While the GM guys like to throw rocks at late model Ford performance fans because the modular engines are more complex than the LS/LT series of engines, the potency of the Ford DOHC engines cannot be questioned. Those engines are capable of huge power with lots of stock parts. In this video we see a hot rodded GT500 Mustang that the owner has dubbed “Blue Diamond” for obvious reasons. Now, this video has been around for a while so we went hunting around to see if we could figure out what happened to the engine to precipitate its fiery end. Turns out we found the answer on the owner’s CarDomain.com page. A rod bolt failed at the very top end of the RPM curve during this pull and everything goes terribly wrong in an instant.
We can tell you that the owner rebuilt the car with a Ford Racing block and a pile of good parts. It was reportedly making 800hp with the bolt-ons the owner had on the original engine in this video. We don’t doubt it because we have seen them making that power plus bunches depending on the power adder. While we cannot argue with the effectiveness of the blower on this combo, turbos on these things literally transform them into raging beasts. Obviously the factory bottom end (which was built as strong as anything that has ever left a Ford factory on these cars) has its limitations and according to the owner of the car, he uses it to drag race, open track day, and dyno a ton. He just pushed this thing to and beyond its limits one time too many.
Perhaps the best part of the whole thing is reading through the YouTube comments. We joke about how no one knows anything about cars anymore but holy smokes. When you see some of the insane, mouth-breathing replies to this video and the “reasons” that were given as to why the engine failed you’ll feel like the smartest person alive. Yikes!
Anyway, we’re glad that this one has a happy ending. The owner is a hands on guy and no a check writer so after he blew it up he fixed it in with his own two hands. BangShift approved!
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Well that happened to me – chronic rod bolt failure at the top end of a pull!
Wor lass can be a bit over enthusiastic at times…
Ph’narr ph’narr, Missus!
Brother, you weren’t kidding about the comments. I felt my IQ drop about 20 points from just skimming them.
That`s why I don`t read the Youtube comments anymore . I don`t want my blood pressure going too high.
If you have Firefox, look into the Comment Snob plug-in. It blocks any YouTube comments from people who fail to use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Talk about living in a bubble…….
I have to say I find myself wondering a bit about dyno pulls…I totally ` get ‘ that running a car on a dyno is the best way of seeing improvements etc but it seems that some of these guys just chase the highest number possible, screw what they are doing to the car. I mean, how many revs was that thing pulling when it let go? doubtful you’d thrash a car that hard on the track, let alone the street. Still, his money I suppose.
Good point! I’m sure for many it’s more of an ego thing to know how big their dyno numbers are so they push it too much like you said, but it really doesn’t necessarily translate to the track. Dyno attrition is why I’ve always steered away from it (pun unintended), I’ll just use the track as my ‘dyno’. And anyway, the engine is only part of cutting a low ET, most of my own improvements were setting up my chassis, suspension, tires, tire pressures, shift points… and my engine gets to live to run another day.
Hey John T can you give me a ring I want to photograph your car mate 0405198244 Darryl. You are on the money with those dyno pulls too!