Need a ref pic? I can tell their different. EDIT: I just checked the head I have off my Z, its an N47 not a P79. Ok dished pistons and an N47 head... that seems REALLY low compression...

And duowing, it hydro-blew up lol It actually blew out chunks of the old head gasket. and the amount of water that came out of it when I turned it over with out plugs says everything really

 

keep your head you have on there, change the gasket, dry that **** out. should be ok if you didnt suck up a ton of water

 

IT may not have sucked a ton into the engine. But It looked like had a good drink lol
Ugh damn it, Now I have a problem, a headbolt snapped off... theres a little bit still stuck up maybe 3/4 an inch? So far vicegrips arent working...

 

Engine head is ok


Block is ok (thats PB Blaster in there. I ran out of wd-40)


The Z


The evil that killed my Z (that garden thingy is only 3 blocks high with maybe 6 inches of cement to stand on)


Another shot. that water was only around a foot deep when I checked it later.


Soo ya. Open airbox + semideep water + speed = waterlocked Z engine

 

fix your air box

 

I cut that mouth off the air box and some of the bottom.

 

Totally, there's a reason your air box is designed the way it is. Now, I actually cut holes in my airbox too, but I cut them in the BACK of the airbox, so it doesn't "funnel" the water into your engine like it would in the front...

 

lol and know you know it wasnt a great idea

 

yaaaaaa looking at it now, I was thinking of just AIR going in there... never water lol

 

And yes skib I know I know now lol

And open element cone filter would be worse wouldn't it?

 

Will an "ez-out" take out a broken bolt thats TQed at like 100flbs?

 

depends where you put it, I run an open cone.


and stay out of the water

 

damn bluefox, i'm sorry to hear about your water problem. i don't have anything helpful to say. i just hope it's an easy fix : )

i try to not drive even in the rain. my seals have shrunk and t-tops leak : P

 

Well I'm not gonna be driving in water that doesn't look deep but turns out to be a little bit deep, or if I have to, go REALLY slow. But I love driving in the rain. no clue why but its fun lol

Congrats C-Dawg on the very first one to call me "bluefox" XD

 

sure your not mistaken for blue falcon?

 

Do you know the translation of "Kitsune"?

 

I LOL'ed


Blue - Good luck on the rebuild. Do you know if you have any bent rods? At least you have that spare block just in case you need some spare parts

 

No bet rods, everything spins freely, no noise no grinding. I think I got EXTREMELY lucky lol

 

i hope you didn't bend any rods... but i would drop the head off at a machine shop to get checked out, good possibility it got warped also possibly messed up some valve seals and get new head studs or bolts and a good gasket.

 

Well the head is going to a machine shop. Im still on a toss up of do I wanna use my P90 head now or keep with the N47 for now

 

Am I the only one wondering why he has a head bolt torqued at 100 ft/lbs? They're only about 55ft/lbs if I remember correctly. So far nothing looks too bad, but like snw said drop the head off. How did you oil look?

 

Oil was still new and had very little water in it. And Im exaggerating about the headbolts but I have to use a breaker bar to get them undone. But I let my friend do the first one, and he had it on tighten with a 3 foot breaker bar. so ya

 

Just remember, when you hydrolock a motor...a very good chance of bending rods!

 

Do a barrell roll

 

... hahaha it was an accident, didn't mean to call blue kitsune 'fox'. guess my brain was asleep : P

when i drive when it's wet my tires always spin way too easily. now that i think about it, that IS pretty fun...