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Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:21 pm
by Ryan
I have a shredder bound 94 GS. It is rusty far beyond repair. I've salvaged everything useful. Engine burns more oil than gas.
I was thinking I'd fill it to the brim with used oil engine oil (I have 5 gallons, I hope that would be enough) and see what it does.
Either that or water.
Or rev limit it until it runs out of gas or boom. with or without coolant/oil?
sand in the intake, do before-and-after compression comparison.
Either way, I'd like to pull the front VC and video record the cams at rev limit. Lay a poly sheet around it so everything doesn't get splattered.
Any other ideas?
It would be fun to then re-build it as quick as I can with other laying-around engine bits (pistons, heads, block I guess too) and see if I can get it going again.
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:25 pm
by RobMinhas
I know it's just a K8 but that sounds awfully wasteful.
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:31 pm
by Ryan
Ok, I'm pulling it anyway. You pay shipping, and its yours. Goes for anyone.
Its not a GD panda bear....
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:40 pm
by RobMinhas
Ryan wrote:Ok, I'm pulling it anyway. You pay shipping, and its yours. Goes for anyone.
Its not a GD panda bear....
I kid I kid
Wood chips/sawdust in the intake? not as fine as sand so it might be a bit more exciting
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:45 pm
by Ryan
Good, I'm glad.
sawdust probably would take a long time to kill it... but smell AWESOME out the tailpipe!
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:48 pm
by mikeinaus
how about some atf instead of oil. the friction modifiers should wear it down pretty quick at full throttle. or something flammable in the intake. sand would be cool but id try and explode the engine rather then just kill it.
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:55 pm
by Ryan
OOOOOHHHH.... I have 10L of old death gasoline.... I should fill up the cylinder with an open exhaust valve, fill her up, and then have the baddest a-- flamethrower out the exhaust.
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 6:56 pm
by RobMinhas
I have but one request, video!
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 8:53 pm
by MrMazda92
I vote flamethrower. If you're blowing it up, do it in style...
Otherwise, throw your 218 cams in it, and slap it on a dyno. Rev it to 10K and see what she puts down.
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 16th, 2012, 9:46 pm
by BornSticky
run coca cold instead of oil...
turbo it! boooooost! nos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrOghb3JbDA
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 18th, 2012, 4:23 pm
by Juans_93_MX3
Run a 125 shot of nitrous. Do cool experimental stuff.
Run pure alcohol or something. Change the spark plug order so it can sound like a V8.
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 18th, 2012, 5:35 pm
by marcdh
that was awesome! Their mower takes some abuse!
Re: Interesting ways to kill a K8?
Posted: June 18th, 2012, 10:55 pm
by fowljesse
I say do some useful experimentation. I don't know what that means.. maybe rev limit/ duration testing without changing the gas/ oil situation. It's been a long time since anyone has reported testing the limits of a K engine.