WORST HEMI DESTRUCTION YET? Tearing Down A Blown Up Dodge 6.1L SRT8 Hemi Engine. Yikes.

If this is the first teardown you've found, there are nearly 80 more!
Here are a some of my favorites:
Mercedes OM642 Diesel, The MOST disgusting teardown to date: • Mercedes OM642 3.0L Tu...
Honda J30 V6. One of the worst bottom ends we've ever seen on the channel, that's NOT what I meant.
• Honda J Series V6 Tear...
Ford 6.8L 3-Valve V10. Full send with NO survivors.
• FORD 6.8L 3V V10 TEARD...
Dodge Viper 8.3L V10. Just a little worse than described
• VIPER V10 TEARDOWN! Fr...
Toyota Land Cruiser 80 Series 4.5L 1FZFE. Tightest Crank Bolt, Ever.
• LOCKED UP Toyota Land ...
I'm not sure whether this was malicious, negligent, or somewhere in the middle. Sadly, I don't always get stories with these cores. I've torn down several dodge hemi engines on this channel, the majority of them being 6.1L engines from 05-10 Challengers, Magnums, Chargers, 300C and Jeep Grand Cherokee. NONE of them have ever been this bad. EVER. This poor engine. You can't blame this failure on brand.
I actually kind of like these engines. They run really strong, they are easy to work on and the parts that normally fail are relatively inexpensive. The level of destruction is kind of a shame.
My name is Eric and I own and run a full service niche market salvage operation in Saint Louis, MO. Part of our model is buying blown up and core engines and tearing them down to sell the parts.
For part inquiries Email us at [e-mail]
OR visit www.importapart.com and search through our listed inventory.
Is there an engine you'd like to see on the channel? Let me know in the comments.
As always, I love all the comments, feedback and even the criticism.
Catch you on the next one!
-Eric

[@Arthurzeiro]

Whoever makes an engine out of just wrist pins will corner the market for sure.

[@earlscheib7754]

Honda k & B series, most Toyotas, Mazda BP, Mitsubishi 4g63

[@Anubis78250]

Inconceivable! Such an event would truly bring about universe ending consequences. Such an engine could make unlimited power! Darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes, dogs and cats living together!

[@WilliamPetefish]

Even the hardest alloy will break when hit against itself.

[@Anubis78250]

@@WilliamPetefish Blasphemy!

[@henrye718]

Like an electric motor.

[@F06M6]

I love how this channel has gone from "I hope I can make some money" to "I hope there's a load of absolutely horrible destruction"

[@babaganoosh555]

Hopefully he makes good money from the videos to make up for not having too many usable parts, and good on him 👍

[@stlchevy95]

it takes a certain kind of gearhead to wish upon destruction

[@strattuner]

@@stlchevy95 drag racers work on their cars for months,just go down to the strip and drive it like you stole it,approach the light and spin it 4500 to 7200 and a lot of the chevy guys used to have pans full of his nuggets,seen many small and big block gm makes with grenaded blocks and bent valves due to stretched timing chains

[@alexstromberg7696]

He makes more on each video than what the core would be worth even it was a good one

[@ItsKing32]

@@stlchevy95we all like destruction just not when its our stuff the is destructing

[@bartonkj]

And we’re glad you crack the head bolts by hand so we get to hear that nice crack as they loosen.

[@bradhaines3142]

i dont love it, it reminds me too much of work, where i take out bolts like that but there are 420 of them. i wish i was kidding

[@franklinhankel6168]

As a closet audiophile with a fetish for torqued bolts being loosened by hand, I totally concur

[@gdpurdy]

best part of every video

[@kiiiisu]

love it

[@TheSleepyMechanic0524]

Agreed. It's one of the most satisfying sounds.

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

I always laugh when you hold a part and say “wow, this is actually in great shape” and off-camera we hear it get thrown across the shop😂

[@steinwaymodelb]

I can't imagine the sounds that came from that engine, which clearly remained running for some time in a terrible fashion.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

Or very shortly in extremely terrible fashion.

