fordguys550
yep..."just" a V6
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yes, but now im afraid its going to break again. im freaked out
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Did you get your car back?It isn't the clutch that goes, it's the dual mass flywheel. The clutch and pressure plate looked good when my flywheel died. I should have my car back today to try my new RAM flywheel and clutch.
My setup with these same parts on my old 2012 V6 ProCharger were awesome. I had no chatter and smooth. I don't remember there being an issue with release point. The pedal effort is harder but I got use to it as I've had many hard clutch pedals in the past on some Lotus cars I've owned.Yes I got my car back but unfortunately I'm not real pleased with the results. After a few miles I got a check engine light and I have to take it back to get the crank position sensor reset or buy the Whipple flare device and do it myself. The clutch/flywheel isn't to my liking yet as it have a hard timing being smooth with it. The engagement point is pretty high on the clutch peddle and it chatters and is grabby. I'm hoping it will break in and become a little smoother and I will ultimately just adapt to it. I have the RAM billet steel flywheel and RAM HDX clutch kit.
not attacking you in anyway just pointing out some issues with this. all this is coming from a career engine builder and tuner specializing in prochargers as well as having built dozens of procharged v6 mustangs. things you have to remember tunes don't change on their own. and cars don't break on their own. as you stated the car ran fine for months. that is your first clue generally if you are stressing a part like a rod, it either breaks or it doesn't. simple as that. if it made it through months without issue than there is a high probability that something in the "combo"changed. second. the actual act of "bending a rod" would go almost unnoticed. as there would be no noticeable performance loss from the rod bending. basically nothing would happen. NOW saying that these rods are manufactured the same way as the coyote rods in which case they usually done BEND at all but rather SNAP. then all hell breaks loose. so is it possible that the guy misspoke when describing to you what happened and that the rod actually snapped? lets assume for a moment that this is the case. the procharger itself would not be the culprit here. detonation COULD be the issue from possible bad gas or tuning changes though i would think not likely. it would have to be pretty severe. so they leaves two options left. that are related. overall too much cylinder pressure (read hp) AND/OR excessive engine speed. these two are the rod killers. detonation will USUALLY kill a piston. but engine speed will kill a rod. so moral of the story. leave the tune and boost level as procharger sends it. keep the rpm range where it should be and it will live a LONG life. now as you mentioned you like to road race if i read correctly. might i suggest filling up with a good 100 octane unleaded if you are going to do that as road racing is BRUTAL on engine parts. especially supercharged ones which add heat. the extra octane will be a nice safety net. hope some of this helps1. What might you suggest would be the cause of my 2012 Mustang V6 with the stock ProCharger kit for having a Rod bend with low mileage after about 7-8 months?
Thank you for the response. I did hear from a mechanic who said the rod was bent and not snapped. I don't think the new owner had the skills or know anyone who would change the tune. I think excessive engine speed seems likely in my mind. He hasn't responded back to me on what happened or where the old engine is, so lack of response lends me to believe he may have done something stupid.not attacking you in anyway just pointing out some issues with this. all this is coming from a career engine builder and tuner specializing in prochargers as well as having built dozens of procharged v6 mustangs. things you have to remember tunes don't change on their own. and cars don't break on their own. as you stated the car ran fine for months. that is your first clue generally if you are stressing a part like a rod, it either breaks or it doesn't. simple as that. if it made it through months without issue than there is a high probability that something in the "combo"changed. second. the actual act of "bending a rod" would go almost unnoticed. as there would be no noticeable performance loss from the rod bending. basically nothing would happen. NOW saying that these rods are manufactured the same way as the coyote rods in which case they usually done BEND at all but rather SNAP. then all hell breaks loose. so is it possible that the guy misspoke when describing to you what happened and that the rod actually snapped? lets assume for a moment that this is the case. the procharger itself would not be the culprit here. detonation COULD be the issue from possible bad gas or tuning changes though i would think not likely. it would have to be pretty severe. so they leaves two options left. that are related. overall too much cylinder pressure (read hp) AND/OR excessive engine speed. these two are the rod killers. detonation will USUALLY kill a piston. but engine speed will kill a rod. so moral of the story. leave the tune and boost level as procharger sends it. keep the rpm range where it should be and it will live a LONG life. now as you mentioned you like to road race if i read correctly. might i suggest filling up with a good 100 octane unleaded if you are going to do that as road racing is BRUTAL on engine parts. especially supercharged ones which add heat. the extra octane will be a nice safety net. hope some of this helps