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Look what I found laying on top of my engine!

Byron in Atlanta
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The engine in my '02 S blew up at Road Atlanta last month. I finally got in the garage and started taking the engine out and look what I found on top of the engine case.

CIMG0197.jpg

This was a re-manufactured engine that was replaced by Porsche for the previous owner of my car. It only had 60K miles! Here's the hole it left.

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Many questions! In watching the video of the engine blowing up, I didn't think it had grenaded to this level. A bit of clatter, but no big boom. What causes a rod to jump ship like this? Shouldn't a Porsche built engine last more than 60K? What must I do to insure that the next engine doesn't do the same thing? Obviously a rebuild is out of the question. Do I go back with a 3.2 or use the opportunity to upgrade to a 3.4? Can I do a 3.4 myself in the garage? Is a 3.6 possible?

Here's a link to the video.

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Oh my... She blowed up real good. :cursing: Ahhh the old "could this happen again" question... Can't really aswer that.... You can certainly do a search here. LN engineering has some preventative measures you can take on your next engine. Regarding a 3.4 or 3.6 conversion here is the man to ask. (Todd).....

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?/user/4060-tholyoak/

Todd I hope you don't mind but you do have exstensive knowledge in this area...

Good luck Byron and I'm sorry to hear what happened..

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How many of those 60K miles were on the track??

I probably do 5 or 6 DE's per year. Maybe a couple of track days. Couple of hundred miles track time in a weekend? Maybe a couple of thousand. The guy before me didn't track the car and I have had it for almost two years. I got it to have fun and fun I have had.

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