thewumpus99
Donating Member
My day: :tdown:
The Typhoon I bought 5 months ago threw a rod today, at 125k. I coasted to a light and noticed a helicopter noise over the radio. I turned the radio off, listened, and pulled the hell over right away. The new belt tensioner I'd just installed was shaking back and forth, and I was only 1/4 of a mile from the NAPA where I bought it. I pulled in there, and they agreed it looked like a bad tensioner since nothing else was shaking. Swapped in a new one in the parking lot, started it, and the same damned thing happened. Headed to an engine shop, and at each red light (of which I hit every damned one), I had a little more difficulty coming up to speed. Finally, 4 blocks from the engine shop, the engine quits and I coasted to a quiet "Check Engine" halt in the middle of the road.
Fortunately I didn't punch a hole through the block, so the core is still salvagable. But needless to say, it was a long and depressing day.
What are my engine options? Worst-case, I figurte I could get a rebuilt Jasper engine that was cammed up a bit. Aside from that, any recommendations for good performance options, or good rebuilders in Colorado?
To be honest, I thought my transmission (which is on death's doorstep) would fail long before my engine, which still seemed to be running strong. So I haven't done much investigation into performance rebuilds, and now I'm without my daily driver until I figure things out.
The Typhoon I bought 5 months ago threw a rod today, at 125k. I coasted to a light and noticed a helicopter noise over the radio. I turned the radio off, listened, and pulled the hell over right away. The new belt tensioner I'd just installed was shaking back and forth, and I was only 1/4 of a mile from the NAPA where I bought it. I pulled in there, and they agreed it looked like a bad tensioner since nothing else was shaking. Swapped in a new one in the parking lot, started it, and the same damned thing happened. Headed to an engine shop, and at each red light (of which I hit every damned one), I had a little more difficulty coming up to speed. Finally, 4 blocks from the engine shop, the engine quits and I coasted to a quiet "Check Engine" halt in the middle of the road.
Fortunately I didn't punch a hole through the block, so the core is still salvagable. But needless to say, it was a long and depressing day.
What are my engine options? Worst-case, I figurte I could get a rebuilt Jasper engine that was cammed up a bit. Aside from that, any recommendations for good performance options, or good rebuilders in Colorado?
To be honest, I thought my transmission (which is on death's doorstep) would fail long before my engine, which still seemed to be running strong. So I haven't done much investigation into performance rebuilds, and now I'm without my daily driver until I figure things out.
