Tearing Down a Blown Dodge 5.9L 360 V8 Magnum To See Why it Failed

[@victorjaime3386]

Chevy guys “ it can run with no oil!” Dodge men “fucking magnums run with no pistons!”lol love my Dakota

[@psrproductions5500]

I’d love to see the truck be put pack together in an old school built fashion with some of those old school performance parts and original block(if it’s even salvageable). Either way I’ll enjoy see another old rare truck being put back on the road.keep up the awesome builds👍

[@dalehood1846]

Reminds me of my 67 318 I scattered doing burnouts on the road. During the teardown, I found piston pieces in the lifter valley. Believe it was #5 cylinder, no piston, rod was disintegrated, top of rod looked like a beat up ballpeen hammer. Bottom of rod was hanging on to crank by one bolt. My right foot over rided my brain. Just a few scratches on cylinder wall. Wrist pin was laying in oil pan with middle (pieces) of connecting rod.

[@totljag1]

I have a 1998 Dodge Ram Van with this 5.9 engine , since new it always started burning oil on a new oil change at 1500 miles so instead of adding oil I would just change it , 26 years later I still have this van and has 230k miles on it , runs great ! Side note mine came with the heavy duty brass radiator, I changed antifreeze 1 x a year and van has original radiator still , 26 years old now

[@GLHS592]

I think it was over wound and ran lean at the same time. I can't imagine it would have ran after the catastrophic event. I'd bet it didn't run. I can't believe you can turn it over. Those cylinder heads may be salvageable. Maybe not. The engine block looks like you could clean it up, but I can't really tell from here. This makes me glad I never slapped a supercharger on my SS/T.

[@Thundarr995]

I think you're right. Revving these over 5k - 5500 RPM is pushing it faster than it was intended to spin. Stock crank is cast,pistons are cast. Cast pistons tend to not handle higher RPMS very well. Somebody probably thought they could get away with pushing it to 6k and.....🌋

[@GLHS592]

@@Thundarr995 I've seen people rev Magnums to 6000+ rpms. They are just wasting time and fuel. The quit making power somewhere between 5000-5500. I always let the transmission make the decision when to shift. Back when my truck was new, I took it to the track to see what it would do bone stock. It ran two 10.33s (1/8 mile) 15 minutes apart. This lady came up to me asking what I had done to my truck. I told her it was brand new and bone stock. She didn't believe me. She had a 1997 Ram 5.9 shortbed with an MP computer, cold air kit, full exhaust, and maybe some other stuff. Her truck was running 10.50s.. She asked me when I was shifting. She was shifting it around 6000 rpms. I told her that I bought a truck with an automatic transmission, so I put it in "D" and let it do its thing. On her next pass, I watched her run a 10.16. She believed me then. She acted like I invented the wheel by telling her to just point and shoot.

[@TOAO502]

Im thinking you should get another 360 and build it for the new R/T Dakota and throw the 5.7 from the R/T ram in the SST.

[@Sparkystacoma]

High cylinder temp and nitrous and no piston ring gap. Hard 3800rpm launch and didn't lift till the 1/4 ended

[@phafinley3052]

Ring gap was to tite that pulled the ring lands causing piston to fail

[@bobbylaird4801]

Please swap this like you did the dokata. You should do a 2014-15 interior, engine etc..

[@Floreypottery]

Makes you wonder if they ran a very large shot of nos in it and fried those pistons til boom

[@1hit_1der58]

Damn! Thats wild. I enjoyed the tear down

[@nos1000100]

Yeah I thought it was just a bent rod. I wonder if it both went lean and the guy 2-3-2 shifted it. I wouldn't be surprised if that transmission has a manual valve body

[@rileyjager7924]

I Watch all the videos love what your doing bro 🔥

[@tedll75]

Wow. That block was killed!! Great video! Scrap it! It's junk! It's amazing what a little pre detonation can do with a little bit of boost! Can't wait for the build of the SST!

