Vitesse951
08-30-2003, 02:15 AM
I had been drinking a little tonight at my house, so when the time came to go to my buddies house about 5 miles away, naturally, I let him drive, instead of driving myself. We didn't have any other vehicular options except the 951. I let him drive it, and on the way over there, we pulled up next to a supercharged Harley Davidson edition F-150 at a redlight. I have read they run a mid 6 second 0-60. Some redneck in the truck asked me what kind of car we were in. I told him it was a Porsche 944, and he kinda laughed, and said, "Isn't that a 4 cylinder?"
I said, "Yes it is." He asked me if I thought it was fast, and being a bit more agressive than I normally would have ( due to the alcohol), I said, "Fast enought to beat your truck." He said, "I doubt it, I have exhaust, and a pulley change." I told my friend Antwoine (the driver) to burn this guy, and as soon as the light turned green, we were off. Antwoine, not used to launching the 951, bogged terribly, giving the truck about a car lead on the lauch. We finally caught boost in first, and he powershifted to second, and we passed the truck at a ridiculous rate of speed. He continued accellerating to the end of second, by which time we were more than 5 cars ahead. When he reached then end of second, he tried to bang it into 3rd, but he didn't quite make it, and I heard the engine over-rev, and the gear grind. The rpms fell and never stabilized, the engine stalled out going down the highway. We pulled over and smoke was pouring out of the hood and the AC vents. I tried to restart the car, but it wouldn't start, it only turned over for ever and never got close to starting.
I was only running 9lbs of boost on a T04E turbonetics turbo with a Link 1 ECU. The A/F ratios weren't that great, I was still trying to tune it, there were a few lean spots, but I surely didn't expect that they were lean enough to blow the motor.
I can't really blame Antwoine for mis-shifting, because I told him to race the guy... I am just really upset with myself for getting drunk and letting someone who isn't familiar with the car drive it.
I guess there is some lesson to be learned here, I just wish it wouldn't have come at the cost of my motor.
I hope that I only blew the head gasket. Tomorrow, I am going to take the head off and inspect the pistons/rods and valves, and ,make the diagnosis as to what happened. I hope to god that it is only a blown head gasket.
:banghead:
More info tomorrow when I tear it down...
I said, "Yes it is." He asked me if I thought it was fast, and being a bit more agressive than I normally would have ( due to the alcohol), I said, "Fast enought to beat your truck." He said, "I doubt it, I have exhaust, and a pulley change." I told my friend Antwoine (the driver) to burn this guy, and as soon as the light turned green, we were off. Antwoine, not used to launching the 951, bogged terribly, giving the truck about a car lead on the lauch. We finally caught boost in first, and he powershifted to second, and we passed the truck at a ridiculous rate of speed. He continued accellerating to the end of second, by which time we were more than 5 cars ahead. When he reached then end of second, he tried to bang it into 3rd, but he didn't quite make it, and I heard the engine over-rev, and the gear grind. The rpms fell and never stabilized, the engine stalled out going down the highway. We pulled over and smoke was pouring out of the hood and the AC vents. I tried to restart the car, but it wouldn't start, it only turned over for ever and never got close to starting.
I was only running 9lbs of boost on a T04E turbonetics turbo with a Link 1 ECU. The A/F ratios weren't that great, I was still trying to tune it, there were a few lean spots, but I surely didn't expect that they were lean enough to blow the motor.
I can't really blame Antwoine for mis-shifting, because I told him to race the guy... I am just really upset with myself for getting drunk and letting someone who isn't familiar with the car drive it.
I guess there is some lesson to be learned here, I just wish it wouldn't have come at the cost of my motor.
I hope that I only blew the head gasket. Tomorrow, I am going to take the head off and inspect the pistons/rods and valves, and ,make the diagnosis as to what happened. I hope to god that it is only a blown head gasket.
:banghead:
More info tomorrow when I tear it down...