Last night was interesting to say the least. We had a wastegate that stuck open for the first pass. We managed an 11.7 on that pass. We fixed the gate and went back to try again. The car launched nicely with a decent 60 got to the top of second gear and the engine just shut off. I tried to refire it since I didnt want the turbo to cook, but after a couple of attempts the engine locked down solid. Last night we pulled the plugs and the number 4 plug was stuck. Vtecace23 pulled it out the hole and we new it was not going to be pretty. After a tear down this morning this is what I found:
Flipped the head over and found some resemblance to a cumbustion chamber:
Here is a shot of the piston at the bottom of the bore:
And here is the piston out of the engine:
I guess it is time to freshen it up, lol!