[@AR-dz4ne]

Would like to see you stay old school and keep the Magnum 5.9, maybe HCI or even 408 stroke it.

[@claymillican25]

I can tell ya exactly how long they ran this thing. Long as it took to ruin it 🤦‍♂️. Scrap and put a HEMI in it.

[@BoostedMotorsports]

Haha exactly

[@antoniohuertas8909]

Broooooo!!!! 😱 That engine is gone!! "Seems like I have low compression on cylinder #3" 🤣 Wth!

[@nathanielbaggs8736]

By far my favorite video!

[@justswapit-jsi-8911]

What is the plan for the truck

[@MRE_Motorsports]

Good stuff!! I wish I could find one of those intake manifolds for my Procharged Durango!!

[@HokieD1993]

Waiting to get the 408 stroker installed in my 98 ZJ. Motor made 448/528 on engine dyno. Would love to see you do one on a Dakota or an old Jeep

[@russschwerma1246]

Build two 408 strokers for the R/T and SST with boost.

[@VarneyBarnett]

Where is the roller from that rocker that had the valve stem sticking through it?

[@YamahaYz250]

Awesome 😎 video bro Stay blessed 👏🇺🇲🍻

[@n6mz]

Do the exhaust manifold studs on those Magnum heads (center 2 cylinders) penetrate the water jacket?

[@kennethmoyer1980]

Dam i am glad you were even able to make it home with that motor!! Gee wiz!!

[@moparmadness8237]

Are you planning on selling the valve covers?

[@jimmorwood9715]

It’s a Wi-Fi piston

[@davefriessen9897]

Bahaha I know what’s wrong with it,I was about to comment that line and you used it😂😂😂 ejecto piston cuz 💥

[@tgtshirts1]

love this vide, THUNBS UP!

[@jesusfontan7792]

Am need this intake manifold for my 5.9 $$

[@cyclonehebb06rt]

This looks like something John Mercedes put together that probably came apart. The first motor I bought from him the main bearings backed out so it wouldn't surprise me if something else fell apart from him.

[@sunshinesallday]

Great video as always.

[@BoostedMotorsports]

I appreciate that

[@davidledford1456]

@@BoostedMotorsports too short, get valuminum heads an build that sucker wonder what the weight difference is between this an the 5.7 i think with those heads on 5.7 are aluminum an your trans an hellkota driveshaft was paper mache.............lol..still no fuckin time slips from hell kota...........

[@davidledford1456]

are the big valve like 2.02 160 etc..id never go back with iron heads.....

[@jtoland80]

Worse than I thought but seeing it all stock with fast parts. Cool breakdown though

[@wicked59rt]

Looks like comp cams roller rockers. Looks like too much boost on stock bottom end. 2.02 or 1.97 valves would be aftermarket heads. 1.92 is factory size intake valves.

[@BoostedMotorsports]

Yeah they were about 51mm which works out to 2”

[@davidledford1456]

thank god your on it finally...

[@josephlynn85]

Pure Carnage! Dude probably knew he blew and wanted to full send so he never had to spend another dime on rebuilding it

[@steve-vk6np]

Viper motor. SST-10

[@303ant420]

Yes! 👍

[@thomasmattern8679]

I’ve been saying the same thing since he asked what we thought he should do with it. Make it match his current viper truck, and make the viper truck the factory should have built!

[@CarsTrucksWhatever]

Should make a coffee table out of the engine block

[@Roberts_munitions]

I seen an old Chevy s10 with a small block in it one time, ran off two pistons.

[@davidledford1456]

ran regular unleaded thru the week,and amoco 93 octane drag racing.

[@ejclones2649]

That piston delete option made a 5.9 into a 5.2

[@ejclones2649]

Stock intake valve is around 48mm (1.90")

[@JK-op7bp]

5.none

[@andrewmiddleton7544]

Good morning is the M1 intake still available?

