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Cam@TDCauto · (This post was last modified: 06-01-2010 09:06 AM by Cam@TDCauto.)

A interesting build is happening here at TDC and we thought we would share it with you guys as we bring this car back to life. Vegard from Norway bought this car a few weeks ago with hopes of bringing it back to his home land. He had bought the car for a really good price. Originally Vegard came to America and test drove and purchased the car. From there he found an exporter to get the car back to Norway. Well when you export a vehicle there can be no gas( or in this case E85). So the exporters were driving the car to empty the car out and it started making a ticking noise.

The car Setup:

Buschur 2.3L Stroker Motor
Buschur Stage 3 Head
T-67 P-Trim Turbo
AEM EMS Tuned for E85
Tilton Triple Clutch
and many many more..

Well when it finally arrived to us it was Rod Knocking.When the head was pulled off to there marks all over the pistons from the valves hitting them. Needless to say the motor had taken a beating. And it seems that the car had been over revved,hence the valve marks in the pistons.

But anyways Vegard has decided to rebuild the motor before it reaches him in Norway.

On to the pics

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The start of the tear down...

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The scars on the crank..

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What's left of the bad Bearing...

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Will have some more when we tear the whole block down...

evilevo11 · 05-20-2010, 11:31 AM

Looks like some fun Smile

Got intake filter?

Scorke

JB · 05-20-2010, 12:32 PM

Holy toledo big intake filter Batman!

Good luck on the rebuild. For some reason the mods on this evo sound familiar....sam Lol

evilevo11 · 05-20-2010, 03:58 PM

(05-20-2010 12:32 PM)JB Wrote: Holy toledo big intake filter Batman!

Good luck on the rebuild. For some reason the mods on this evo sound familiar....sam

Total coincidence, neither of us knew what we were getting into Smile

Scorke

zps2004 · 05-20-2010, 05:25 PM

Please tell me those aren't k-sports.

evilevo11 · 05-20-2010, 08:55 PM

(05-20-2010 05:25 PM)zps2004 Wrote: Please tell me those aren't k-sports.

Oh they are...

Scorke

VR4Drive92 · (This post was last modified: 05-21-2010 01:14 AM by VR4Drive92.)

(05-20-2010 08:55 PM)evilevo11 Wrote:
(05-20-2010 05:25 PM)zps2004 Wrote: Please tell me those aren't k-sports.

Oh they are...

Scorke

K Sports is the mostest kick assest coilovers ever... Ohlins can suck it

Dodgy

Good luck with the Evo...

Have you guys ever wrenched on those by chance?

**stevebullitt** · 05-21-2010, 04:46 PM

Wow that thing's been torched! Good luck with the rebuild Smile

Cam@TDCauto · 05-26-2010, 09:08 AM

More Damage here.... Looks pretty brutal..
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It is officially down to a bare block and should have the parts next week to start building it back up..Stay Tuned

mightyS · 05-28-2010, 10:05 AM

Was the car bought from Zen motors in Atlanta? I see the big sticker across the top.

Cam@TDCauto · (This post was last modified: 06-01-2010 09:05 AM by Cam@TDCauto.)

Car is not from Zen Motorsports.... It had some minor work done to it from Zen with the transmission and wiring.. that is all.

dave99rt · (This post was last modified: 05-29-2010 08:16 AM by dave99rt.)

i guess those hacks at Zen don't know what plastigage, a dial-bore guage, calipers, and clay are.

that motor has just about everything wrong that you could mess up in a motor build.

piston skirts were too tight, trashed bearings, and insufficient PTV clearance.

i give them a 9.5 for failure to properly build a motor.
it'd be a 10 but, the it somehow still ran.

Boost Junkie · (This post was last modified: 05-29-2010 03:02 PM by Boost Junkie.)

Dave, I know Phil, the previous owner of the car. That engine was built and installed by Buschur, tho likely destroyed by the transporter.

Phil just posted this: http://gadsm.org/showpost.php?p=651243&postcount=4
and he wanted me to add the 'mod list': http://gadsm.org/showpost.php?p=651254&postcount=7

dave99rt · (This post was last modified: 05-30-2010 10:58 PM by dave99rt.)

oh snap.
guy is moron for putting 93 octane in a car tuned for E85.
no wonder the pistons look well done.

Cam@TDCauto · 06-01-2010, 09:04 AM

After talking to Phil the original owner he cleared up a lot of speculation with this car. Vegard is not the owner of the car. The car is owned by Karsten in Norway. From what I have been told the exporter over revved the car and it has caused all of this damage. This car is not a Zen Motorsports car so lets please leave them out of this mess. They had done some minor work on this car regarding the transmission and some wiring I was told by Brandon at Zen. Nothing else.. Phil told me numerous times that this car was 100% after the car left him. So this should be a lesson as to trusting other people with your cars. This thread has nothing to do with any other shops or anyone at all. This thread is to show what TDC is currently working. So with all of that cleared up we should have an update coming here soon as we are waiting on parts..