blew engine last night and found the rod broken in half and on the ground! now looking for any ideas on where to get a new engine or what one to get? pls help!!!

 

I see them on eBay quite a bit...

 

will a 05' fit in an 07?

 

what year, i have an extra 08 motor with 1400 miles on it

 

auto or manual? and how long have you been boosted.

 

its a 2007 and a couple of months

 

oh and its a standard, how much are you selln' ur 08 motor for?

 

it doesnt matter if its standard or auto .the only difference is the flywheel ....what else is wrong with it besides the rod .becuz if u didnt mess up the head and theres nothing wrong with the block and the cranks fine just get new internals and make sure the cylinderwalls arnt scared bad and if not just get them honed out ....

 

we are going to rip apart the engine on monday and see what i screwed up. ill b sure to check those. i hope thats all that i have to do! but thats what happens when you over boost

 

what boost were you running

 

9psi
idk really why it blew but it sux!

 

so the full scoop of what happened was that i was in third and got on it but not WOT and around 4500/5000 rpm it jus sorta died and at the same time i felt sum stuff hit my car that fell out and pulled over right away. my friend said that he saw sparks and i followed the oil slick back a ways and i found a rod that broke in half but it was night so i couldnt really find much more. luckily i was like 2 blocks from the shop i go to and called the owner up and we pushed it back to the shop and hes going to look and see all that broke and hope fully its jus the rods and internals

 

You should be able to strip them and just swap the short block. That's what get's done at most salvage yards that do repair work. Ebay is probably your best bet.

 

ya im gona hope for the best but plan for the worst

 

Who did the tune on the car? Sounds like major detonation may have been the problem. The rods dont usually break from that kind of boost. Did it spin a bearing or did the rod just break in half?

 

im no expert, but if he found a rod on the ground dosent that mean his block is nowhere near fine. It had to get out somehow. Your head still maybe be good though. GL, u know this calls for a built motor now

 

u blew on 9psi...was ur tune bad i plan on running 10+

 

sorry to hear dude if anything you could get out of it is a custom built engine that wouldnt be too bad

 

konoku performace in santa rosa did the install and tune. hes good. idk if i can afford to get a built motor but i will prob build it eventually. i only have like 1500$ so we will see what i can do.

-10 psi should be fine i have a friend that is running 10psi and it works fine.

 

1500 should be able to get you new rods and pistons and 500 bucks to help with labor. If your cylinder walls are damaged you want to look into a new motor. Save time and resources and do it right the first time...dont cut corners