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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:56 AM
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The drivers says nothing when it happens though, all you hear is the engine noise.

If that happened to me, all you'd hear is me crying/swearing!
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:07 AM
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This vid brings back bad memories

My Built B16 made pretty much that exact same noise when piston 4 decided to make it's bid for freedom.
It totally destroyed the head and block. 3K down the swanny
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Putney,Feb 4 2009, 02:44 PM
Who needs to put the max power down for each gear anyway.... I drive it on the road!
May as well have bought an MX5.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:16 AM
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sounds like the oil filter fell off or something ?
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:31 AM
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Wrong tires did that it did
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:48 AM
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You're all wrong, it's clearly bird strike
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Putney,Feb 4 2009, 06:44 AM
Who needs to put the max power down for each gear anyway.... I drive it on the road!
You might be driving the wrong car...!
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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Not enough info from the video to tell the cause.
Oil light comes on almost exactly the same time you hear horrible noises so my gut feeling would be the conrod's cut the main oil gallery as it's made a bid for freedom.

If I had to make a guess I'd say the dreaded #4 piston crack/break
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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I live in london... 30's and 40's.. the cars a road car not a race car... do ferrari drivers redline every gear? nope...
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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I drive like that when going for it! it goes to 9k rpm and was built to do so, so do it!!
as said if you change gear at 7k rpm just after VTEC your in the wrong car go buy an MR2 or MX5!! LOL
Just a bit of bad luck that!!
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