[@MinecraftSurge]

yeah man. that must have been some crazy crunching, followed by a super loud and scary bang and sounds of a running washing machine falling down a cliff.

[@jfan4reva]

@@MinecraftSurge rattlerattlerattleRattleRAttleRATTLERATTLEBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGKERCHUNKKERchunkKerchunkkerchunk, kerchunk, kerchunk,,, kerchunk. "SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!!!!" Probably took about the same amount of time that it took to read this.

[@richardthingsilike9562]

The last sound was i think was BANG!!!💥

[@mike_f]

Hyper tectonic plates. More like what I'd expect in a Lincoln...... Continental. See what I did there. 😂

[@agenericaccount3935]

Two times the plugs, two times the malice. Time to buckle up.

[@justin.gollnick]

(14:38) "Huh, water pump actually looks pretty good" ... *fukin launches it across the shop*

[@johnsanko4136]

Seeing that second wrist pin in the mess just added a whole new level of drama to the destruction.

[@Furantzu]

Hyper tectonic!🤣 You were going for the right one, hypereutectic is the word.

[@malachimalone1820]

Lol he knows

[@atengnr]

miss many jet planes flying overhead?

[@LaxerFL]

Another reason to use a breaker bar before the impact... We all LOVE the sound the head bolts make when you bust 'em free!!

[@vater1760]

I’m not into ASMR at all, but that BBBRRRRKKKKK sound moves me. The other notable sound is the pneumatic gun.

[@TheMadTube]

As a master tech of over 20 years, I love the carnage.

[@killerta87]

Honestly looks like some rich kid got bought an older SRT8 and never checked the oil level. Beat the ever living hell out of it until it broke the rod from lack of bearings.

[@diablocls55]

You mean some kid in the hood. You don’t need to be rich to afford one of these

[@weekendwarriorweldingdiypr4604]

Worst destruction yet! Plus a case of beer, and my Saturday night is complete! Thank you for being my favorite KZbin channel!!

[@Iowa599]

That amount of carnage is actually a compliment for the hemi! Most other engines stop after just one failure…but this kept running, well enough to keep breaking!

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

What about the marauder engine he had, that managed to destroy seven of the eight rods/bearings? This hemi is nothing compared to that lol

[@lustfulvengance]

@@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002 Yes that was the most epically blown up engine I think I've ever seen 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I really feel like somebody intentionally did that though or it was involved in some sort of burnout contest or something where they just kept going to see how long it would last

[@ouch1011]

Pro tip: if the plastic label on the oil filter got so hot that it shrunk and shriveled up, the engine was *severely* overheated. Assuming the label is LDPE, that melts at nearly 400 deg F. Engine oil can overheat without the coolant overheating if the oil is run low, especially during high RPM. Also, in my experience, when the bearings get so hot that they weld themselves to the crank, it happened at high RPM. If it happens at low RPM, the bearings will just wear away to nothing because the heat load is lower. The combination of high RPM and no lube causes the huge heat spike that welds the bearing to the crank. It also takes a LOT of energy to break rods and shoot holes through the block, so that doesn’t happen at low RPM either.

[@brianl8983]

I always look forward to Saturday night. You did not disappoint

[@MurphyTheBandChild]

Chrysler takes their cylinder deactivation very seriously, though it's rare to see an engine that only turns off 2 cylinders. Very clever engineering.

[@liver.flush.maestro]

Yeah, and with tectonic plate technology, very unique! 🤣

[@StarGuardian8180]

@@liver.flush.maestro The 6.1/6.2/6.4's Never had that only the 5.7

[@snuffysmiff]

It was a feature pioneered by Fiat over 100 years ago.

[@mikefoehr235]

LMFAO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@liver.flush.maestro]

@@mikefoehr235 Funny hey? I did also have a good laugh on this joke. I think more than half of the interest in this channel is to hear Eric crack live jokes when something is off suddenly.

