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Which piston was it? Plug in the picture looks fine so just sounds like another unfortunate mishap on a stock Hellcat rod.
Congratulations on your donut job!!
 


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I don't eat donuts, they're bad for my six pack :LOL:
 


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Which piston was it? Plug in the picture looks fine so just sounds like another unfortunate mishap on a stock Hellcat rod.
Cyl 3. The plug from there is bad. I didn’t try to focus on the plug so not sure if you could see in the pic.
plugs were laid out in order
1
3
5
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Update. Finally got the block stripped and piston #3 out of the block
Head can be repaired, now to get the crank checked out and decide my plans.

Wrist pin is in one piece so I'm going to assume the connecting rod broke
 


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That's some carnage
 


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Update. Finally got the block stripped and piston #3 out of the block
Head can be repaired, now to get the crank checked out and decide my plans.

Wrist pin is in one piece so I'm going to assume the connecting rod broke
The top of that piston is pretty clean...
 


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TX2K22 was a great time.
I knew to test and tune from A to B
to ONLY use the nitrous if needed in eliminations.

Well, I got confused on the car beside me and knew it would be a good run on the spray during test and tune so I sent it!

Heard it break up about 1000' but by the time I could get off the nitrous was a little too late.

Got a "smoke warning"
drove the car on the trailer, started it back where we were parked, and drove it off the trailer into the shop.
Wasn't sure what I'd find. Was HOPING for a head gasket but never heard of a stock engine hellcat blowing a head gasket. Figured it was a piston. Started looking this morning........

I did some research over the past couple of days and read that at a certain power level, the small end of the connecting rod will let loose at the wrist pin. I figured I had a ways to go before I got to that power level. Guess not.

Also, the required engine diaper did exactly as it was supposed to. I had zero idea to the extent of the damage as other than the smoke out of the tailpipe there was no oil anywhere. It sat on the trailer from wednesday until yesterday with no oil other than from the tailpipe. I parked it at the lift yesterday, and this morning when I picked it up saw a small puddle of oil. When I started to drop the diaper, it was full

Enjoy my suffering hahahaha

Now to decide what to do. I do have a spare BGE bare block so now my mind is all over the place
Holy crap. "Smoke warning" - Meh. Photo of mosquito death cloud / Navy destroyer smoke screen - holy crap!

Hope it fixes up quickly and easily.
 


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I don't eat donuts, they're bad for my six pack :LOL:
I have made a very comfortable living from the donut industry...from the production to the sale....from the ingredients to the packaging..from the distribution to the consumption...from FLA. to NY..and points in between...word of advice ...wanna be my friend???...EAT MORE DONUTS !!!!!! (i don't care how bad they are for you););););):cautious::cautious::cautious::cautious:
 


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I have made a very comfortable living from the donut industry...from the production to the sale....from the ingredients to the packaging..from the distribution to the consumption...from FLA. to NY..and points in between...word of advice ...wanna be my friend???...EAT MORE DONUTS !!!!!! (i don't care how bad they are for you););););):cautious::cautious::cautious::cautious:

Dunkin' ?
 


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MR.Donut....my family were the first franchises in the early 60's in WNY..we became multiple operators with 18 units..as well as 9 of our own private independent units..(Donuts&Cream)...our involvement spawned a distribution network for Mr. Donut...by 1971 we had become eastern states distributors for Mr.Donut..in 1973 we acquired three franchises for the then Arthur Treacher's fish and chips...we divested our interest in all retail operations by 1988....and the distribution centers are still active in NY...and FLA
 


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The top of that piston is pretty clean...

E85 (and nitrous) they were all clean. One of the cleanest engines Ive ever stripped down. It is low miles, but I was still amazed how clean everything was
 


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Feel bad for you. Sucks to break shit.
 


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MR.Donut....my family were the first franchises in the early 60's in WNY..we became multiple operators with 18 units..as well as 9 of our own private independent units..(Donuts&Cream)...our involvement spawned a distribution network for Mr. Donut...by 1971 we had become eastern states distributors for Mr.Donut..in 1973 we acquired three franchises for the then Arthur Treacher's fish and chips...we divested our interest in all retail operations by 1988....and the distribution centers are still active in NY...and FLA
Sounds like you need a freight broker in your back pocket.
 


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MR.Donut....my family were the first franchises in the early 60's in WNY..we became multiple operators with 18 units..as well as 9 of our own private independent units..(Donuts&Cream)...our involvement spawned a distribution network for Mr. Donut...by 1971 we had become eastern states distributors for Mr.Donut..in 1973 we acquired three franchises for the then Arthur Treacher's fish and chips...we divested our interest in all retail operations by 1988....and the distribution centers are still active in NY...and FLA
I don't think that I've ever seen a Mr Donut?
 


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i have seen them all over the place.
 


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i have seen them all over the place.
I guess since I don't eat donuts then I would never notice one?
 


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i don't either but i watch out for the critters that do. sugar rush
 


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@1971demon

If your donuts were around here, I would eat them... :oops:


:unsure:


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If your donuts were around here, I would eat them... :oops:


:unsure:


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If so....I would find it incomprehensible.....to ever pick on you again...;);)
 


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The top of that piston is pretty clean...
Look at you, always trying to find the bright spot in everything 👍
 




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