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[@lukes5533]

Guarantee the motor would never have blown up if you didn't turbo it. Fact. What makes it even more surprising is you re turboed the new engine again and probably didn't even tune it . Also as if the TRX didn't have enough go in it factory but you had to ask for more. Lol

[@fatzlebowski1549]

My money is on water logged air filters on them terbski's and you hydro locked it when you stomped on it.

[@bryantucker1270]

Sounds bout right

[@jasonlukasik5595]

I 2nd this.

[@m286538c]

What about the oil

[@Jaksmodteam]

I disagree.

[@billjohns3908]

Wouldnt the top of the piston have been damaged or broken upon hydro locking ? Cap came lost and went through to block but a good look at upper rod bearing would tell if it hydro locked.

[@davidroberts3692]

I never did think it was a good idea to have the air filters under the vehicle. The guys on Detroit Muscle built a car like that and I thought to myself that’s nuts!

[@dingdong7986]

specially an off road vehicle might as well put fuckin street tires on it

[@norgeek]

I just clicked onto the video not knowing anything about what was going on and..... yeah that does sound like an absolutely terrible idea

[@davidwiley652]

Not so much they they are underneath the truck because it’s builds out there like that. That engine wasn’t designed for it. It’s a stock engine built to handle what dodge built it to handle. Hell! Some of them blow up in stock form, less long power adders. If there’s anybody that think it’s okay to do! Well check out this video.

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

Don’t modify the crap outta something still under warranty. You have to pay the stupid tax less often that way.

[@robertsmith7580]

All the engines I blew up in my life time wasn't my fault either !

[@chris-SDI]

Wonder if oil got past the catch can sucked into the blower and that one cylinder tried too compress the oil and hydro locked that one cylinder and it threw the rod🤔🤔🤔

[@allendrake3150]

Sounds to me like u were getting particulates in ur engine that caused the oil passage way to clog up causing that cylinder to overheat and it spun a main rod bearing.

[@duanegreen7525]

Oil seal in the blower let loose maybe? Oil hydro lock?

[@Archersgarageandwhatnot]

I think you're right about the air filters. Any designer that would put them under a 4x4 truck obviously doesn't go off road. As for carnage in the other cylinders, I've had valve faces wind up in intake manifolds. Weird stuff happens when engines come apart. Anyway, I enjoy your videos. It's good to see a local guy on here. Hope to see you in zellwood soon.

[@Jamk14]

It's cause he put twin turbos on it and they are lowwew

[@ElliottLawnService]

Wow! Goonzquad would have made you pay $50 for each piece of the blown motor.

[@davidregehr2687]

Unless that engine had its factory internals upgraded by a factor of 3 throwing that much boost at it is just building a bomb. That's the smell of inevitability....

[@ericgregory3005]

Put a camera under the truck and see how much dirt and water get on those filters, especially when turning left and right. There better rear mounted like an old S&S kit. What you lose in boost you'll get back with cooler temp once it gets to the intake.

[@emmittarrowood2609]

The twin turbos sucki g air from under the truck is what caused all the problems then pumping all the dirt and crap through the supercharger it is a wonder it hadn't happened long ago 😳 😀

[@rickhicks3477]

Just use some duct tape and JB Weld. Put it back together. It will be fine 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidwiley652]

The turbo’s caused it. It’s a difference in can be done and built to withstand it! The engine wasn’t designed for turbo’s….

[@NXT_LVL]

Just an FYI Engine Masters on Motor trend did a test with Flex Fuel sensor in an LS with fuel mixes. They did a full 91 pull then a blend of a 47% E85 53% 91 pull (like you had a half tank and filled it). The 91 straight up had 18% Ethanol.. and needed an extra 14% added fuel enrichment when they went to the blended version. BUT when they ran straight California Pump E85, the flex fuel sensor read it as 76% (E76) and had to enrich the mixture by 31%. Just wanted to point out your tune might have been ok, but the fuel was crap per that tune. Personally I can run87 in my truck, but it runs cleaner and pulls harder with 89. So is the 87 really 85 or 86? God knows.

[@thomascasteel5799]

Weston Champlin put the same type of set up on his Trx wonder if he is having the same problems.

[@coletoneckroth1241]

How can any meat head think it couldn’t of sucked water you hit a puddle and it drinks it

[@robertdunning584]

SUCKED WATER IN FROM THE TURBO FILTERS AND HYDRA LOCKED THE MOTOR

[@AwSnapKid]

It hydro locked a motor can’t suck up water. It’s gotta go some where

[@jeremys636]

Water definitely caused that. The cylinders and pistons look to be rusty. When you got on the throttle, water that was in the intake was forced into the motor, you can't compress water so the rod broke.

