Cobra4187

last week i was driving my car. i was on it pretty good (bad day at work). then after i got home my engine was making a ticking nosie. sounded like the top end. could not hear it at a idle but when it was up around 2 or 3 grand you could hear it pretty good. since then it has been parked. while it was parked i changed the oil spark plugs and brakes. when for a test drive and was running pretty good. just seemed like a lost of power alittle. started going up a hill and lost all power and "boom" all my oil was flying behind me. opened the hood and saw fire!!! got the sucker towed home. and jacked it up and something was slammed through the oil pan. piston? thats what i think. so thinking that the car is done for. or some major work!!! anyone know what happen or could of happen? any of the recalls cover any of this (probully not)?

and the other thing to make this whole situation worse was i was hanging out with this girl for the second time and then this happen!!! then my buddies comes home and just mess' everything up....

mfj

really sorry about your loss. sounds like u sent a rod through the pan!! No recalls or warranties would ever cover that, lol, but again, really sorry. sounds like u been thru a lot. when i opened this thread, "my cobra is done", i thought it would be a project u just finished and u were excited about, not the exact opposite.

PushinTheLimit

Well, now its time to order you a new short block. Its not gonna be cheap, but go ahead and get something thats stronger now that you have to. Good luck man.

Cobra4187

where is a good place to buy short block and other stuff to make it better?

Ellik

www.vtengines.com

97targa

My guess is detonation broke off part of your piston skirt and was tossing that around the engine. This is prob. where your power loss came into effect. Did you notice any oil on any of your plugs when you pulled them?

Cobra4187

no. everything looked ok. thats the thing that makes me think. it seems like the bold on the piston was coming undone and thats where the ticking nosie came from and then it just came off. like i can see one side of the ring and it looks clean. so i might be taking the engine out next week and take a good look at it. but my buddie has a lightning engine that all it needs is pistons and rods and it complete. so i might go that route if there is to much damage.

Ellik

going to a 2v?

Cobra4187

i don't really know what i am doing. i just want it fixed and then sell it.

Cobra4187

So could i put a 4.6 GT motor in my cobra? whats the big differance on the two differant blocks? i would still be putting the heads on. would it make a big differance. loss of big hp?