[@garryhatchett775]

Looks like mopar performance rockers. Maybe they didn’t upgrade valve springs and floated a few. Could be overboost issue and/or lean to destroy the ring lands like that.

[@davidledford1456]

possible crane, roller rockers..just keep looking for numbers etc,i was hoping it had aluminum heads...

[@JamesJackson-jc2gt]

This motor is not as bad as the 8HP90 that you blew up in the Hellkota.

[@BoostedMotorsports]

Hahah you're not wrong 😂

[@richardchristianson2823]

Keep the block if it's salvageable is it increases the value of the truck, if it's the original.

[@jeremylivengood515]

Anyone know how I can find the headers that's on this motor

[@BoostedMotorsports]

Discontinued but these are for sale for the right price

[@ronaldmoparornocar9590]

Yeah a wee bit too much boost and detonation is what did that my friend.you seen on the one piston the ring land was coming apart..... probably had it spinning 7,000 RPM when it let go...... scrap that turd nobody is sleeving a 5.9 sell off the m1 seen them going for 800-1,000 $ sell of the headers 400-500$ and valve covers new they are 120$ through summit racing fuel rails are probably junk from water and oxygenized cast pistons will blow apart easy ..ahhh the memories of the magnum V8🤣😂...👍👌✌️🇺🇸🇺🇲

[@davidledford1456]

my m1 was less than 300 new from hayes chrysler in lawrenceville, ga..get a used holley strip dominater for 35 bucks or so an was better on a 360 we did it all to family car motors 360...solid lift cam, headers 700 double pumper, windage tray, etc, shifting a street 72 duster with cheap sig erson cam at 6500 r p m...an 1.77 or so 60 foot times with a 3.55 or 3.91 gear...all cheap in mid to late 80,s an kill mustangs an cunt maros garbage, they couldnt believe it...

[@davidledford1456]

headers for 60 bucks new or so...back then, blackjack...we won money with it all drag racing..

[@stevenmitchell6347]

When you pull the timing cover you will see if it jumped timing. It probably floated valves, tossed keepers and dropped the valves destroying everything.

[@michaelbrown9337]

Part # for the headers?

[@DRick-jh2gt]

Might be original numbers matching block. Probably doesn’t mean anything, but in a muscle car, it adds some value.

[@chapmanracing1206]

My guess is it snapped the valve head off the stem at wide open. That exploded the cast piston and sent it through the rest of the engine causing all the other damage. Only reason to keep the block is to keep it numbers matching if it does have a Vin stamped on it

[@RenBobbins]

So, looks like we'll be building the 5.7 up instead? 😂

[@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305]

5.9 magnums are notorious for pinging.. especially the factory omes in Jeeps etc.

[@MrSOHC46]

“Piston Delete” 😂😂😂

[@JiveFive55]

To much valve float over time causes the springs to get weak and hang up touching those cast pistons which can break them into pieces....

[@forgottenmuscletrucks]

Any 360 parts your selling? Like that intake?

[@dogofdeath2007]

Go nuts on it, all forged parts, detail & bore the block, and reassemble!

[@ericjohnson7718]

Keeper Hell the Rocker got a freaking hole in it the pushrod's pushing through it both heads or toast

[@SleepySolo88]

I Never Seen Nothing Like This Ever. WHAT 😮😮😮😮

[@chevy6794]

Definitely detonation. But it tagged valves too. Piston pieces probably went through the intake and held one open? Or maybe too much boost on stock valve springs and held them open a little too long? Those rockers 1.6 or 1.7? Maybe coil bind? I’d only keep the block if you think those trucks will be valuable enough to warrant it?

[@danielrobles4069]

How much for a swap Dakota 5.9 to hemi 6.4 engine

[@robertgembala8532]

That was crazy

[@lifeonadime4703]

That is the result of valve train failure at REALLY high rpm lol. Seen it too many times. That engine was not built to rev like it looks like it was doing 😖

[@lifeonadime4703]

Ahh stock cam. Would have been reving too awful high with the stocker. Who knows. Yeah it's a total wreck though lol

[@otgmedina3452]

What brand off wireless power tool where you using or recommend

[@mattschmit1]

When lean is too mean and you use valve float as your rev limiter.

