Sorry to hear as others have said.  It sucks.  Hope you find out what went wrong.

Wow that sucks! and a bit unnerving. The one Failed engine I seen at LMS rod bearing was in excellent shape and had almost no wear on it. The bearing shells look to be made of a different material then used in older cars. I wish you only the best of luck in your endeavors.

I just need a short block to send to Livernois if I do build one. I have a lead on one as of now. I'll install it myself.


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Quote from: ONLYA6 on May 31, 2014, 01:02:01 PM
I just need a short block to send to Livernois if I do build one. I have a lead on one as of now. I'll install it myself.


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It's not much of a consolation, but if you do build one she should handle 700+hp. And the first on the forum to do it. I would love to see that. Just not on your terms unfortunately.


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IMO making that level of power will just make it a dyno queen. Enough to get into the mid-high elevens is all it needs. The rest of the drivetrain isn't up to handling it.


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A look at the piston top prats will determine if it was detonation or hydro-lock from the water/gunk mix accumulating in the CAC.

What happens when this liquid mix accumulates to a certain level, you can be cruising along but when you "floor it" this is pushed into the intake manifold as a "Gulp" and if the amount is to much, the piston cannot compress it and the result is something has to give. Usually the rod pretzels and the piston breaks. If it comes apart, it goes through the block. I take it you did not have the RX system installed on it?

I have breathers on the valve covers.

If it gulped something in then it wouldn't have waited until I let off after a pull to let go.

I hydro locked my Jeep a long time ago. It didn't wait after it gulped in some water.


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I'm feeling more and more like there is a glitch in the base programming in these vehicles. There are 2 issues that make me feel this way. The 1st is where I am on and off the gas heavy...the car starts acting confused and throttle response disappears completely, and then it takes off like a bat out of hell. The other issue is that with all 3 data logging programs i have used (Torque, OBDLink, Dashcommand), there are brief periods where communication with the ECM ceases for a brief second. I am noticing it more with Dash command due to the bigger, easier to read displays. Everything goes to NA or an INF error. Like i said, It's a brief second but it is also recorded in the min values the display shows.  It's possible my MX is losing communication but...with the driveability issues I mentioned (I'm not the only one who has talked about this behavior), the weird behavior of the ECM, and now this blown motor on a lift condition, I'm a little concerned.

Sorry about your loss and the wall of text.

Kudos for being able to keep a sense of humor and making me laugh with your thread title.

Ya, it might be an OEM workaround devised by Ford to prevent such a situation from occurring.  A timeout of sorts if you will.

Quote from: SHOdded on May 31, 2014, 04:38:36 PM
Ya, it might be an OEM workaround devised by Ford to prevent such a situation from occurring.  A timeout of sorts if you will.

I feel like that would be a really, really bad idea with all those parts moving at high velocity, LOL.

Really sorry man . I still wonder if it could be meth, I have not seen or worked on these kits, but if the relay that triggers the pump jammed, when you backed off and the rpm's dropped that could result in hydrolock depending on the size of the nozzle, no?

Possible but nozzles are before throttle body.

Yep. Not enough could sneak in as the throttle closed to hydro lock it.


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Has anyone taken an inspection camera and looked inside the intercooler for condensation? I might have to get one and see how much is actually in it.

Quote from: wasinger3000 on June 01, 2014, 02:33:39 AM
Has anyone taken an inspection camera and looked inside the intercooler for condensation? I might have to get one and see how much is actually in it.

Yup and a way to suck it out. Posted here
http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php?topic=3056