just to make u feel better, tuned my car with the new turbo set up, broke and axle on the dyno, fixed it over the winter, drove the car for a week, shattered the trans case,replaced it with the v160 over the next few months, drove it for 2 weeks, broke a wrist pin, everythings in a million pieces now, redoing a lot of stuff again, into the pit again...

 

why did the wrist pin fail?

 

he was jerking it too much.

 

My engine builder put the wrong ones in apparently, when he assured me this block was good to 1000 hp, they were thin walled tapered wrist pins, i wantwd to throw up when i saw it

 

Ouch.

 

I drove my s for 1 month turbo, motor seized, I said f@#k it n/a all the way !!!

Cost..... Just buy an Allen built short block, 5gs.... Then build the head, another 2gs then tune it, blow ur trans, replace with v160, 10gs, then blow ur diff, 5gs.....

Then u wont have any honda parts left to break and u should be good to go !!!!

Fi is truly never ending !!!!!

I hate seeing posts like this .....

Good luck !

 

Thanks. Most likely I will go the cheaper route and get it to put to stock specs or if it not much more expensive spend the money and add some better pieces if needed and call it a day and tune so I can drive it and enjoy it. Maybe one day get a built block, 8.8 rear and if I have to v160 but I'm getting to the age (turning 30 Tuesday) that I want to save more for real life and my future. Thanks for the motivation guys. I'm trying to keep my head up. Shit happens, life goes on.

 

Welcome to the club! Will you receive info regarding the extent of the damage today?

 

I feel your pain man....haven't driven my car since July (blown motor), and have maybe put 2k miles on it in the last 2.5 years.

Hope you keep your head up and stick with it

 

i am going to stop complaining about mine after reading some of the horror stories. <knocks on wood> i have been very pleased with mine overall.