[@banditgrizzy1955]

🙄 Bruce. Remember HAPPY wife HAPPY life. 👌😆👍

[@ericgriffin397]

I agree with everyone else, water logged turbos...

[@1BlackSheep]

Classic piston failure (it pulled the wrist pin right out of the piston skirt on the down stroke) Hellcats are kinda known for it. Anybody who really builds them goes Aftermarket forged piston and rod package @ 1000hp+. That sucks brother seen it to before. As far as the oil and pieces in the top of the engine that happens brother when it's that catastrophic, I've seen pieces of rod laying in the galley and even all the way up in the valve covers. You blow up enough engines drag racing you see all kinds of strange things.

[@dangkinder]

My bet if you found that much water in your intercooler it sucked in a whole bunch into that one cylinder and snap that connecting rod. It's definitely been Hydro locked. That's why the connecting rod blew

[@warrenmichael918]

yep. hydro locked it and she went boom.

[@Scooter780]

Early ecoboost F150s would stutter and cause driveabillity issues in the rain.. Charge air coolers would collect moisture and engine would suck it in under boost.

[@jamesward4807]

You got to much money

[@luciogarcia7821]

I would remove the turbos and put it back to stock

[@leeboy1977]

Your turbos aren't in the right place , two low

[@richardburns4593]

That's terrible Bruce. .. Thank you for the tear down . Waz a wealth of information (Aaron from Alameda California)

[@brandonland1311]

here is what happened seen it before. driving in rain still get condensation in intercooler. especially how that turbo setup is. so, the condensation built up while you were driving it nice in the intercooler and intercooler pipes. in your setup water has to travel up hill. then you got into it and that blower sucked in all the water that has been sitting in your intercooler. then it hydro locked and broke rod then pieces went everywhere including into blower. when you blow up like that piston pieces get sent into your intake and also oil.

[@lutomson3496]

No cause identified what a fail for clickbait

[@jamesward4807]

I wouldn’t run e85 in my lawnmower

[@dustyfarmer]

Those oiled K & N or Unifilter's are known for letting particles through & they dry out really quickly in dusty environments. Those filters positioned under the car are placed where there is plenty of dust floating about. You'd only have to follow a car down the road to be ingesting plenty of dirt particles. that said, I know first hand that if you give your engine a hard time, especially a stock engine that's not built for burnouts & maximum RPM's under load it's going to fail & rod failure is common in those situations. Even professionally built burnout engine's throw a rod.

[@joe212]

90% of people are running the wrong pre filters or no pre-filter at all.

[@mitchellpatterson5923]

So cool seeing inside that supercharger!! Definitely banged up good though……absolutely love the content Bruce thank you!!!

[@TierManDag]

I can only assume it was a tune issue, that would explain the oil, the engine must have been down on compression causing a lot of blow by, seems as though the engine hydro locked due to oil. The tune could have either been too lean causing detonation/ too rich causing wear on the cylinder walls, either would explain the blow by. That mixed with “dusting down the engine”. The bearings looked fine from what I could see, so it’s definitely not an lubrication issue. Bro I’d recommend reverting to stock and for more power changing your charger pulley and having it tuned properly, I’m sure Dr. Tune Em All would fix you up nicely. It would also make for some cool content.

[@isaacsims6203]

Thank god you have the shop and the knowhow to anolize teardown or fix good for you

[@ronniewilliz153]

Idk if you realize how much water collects under a vehicle when the roads are wet. It collects a shit ton of water under a car and truck a truck is worse it throws it everywhere. A sealed pipe to under ur hood would have been better at a fighting chance of not sucking up water.

[@ernestbrothers1298]

Sadly you should have filled few oil sample bottles. Be interesting to know what the dirt is. Millings from when blower made? Bad rings?. Air filters under still going to suck moisture. Was dumb idea. Didn't look collapsed. Years ago a gentleman fought Pete and Cat over casting sand left in block of new motor. In all your tearing did not see any drippings of antifreeze. Look for any cracks where oil swapped with coolant?

[@rapitupthatsarap6681]

Can I pay 50 Cents for a broken piece of engine block...and get a Free T-Shirt with free shipping....lol....jk...