[@anthonybertone2336]

It’s been a long hot week I’ve been looking forward to this evening for a week sitting in my chair with the air on and a cup of coffee, Thanks Eric for putting the time in so we can sit and watch

[@litz13]

My bet is, this car was involved with an incident utilizing flashing blue lights. It either had them on its roof, or it was in front of the one that had them on its roof. Either way, classic definition of "run it 'til it don't go no mo"

[@diablocls55]

Probably in Arkansas too

[@jefftaylor1247]

Likely ample amounts of intoxicants and a complete lack of sense

[@litz13]

@@jefftaylor1247 well that does usually lead to the flashing blue lights, true 'nuff

[@gtpanoz]

This poor Hemi was a victim of someone making some really bad life choices.

[@earlscheib7754]

You don't wind up in the f&I office at a Chrysler dealership because you made good choices.

[@turdferguson4124]

I see a lot of late model Hemi’s being flogged on the street. Hard.

[@mysock351C]

I’d be willing to bet it came apart doing donuts endlessly like you see in those lame take-over videos. That’s one kind of scenario that would do this. The lack of metal in the top of it is also telling. Did not run for long once the excrement hit the air circulator.

[@Flies2FLL]

Champion spark plugs. If you see a car doing burnouts or wrapped around a tree, you can bet it is probably a Charger~

[@sharedknowledge6640]

@@earlscheib7754 Yeah poor choices start with buying any vehicles from Dodge/Damlier Chrysler/FCA/Stelaris or whatever company will bail them out next week. The people who design and build these motors and vehicles mostly hate their job and their employer so it’s not surprising they’re a distant third to Ford and GM.

[@StreuB1]

This has literally become one of my all time favorite channels. You are such a down to earth guy and in it for the fun of it. Thats what makes it count, you're genuine. And funny af lol

[@veil67]

for curiosity when there is an oil filter with the block , can we see what’s inside please ? also to see how old it can be , thanks !!

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

Doubt there would have been much. As he said. It didn’t have enough oil to circulate metal to the filter.

[@jeffreygoss8109]

Plus the pick up was clean

[@MattExzy]

While the filter may not have picked up bits from the main carnage event, it could be filled with sparkles from the bearings starting to go. I hack into the filter every oil change on my old Camry at 200k+ miles - there's seemingly always a bit of glitter in there, maybe a few small chunklettes to boot, but it keeps going down the road fine... for now lol

[@jamescole6846]

You know every time I watch one of your catastrophic failure videos I go check the oil on both my cars :)

[@jasonandstacy]

Really enjoyed your opening with educational details. Would like to see more of that especially when disassembling unusual engines. Love the channel.

[@shawnsilverstang2138]

Always my favorite weekend treat, hopefully these videos don’t cease anytime soon! I can tell a lot of thought goes into these weekly videos, I can’t get enough. So I always go back and watch previous videos I haven’t seen before. 👍

[@ziptiesnbiasplies]

This channel is always a treat to kill a few beer to! Keep up the minty work bud

[@PeeterPuncher]

After working in a big name auto powertrain testing facility, years of high rpm 1000hr durability tests on many engines of the automakers and out of all engines I have experience with, the 5.7 and 6.1 hemis were always fragile and seldom ever finished a succesful durability test. It definitely doesn't help when you run it out of oil. 🤮

[@petervossos4816]

I was thinking of buying a 5.7 ram but heard about their lifter problem now your opinion only makes my decision not to buy one even better!!! Thanks!

[@sunnohh]

@@petervossos4816 they arent bad if you religiousness change the oil, something you pretty much have to do for ford and chevy too

[@chrisbrown3925]

The 6.1 shure has an expensive bottom end, that crankshaft is (was) a work of art...don't think of it as fragile...

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

@@chrisbrown3925 there’s a lot more than a bottom end that makes an engine reliable. I mean, even Ford’s cheap Ecoboost engines have a very well engineered bottom end.

[@Slaktrax]

Okay, now you gotta tell us which engines were the most durable?

[@IAmSidTheRealKid]

I'm early! I just found your channel last week and I love the content! Great video! Keep it going!

[@colbatguano3958]

Thank you for another great vid. My cat and I always enjoy carnage teardowns and this certainly did not disappoint. Keep up the great work.

