Project Avant+

[Ross]

After an issue with the block causing loss of compression, we have here a nice, rebored example, finished in "stealth black":

[Ross]

And another shot of the bores:

[Ross]

Some lovely forged internals, ready to fill those bores

[Ross]

More updates soon! Here's a final peek:

[A80Avant]

those pistons are stock??if not then are they karsten shmidt or different manufacture?They seem identical to stock pistons!
mahle pistons i used where shorter and lighter than stock

[4WheelDrifter]

After an issue with the block causing loss of compression, we have here a nice, rebored example, finished in "stealth black":

What happened to the 3B bottom end that Tom built?

[jogi730]

Ross,
Talking bad luck, any news on how yours is getting on? Any ideas what was the cause yet? Hope she's back on the road shortly for you.
Cheers
Chris

[Ross]

Haven't yet had the motivation to talk to Corey for further detail, but it appears that there was contact on cyl #1 between valves & piston, and upon manual rotation of the crank the cylinder stays nice and stationary in the bore

Would suggest it is no longer connected to the crank... as to the cause and extent of damage we're leaving it till after christmas. Had as much bad luck in the Nov '06 - Nov '07 period as I can handle!!

Looking forward to a much more successful year on the motoring front in '08

[Laurel]

Looking forward to a much more successful year on the motoring front in '08

*rolls eyes and shakes head* Ross....

[Fat Audi 80]

I think he meant to say, amazing wedding and honeymoon!

[audiman]

Bad luck Ross, hope it gets fixed and stays fixed next time. Maybe the ARP bolts have a fault in the rods?

[europeanme]

hang in there dude....
08 sounds like it's going to be a fun year!!..isn't that right laura?!...

[Jamo]

Haven't yet had the motivation to talk to Corey for further detail, but it appears that there was contact on cyl #1 between valves & piston, and upon manual rotation of the crank the cylinder stays nice and stationary in the bore

Would suggest it is no longer connected to the crank... as to the cause and extent of damage we're leaving it till after christmas. Had as much bad luck in the Nov '06 - Nov '07 period as I can handle!!

Looking forward to a much more successful year on the motoring front in '08

Is there any update on when you get your car back mate?

[Ross]

OK, take a moment to get your violin solo queued and play it in the background...

After looking through the last updates with lovely pics of shiney forged components it's rather sad but here's the cause of the engine failure:

[Ross]

Rods, Pistons, Crank, block are all toast...