[@andrewdvorsky]

It let go because this truck was ABUSED from the day you got it! 4 wheel burnouts that lasted over 2 minutes isn’t very good on an engine! Note to self don’t put twin turbos on a supercharged engine and hang the turbos under the truck with filters UNDER the truck picking up all of the sand, dirt, tire debris, and water from under the truck!

[@charlesroer972]

Catastrophic metallurgical failure . It looks as if u have help in the failure process . Thi isn’t water . This is a rod failure . Same kind of failures I’ve seen in various big diesel engines . Some loose nut with brain damage can destroy anything . Keep your hoods locked. Engines last longer ! When any engine blows up like this ,, shit goes everywhere .

[@johnhale9892]

Breathers just above the pavement is a no no.

[@edfeldpausch7169]

I'm a filter specialist. Those filters are no different than K&N wet gauze filters. You can literally hold those filters up to the light and look straight through the filters new out of the box. Believe it or not I said to myself that engine won't last as soon as I seen the turbo system installed.

[@aaronschinlaub9704]

I would double check on your spark plugs and make sure none of them let go I think like you said it was sucking up dirt or something maybe somehow little rocks or something was getting past it because the blower's chewed up a lot

[@tristanroberts3498]

I placed a order😂🤞🤞🤞

[@toddm.7746]

Yeah, not the water. It was all the mods you had done to it. Take the turbos off of it, tune it and do pulley upgrades only to it. Talk to HelloooimJensen on KZbin here about what and how much these engines can take. Speed costs, how fast do you want to go?

[@Demonpk-lb4gh]

BoostedMotorsports is somebody that you want to get ahold of he's on KZbin he's into these Hellcat motors. From my understanding he doesn't live too far from you.

[@jimmyaber5920]

The more screen and gauze filtered vehicles I work on, the more I like pleated paper. I do like the money I make fixing the damage, don't get me wrong on that part.

[@Cb-gs8uk]

Need a couple of pre filters on the air filters, won’t let a lot of dust in and will keep all the water out.

[@Peteblz1]

Seems to me like it was hydrolocked. The water from underneath the truck plus the e85 mixed together and couldn't ignite.

[@stangS19707]

I received my pushrod and will it start key chain today !! Thanks brother only way for a poor feller like me to even come close to owning part of a TRX

[@gamingenterprise8427]

You probably suffered engine failure for pre-detonation in the cylinder it’s when the fuel combusts while it being sucked into the engine and during the compression stokes before the spark plug fired this is fairly common in a high boost application like drag racing engines this is why they use such high octane fuels to prevent detonation in the cylinders and the results you have gotten

[@ThePeaPodFamily]

It’s simple. The turbo kit was a horrible horrible design. Mounting air intakes under the truck behind the front tires is just stupid. The sanding of the engine combined with the moisture in the intake system caused the engine to grenade.

[@markstelling3577]

Man I hate that you feel you need to defend yourself against keyboard warriors about what happened to YOUR engine in YOUR truck enjoy it do what ya want to it and ignore the haters

[@michaelcarver6114]

i myself would check the build date see if it was a friday, (i am not saying this to be funny) and i would also check to see if anyone else has had this problem after installing the tubo kit,like your vids

[@whitesnake370]

When you spend 80k+ on a truck. Keep that warranty intact. After the warranty is up do as you please. Just my asshole

[@dirtymax6.649]

If i had to take a guess bruce is even driving normal the turbos sucked up too much water off the road from being kicked up off the tires sucked the water into the air filters and water logged the engine and blow the motor.

[@charliemclaughlin1042]

Just hydro locked

[@OO-xc7zg]

Notoriously bad K & N air filters mounted in the dirt…WTF could go wrong? Sad stuff.

[@thomasputnam4491]

The reason that truck blew up is you drove the liveing hell out of it and beat it to death just look at your past vidioes no engine could stand up to what you put that poor engine through I'm not against you I like your channel I watch it all the time but be honest you beat that engine to death and you can't deny it because you vidio taped it yourself..

[@jamesward4807]

Why would you put e85 in a motor like that?? E 85 is trash!! In a engine like that I would do nothing less than 87

[@mr-js9is]

Did it run fine with out the turbos. Yes Did it fun fine with the turbos. Yes Did it run fine for long with the turbos. No No No Simple as that.

[@ronniephipps6555]

I think it's do to the company or guys you had put the turbos on your truck. That's just my opinion. It could be from the guy that built the motor for the truck

[@adamorsini4585]

I just placed an order! I can't wait to find out if I'm getting a piece of your blown up engine!

[@collinb1157]

I would suspect if there’s no charge air cooling between the turbos and supercharger. That the hot air caused those rotors to expand and rub.