[@troy3052]

same here, but my cat wants to keep sleeping on the key board as im watching lol

[@pattyeverett2826]

Good video as usual. Your videos have me checking my oil much more often than I used to. I have always changed in on schedule, but now check it often. Keep up the good work.

[@JohnnyAFG81]

These engines are punished by their owners mercilessly. What’s the ETA on a 1.4T multiair?

[@liver.flush.maestro]

Good idea, we haven't seen a Fiat multiair on this channel yet.

[@joshmanis9860]

Yea I want to see the insides of one because my sister owns a dart with that motor

[@mattlacko4451]

we got a dart real cheap with the 1.4 multi air off of a guy who thought just the turbo was blown as it was off when he got it. We put a used turbo on it and all was peachy... for a while. It was my brother in laws car and one day it developed a misfire on cylinder 3. Turns out compression was bad on cyl 3. Took the head off expecting to see a bad head gasket or something and turns out there’s a CHUNK missing out of the top side of the piston, top ring showing and everything. I’m amazed it was still running. The piston was just bad so we redid the head because a valve was messed up on that cyl 3. We got a new piston/rod put it in and it ran great. Sold the car shortly after though. I think they were fed up with the problems it was giving them lol. Sorry for the essay just my experience with the 1.4.

[@MrHartless2007]

As soon as you send him one. Eta??? Are you that ignorant

[@agenericaccount3935]

Would love to see one. My friend has one with about 140k. Still tooling along. I had an Abarth Fiat and a Dart at some point in the distant past. Very characterful engines.

[@markheldt8026]

Malice in the combustion palace and pistons McNuggets… I love it!

[@haych2489]

Thanks mate great tear down and pearler commentary. Always enjoy your banter and always still so professionally dismantled with majestic explanation. …and all the good parts optimistically end up in the dumpster

[@johnsortino]

As a car enthusiast but non-mechanic, I like to watch these videos in order to learn how the various engines work. While I realize that perhaps you like to sell the heads fully assembled, I would love to see a valve train taken apart as well sometime. It interests me to see how the different valve trains work between pushrod and overhead cams, solid lifters, hydraulic lifters, rocker arms, valves etc. Thanks for the great channel.

[@danielsteward5090]

They ran that engine without oil and ran it until the rod bearings spun. When the pistons hit the head and disintegrated it threw the rods out the bottom. I've seen this before.

[@PurpleDreki]

Great work! I really enjoy seeing the mystery unfold as the teardown progresses! Those bearings were around 2500 degrees to melt...

[@timothyharrison8953]

It's like one of those videos where they hold the throttle wide open until the engine blows

[@nickmurphy4209]

Neutral drop🙂

[@madisonjam85]

After the oil is drained

[@scotty2307]

I wonder if there might be a video on KZbin entitled "How long will this 6.1 Hemi run at wide open throttle with no coolant, or oil?"

[@lm7bird680]

this is the only thing i can imagine, it looks like the bearings were completely starved of oil. normally when something is simply low on oil we see scratches in the bearings but this is something else entirely, and the fact that it busted through the coolant jacket and theres no milk shake anywhere is a pretty good sign too. i want to see that video

[@bradgreen987]

Piston mcnuggets all time high here! Gotta love those holes in the block to look through. Love the channel

[@clarkmcgrew8752]

I’d call it piston potpourri - burnt oil and metal scented. Put it in a bowl and it make your shop smell nice.

[@BITTYBOY121]

Love that BMW E34 estate at the end bro - As always, Very interesting teardown, never seen so many bits of engine in an oil pain before !

[@williamross6693]

Bro I jus happen to stumble onto your channel. After that Hemi tear down you definitely got a new Sub here 💪👍 great video

[@funnlivinit]

This is one of those motors that I think somebody did on purpose. It had a rod knock because they had knowingly abused it. So, they just "bricked" it to see how long it would last and exactly how much damage they could do. (Speaking from direct personal knowledge.)

[@liver.flush.maestro]

I think it was done on purpose as well. It must have been doing rod knock for a while.

[@Slaktrax]

They could have had their stereo and amp on full blast.