[@jameswornica803]

Anyone know why a 5.9 magnum for 2002 2003 is for those 2 years only ? Trying to fix my 02 Ram . Thanks

[@stevensmith1270]

I wanna see that v7 on a dyno

[@joshkrause2977]

Maybe those are cast pistons, too much boost?

[@SmudgyContent]

7:08 so what comes after valve float? CaBoom? 😂

[@JesusRodriguez-wc3tm]

Piston has left the chat

[@ramcityfishin]

Dude this whole time I thought you were Rob Dahm. Way cooler that you’re not!!

[@ps_n_sq5]

Eric: "Water isn't a good lubricant!"

[@jimmorwood9715]

I have never seen such a thing in my life lol😂

[@moparornocarguy]

Now available in the 5.2 and 5.9 magnum piston delete kit 😂

[@MrThomasfouraker]

Interested in all the aftermarket mopar parts if you’re selling. Just outside of Jax.

[@BoostedMotorsports]

Send me a message

[@MrThomasfouraker]

Tried to send a message through FB and it couldn’t deliver. Your email posted anywhere?

[@BoostedMotorsports]

[e-mail]

[@MrMoparNoCar]

I would keep for just in case clean it up real good maybe take it to a machine shop. 😎

[@johnsmith-qz4bv]

wow someone had a bad day ..

[@forgottenmuscletrucks]

Im replacing my shorties with these midlengths. Going from 2 1/2 to 3 inch collectors.

[@nleippe]

"Someone put the bring-a-trailer tune on".. ROFL

[@ashleywest2868]

Keep the block. Its numbers matched

[@forgottenmuscletrucks]

That was one of them 7 cylinder magnums 😆😆

[@MoparHollics]

Just add Lucas and send it 🤣

[@think1stproductions]

Dam. Thats definitely messed up brother... 😢😢😢😢 🤔🚫🧢💯💪💨🏁⛄️❄️

[@glennjohnson6981]

He probably drove it to the track and drove it home lol.

[@Demonpk-lb4gh]

Keep it

[@DNARC01]

I need those headers and intake for my Dakota R/T lol

[@NXT_LVL]

Moon tune before it was cool, Cylinder 3 Piston, error 404.. *.jpg not found

[@christopher5585]

I've seen many engines in this condition. All you can do is salvage what's still alive and start over.

[@flanneldaddy5220]

I got a 99 5.9l magnum with 91k miles. Got it for 2800$

[@2ndgenlife324]

Dude hit 200 hp shot nitrous and rockers are hughes brand

[@davidledford1456]

nitrous is the suck explosive crap an should not be allowed in anything period,run only plain air like we breathe.........

[@karlsmink7037]

Too much boost without adjusting the ring gap? Hypereutectic Piston exploded. Novi will make up to 26psi,, considering stock cam and stuff, I doubt they every pulled the pistons to adjust the ring gap.

[@buzzracer69ify]

The piston is jamming it up

[@davidledford1456]

stock had lightweight dish pistons an were real sleepers////////

[@Wrencheasy]

I’d scrap that block, unless you’re going for a full restoration don’t see the value in numbers matching

[@BoostedMotorsports]

Just going to keep the bare block with the truck just in case and scrap the rest

[@stevendobbs7318]

I never imagined it would be that bad. I’d scrap the block.

[@thomassmith-wf8bz]

How much could u rebuild my motor for ?

[@riccochet704]

LOL....the ole piston delete kit. DAAAAMN SON that shit SPLODE! It's not how long they were running it, it's how hard. How hard do you run an engine to completely vanish an entire piston? Some beer holding was going on, for sure. Sent that shit full send mode!