[@Liftedchevy931]

That engine stand is struggling 😂

[@tristanroberts3498]

I can’t believe it I got the broken rod cap that blew the hellcat motor itself I feel the luckiest I’ve ever been so happy I placed an order😂

[@Viperkiller465]

Pinched the piston rings due to high sylinder pressure and pulled the wristpin out of the piston. Maybe needs looser piston ring gap.

[@foreveronroad7409]

Can’t be good sucking in air at the most dirty spot and all the road grime, plus water is what I think caused it.

[@raiNofchAosFPS]

i think your turbos pushed to much pressure through your supercharger and the oil got pushed through the seals and into the chamber thus oil locking the cylinders. they arent made for turbos but a supercharger. they have weaker seals then a turbo engine.

[@MikeyRobin0304]

Never ever put air filters under the truck always put them under the hood and make sure that no dirt or water or anything can get to them and mess them up and make sure they are really good air filters that can handle all conditions

[@thomasputnam4491]

Why would anyone want them junk parts from that engine? Seriously why?

[@richcarey9883]

I'm on your side air cleaner under truck. NOT GOOD

[@rustygamer1798]

Having that turbo underneath the truck the turbo sucked in a Pease of road debris I bet that's what killed ur engine

[@J727MONEY]

If u think it sucked water hydro locked you'll see it in either on top of cylinder or in bottom of pan I think u stretch an broke some rods

[@nicholasnewman4931]

Flex fuel is not gas buddie

[@HackeryX]

That company that did the turbos is stupid if they think for a half a second those turbos won't suck up water

[@joshbutterfass5251]

What’s the point of tearing it down and seeing what actually happened to it it’s pointless and you can honestly see what happened it blew a hole in the side of the block

[@SilverKnife0311]

ANY novice race team i was with, anything we aquired was getting torndown first.

[@garybland9974]

Never run air filters underneath the truck I ain't never heard that one that was dumb that's why you run them underneath the hood above the motor

[@rich5.08]

Happens when making hp sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you get a hole in the block

[@chase5896]

How about you sell the trx and restore Blue Collar like it deserves or just use it in general instead of it just sitting

[@PCgamestech]

When you got the turbos installed I said they were to low and I had a feeling something would happen to the motor.

[@charliemclaughlin1042]

Full of water

[@79tazman]

I think it was too much boost and it broke a rod from the force you need to check the other rods see if they are bent. But my thoughts is there were too much boost for them stock steel rods and she let go

[@grimreapergamez1454]

That is one of the weirdest things ive seen between the rotars in the blower and the damage on the inside im thinking over time sucked up enough dirt n grime weather its a filter being defective under the truck letting stuff thru and maybe mixed with the oil but definetly went thru the filters and then it eventually seized the piston which in turn broke the piston arm and little metal bits bouncing around will break even more things or knock things loose and it will lock shit up quick and cause you were foot to the floor it woulda locked up hole in the block instantly defintely very weird tho

[@halecooley8296]

I'd say it sucked water up somehow and hydrolocked but just a shot in the dark

[@bdtaylor1979]

I’m sure the extra horsepower from the turbos is nice but I’m with you on returning the truck to stock and just drive it. I don’t have any advice to offer on the possible demise of the engine.

[@tonyp9392]

I would think your air filters are not good enough all of that dirt and crap in there is getting pass the filters

[@8x6nine95]

What are the plans for your first truck that u bought back?

[@hilham89]

Not sure if you still have any parts left of the motor but i had to grab one of the shirts i haven't seen yet on there.

[@Mountainpageproductions]

Hydro locked piston and compression had to go somewhere

[@jamesward4807]

It probably sucked water from the shity gas and the weather

[@johnwudarcki9315]

Placement of the filters is the stupidest thing I’ve seen in the last fifty years

[@johnmurphy6345]

Condensation in the charge air cooler. Ford eco boost had a problem with that

[@aaronmills4238]

Take the turbo kit off the new engine and replace the air filters if there the same

[@aaronjewell711]

Was that a junkyard engine cuz they don't clean them too good

[@MrBossmannjb78]

I need a boat anchor, $25 with free shipping?

[@DiehardDawgs]

Honestly i would take the turbos off and port the blower with a smaller pulley. I agree with u and also think the turbos sucked up dirt or water. $12,000 per engine is alot of money when u can be getting the same performance from doin some work on the supercharger and get rid of the turbos.

[@doughamm5590]

When ya do something u do it right don't ya. Lol!!!