[@liver.flush.maestro]

@@Slaktrax I didn't think about that, could be 🙂

[@Titan604]

Might even have gone as far as draining the oil first, hence why no debris in the oil pick up.

[@liver.flush.maestro]

@@Titan604 Or could it be they forgot to fill it up after draining the oil?

[@russellhammond4373]

Now I know why I service my car regularly to avoid destroying the engine. I don't miss working on my own cars. Love the channel.

[@matthewwilson2991]

Valve seat . When you showed the number one plugs

[@covecove5978]

See when Dodge went from the 6.1 to the 6.4 all they did was actually install an eighth piston!

[@charlyRoot]

I can barely change my spark plugs but can’t stop watching these tear-downs.

[@kid31989]

This is impressive. It's like they blew their motor and didn't even let off, then drove it until it cooled back down. How did it get this hot without the rods welding to the crank?

[@thelazarous]

An object in motion tends to stay in motion. I had an engine seize as soon as I pushed in the clutch, turns out the oil pump failed during an uphill pull

[@TylerJordan94]

I’m kinda wondering if they was fogging the intake with nitrous and not adding fuel

[@jonnyduncan7056]

Top work, I love my Sunday a.m catch ups here in UK..

[@mitchelldavidson9911]

Almost thought u were not going to put a video out 😜 but was wrong and boy this is a good one! and the sweet sound of bolts breaking lose

[@davebeckley2584]

When you tear down engines with the type of damage that this Hemi suffered, I try to imagine what sort of person was driving it literally, to death. The damage to your Hemi looks almost intentional. The racket it made as it turned itself into a non-functioning six-cylinder damned heavy paperweight had to be deafening. I can imagine some spoiled rich kid that was told by dad he would be written out of the will if he tattooed his eyeballs, stretched his ear lobes, and had his tongue split like a snake at which point spoiled rich kid jumps into his dad purchased Dodge Charger to show dad he won't be pushed around. Hitting the highway with the gas pedal to the floor rich kid will push that Hemi until it either runs out of gas or blows up. He must have had a full tank.

[@rynechristesen2392]

😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@knewt0]

my favorite engine and i just love that you keep making videos on them

[@allenl9031]

Here for some malice in the combustion palace. 👍

[@RIPPERTON]

Thats a very organised engine. It has its own spare parts department in the basement.

[@drewmurray2583]

7:50 Excellent point, I do the same thing! You are very correct an overheated engine will often have loose head bolts. That smell of burnt oil that has been trapped in the threads for decades....

[@jessekauffman3336]

I love your channel I’ve learned so much

[@BobSmith-mc7uq]

Saturday night complete! Excellent video! Thanks for the carnage review.

[@johnj5985]

So we're left with "bulletproof" wrist pins. Bet you couldn't give them away... lol! Awesome video!

[@talentscout5135]

Thanks. I have a 6.1 and you just helped me get a good idea what I’m in for in a diy rebuild. Great information and video and honestly looks like a fun job to me. Great work showing everything! If you were in Cali I probably ask if I could have you build mine for a KZbin video if I could help learn hands on

[@tracishepherd3867]

Great channel! Keep doing what you are doing! Thx!

[@mattjones530]

"malice in the combustion palace" dude that was mint... SUBBED

[@castlers5075]

You need to get a 5.4 or 5.8 GT500 motor one of these days now that would make for an insane engine tear down

[@davidjelinek9970]

Thanks for another great video

[@johnelliott7375]

Sense of humor is good as always.

[@ferremit]

I think the sump contents are what you would call "Chilli con Carnage"!

[@Jasminethelovelycat]

Love your content. Thank you.

[@Plantersfreedomseeds1776]

I’m a simple man. I see you post, I watch and like it. I don’t care if it’s car or not. It could be a lawnmower motor and I’ll be happy to watch it!

[@509brown]

What a waste! Eric, great video as always. I enjoyed the Victory teardown, and I'll put my vote on the side of doing more engines that vary from the norm. However, I doubt anything will be better than a good old meltdown in a car/truck engine.

[@petedelano4881]

You should open up that oil filter to look at the filter material.

