, so that's where that ended... I definatly won't be back in Denver nor will numb nuts with my truck. And yep it sure did, spun rod bearings exactly the same as it did in Denver last year. Blame it on crank flex or claim the missing lower fan shroud is the cause or claim I flat out abuse my truck but this time the cause of my bad luck with bearings is real obvious. It's quite interesting actually! Hahaha

5th engines the charm!

Bustedknuckles · Mar 1, 2015

Dan said:
Yeah kid offered to buy last summer I accepted he never came through with money, so that's where that ended... I definatly won't be back in Denver nor will numb nuts with my truck. And yep it sure did, spun rod bearings exactly the same as it did in Denver last year. Blame it on crank flex or claim the missing lower fan shroud is the cause or claim I flat out abuse my truck but this time the cause of my bad luck with bearings is real obvious. It's quite interesting actually! Hahaha

5th engines the charm!

Man that sucks to hear! Whats the plan now?

Dan · Mar 1, 2015

Going back together... should be back running end of the month. New crank couple new rods etc etc

webb06 · Mar 1, 2015

Dan said:
Going back together... should be back running end of the month. New crank couple new rods etc etc

I guess Wayne still has the truck?

97stoker350 · Mar 1, 2015

So the cause was what again? You beating the **** out of a brand new motor?

WUnderwood · Mar 2, 2015

Who is building your motors?

Dan · Mar 2, 2015

Think what you want 97polestroker350

Waynes a beauty helping out way more than he should even though my bearing issues are unrelated to his work on my truck!

Last two spun rod bearing engines came from elite.

Bustedknuckles · Mar 2, 2015

You said the cause was real obvious, go on?

trugertha · Mar 2, 2015

That sucks Dan. Hopefully you can get it all figured out.

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Breaking Habits · Mar 2, 2015

Maybe wait it out for main studs this time since you are so close.

Thats the entire reason my motor is still on a stand and not in my white turd

4EverBoosted1 · Mar 2, 2015

Dan said:
Think what you want 97polestroker350

Waynes a beauty helping out way more than he should even though my bearing issues are unrelated to his work on my truck!

Last two spun rod bearing engines came from elite.

You have only had 1 engine from elite I thought?

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97stoker350 · Mar 2, 2015

I'm not thinking anything big guy I was simply asking your to clear things up

B585Ford · Mar 2, 2015

How long did it run?

Dan · Mar 2, 2015

Took me seeing everything in person to figure out exactly what was going on, but we got it figured out this go around.

I'd love to wait for main studs but I won't for two reasons. 1) Waiting blows 2) the issue was never with the main bearings despite what i was lead to believe so main studs are irrelivent.

This is the engine that tadd shipped out unassembled.

driver operation, nitrous, fan shrouds cooling system crank flex etc etc all that stuff that fingers were pointed at have nothing to do with my cause of failure. And that's all I'm saying about that.

Got the same amount of run time out of this engine as the last one 2 days or so.

This time it'll last longer

madman1234509 · Mar 2, 2015

So you know what the issue was but you won't say? Am I missing something? What's the big secret?

Breaking Habits · Mar 2, 2015

But.. Crank flex being a known issue, and the lack of bedplate, girdle, main studs doesn't bother you at all.

I'm full aware of waiting sucks, my 6,000 mile truck has been apart since June 28, of 2013...

I just look at is as.. This could fail at our power level, and most likely will.. I just feel like it's worth addressing, then again, I was brought up with the mentality of better safe than sorry.

bigrpowr · Mar 2, 2015

Jared @ River City Diesel said:
But.. Crank flex being a known issue, and the lack of bedplate, girdle, main studs doesn't bother you at all.

I'm full aware of waiting sucks, my 6,000 mile truck has been apart since June 28, of 2013...

I just look at is as.. This could fail at our power level, and most likely will.. I just feel like it's worth addressing, then again, I was brought up with the mentality of better safe than sorry.

it could very well be a high torque issue. I don't think these blocks like all that . but then again craig hasn't had any of these issues.

Breaking Habits · Mar 2, 2015

bigrpowr said:
it could very well be a high torque issue. I don't think these blocks like all that . but then again craig hasn't had any of these issues.

I know. His baffles me as well, while lower horsepower trucks are showing failure.

Nothing can be simple