[@masonedwards7920]

It's always fun to see a piston delete kit

[@Parisma357]

I bet you have a mean Adam Sandler impression!😂 next teardown plz wear a Boston bruins jersey lol. Love the channel brotha, it’s been an amazing tool to learn from! Cheers

[@DerekSpeareDSD]

congrats on your new website!

[@tristanprince3039]

Great video! I would love to see a 6.4 hemi on the channel.

[@saltypirate2639]

This reminds me of my mom's one car. She was driving the car with no oil in it. The engine blew up in a spectacular fashion. Seeing engines this messed up reminds me of my disease pathology class I took while getting my masters. You hate to see all the horrible things happening, but it's really cool to look at.

[@kurtisstutzman7056]

Go Mopar, Go...!!! Thanks for sharing... Keep up your awesomeness...

[@cgg5812]

Wise boy!!Nice work!

[@1rbeaucha]

Do do…….. lol you are so funny. Totally a great show. One of the few shows I look forward too. Plus it’s a great learning tool for me.

[@hydrocarbon8272]

I think what makes your vids great is they replicate exactly what the viewer's experience would be. "Owww!" "Ewww!" "Why did [I let] that fall??" And the best part: "glad I don't have to pay for that mistake!"

[@31dknight]

Another great teardown. Thanks

[@daveallen8824]

Nice collection of piston gravel...

[@leotills3017]

Love your work! I've learned so much from watching you. Thanks!

[@Thestargazer56]

The Adam Sandler of engine disassembly!👍 Sometimes I would like to see you go "Happy Gilmore" on some of those overtightened bolts.

[@roxyroller25]

can't unsee that about him lol

[@Thestargazer56]

@@roxyroller25 How about his voice? It's eerie.😜

[@aaronatwood9298]

He has. Forklift to loosen bolts.

[@Dunkaroos248]

I can imagine that this is a probable outcome from all the cars out there doing sideshows on the weekends

[@mcmann7149]

0:45 Got it, proceeding to dehydrate myself. Jokes aside, really interesting channel and I'm surprised I never found it before.

[@flagmichael]

"We're fixing it!" My jaw dropped before I caught on.

[@eugenefeagan8220]

Wowzer, complete destruction. Just love looking at the engine design. Could you do an ancient Ford flathead, my favorite?

[@nathanenright3079]

Good work man

[@-MindDrive-]

wow thats an awesome e34 wagon you got there... shes pretty! great tear down on the hemi... the process makes it look so much easier than it actually is once its out on a stand

[@PSUQDPICHQIEIWC]

I was scrolling, wondering if I was the only one to notice the wagon. She kinda stole the show at the last minute.

[@markae0]

YES worst HEMI destruction! Thanks for the tear down.

[@robertmccully2792]

I rebuilt a 76 trans am with a frozen engine, the cause was the wrong size oil filter that did not seal. Nothing surprises me.

[@gwick358]

Wrist pins are made of unobtainium. Which everyone knows is indestructible.

[@DanSuneKronvold]

"I do cars" ? Or "I undo engines" .... Oh wait... "They" undo the engines. You dismantle them 😉 .Thanks for all the very entertaining episodes👍

[@turdferguson4124]

The wrist pin is like the black box. “It’s the only thing that survives the crash-why don’t they make the whole plane out of the black box?”

[@rustymotor]

Excellent teardown, carnage plus!

[@blown572hemi]

Guess I'm gonna have to visit your channel weekly since the algorithm doesn't notify me even though I have it turned on. Nice block that's already been destreessed lol

[@mannyr.2756]

Excellent very entertaining keep doing what you're doing very funny!.....

[@kencreten7308]

Great video. Smooth and understandable explanations. The windage tray - definitely damaged at idle. Those engines have a lot of torque. Definitely at idle. heh

[@bryankinash3523]

Anyone else enjoy the sound of the breaker bar loosening the head bolts? Very satisfying! Especially in time lapse.

[@stevenbaker9327]

Dissassembly of grenaded engines was my favorite part of 42 yrs. of turning wrenches!