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 Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 24 August 2005 15:13
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Hey guys
You know when your about to engine swap and know that you wont be needed that 4AC wonder anymore..... 
You start thrashing the hell out of it 
Anybody manage to blow theirs?
Just curious 
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 24 August 2005 22:56
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i'd say many ppl have done it. 
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Location:
Canberra
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August 2002
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 24 August 2005 22:59
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i didnt think you COULD actually blow a 4ac,
my mate has been trying for about 12 months now...
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 24 August 2005 23:40
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after about 2 years of getting an absolute thrashing mine started to blow a bit of smoke on acceleration, but this only started about 2 days before I put a 4ag in it... So it didnt really blow but it actually had a slight problem with it 
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 24 August 2005 23:41
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bubbles one was down to three cylinders does that count. I reckon give me a 4ac and a week and i could blow it up for you.
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 00:04
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bubbles one was down to three cylinders does that count.
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That doesnt count because it was probably due to the tuning of the motec
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Location:
Sydney
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April 2005
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 00:16
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not to sure if it counts but i once snapped the camshaft,having said that they can cop a far bit of abuse
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Location:
Girraween,Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 00:19
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| RobertoX wrote on Thu, 25 August 2005 10:04 |
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bubbles one was down to three cylinders does that count.
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That doesnt count because it was probably due to the tuning of the motec
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 08:21
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i think it's impossible, unless there no oil in it or something and you thrash the shit out of it
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Location:
Rockhampton QLD
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July 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 08:35
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i had no trouble with mine, it sat on 6500 most of its life.
-impossible to kill.
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I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 08:38
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| dimmy77_03 wrote on Thu, 25 August 2005 18:21 |
i think it's impossible, unless there no oil in it or something and you thrash the shit out of it
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very old oil - never ever changed, blown headgasket mega advanced timing and the car still drove for 7 months the car would overheat after 5minutes of driving and 2 minutes at the traffic lights. used to cool it down watering the engine with a hose thinking that was the best idea. we even towed the 4AGE on a trailer behind it!!
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Location:
Melbourne
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June 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 09:30
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my 4ac conked out one day while driving
towed it home and changed the entire car lol
6 months later! 
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Location:
Noosa
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November 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 10:23
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You must admit that the 4ac does have sense of humour!
Hows this - its sorta like their revenge for trying to kill'em, they don't die!
I killed mine the easy (sorta) way, cut the the main cooling hose
Mind you it still turn over and ran for 15 mins
/chants
"REVENGE OF THE 4AC" "REVENGE OF THE 4AC" "REVENGE OF THE 4AC"
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Liverpool NSW
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March 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 11:56
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curse the 4ac
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Victoria
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August 2005
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 12:46
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Those engines are funny!
ofcourse we cant kill it... it is a 4A block after all 
Try bending out three spark plug tips and then race it with one cylinder with a friend on foot... REV REV!!! sounds like a rexxy
THE 4AC LEGEND LIVES ON!
disclaimer: Any suggestion made by me is simply a suggestion and not to be takin seriously. DRAMATIZATION! MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED!
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Location:
Gold Coast
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June 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 13:38
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Take it for a thrash up a mountain..... with no water.
Mind you it still drove home... with no water.
and started the next day... with no water.
So I guess I really didnt kill it.
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Location:
Melbourne
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September 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 13:41
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I didnt even thrash mine and its on the way out. It makes a bubbling noise if you push the accelerator, it blows tons of smoke on accel, it idles effen rough as guts, and runs rich like a sultan in the desert.
So i started to thrash it to try and kill it as a good excuse to get a 4AG in it, but i think its actually got a little better since i started thrashing the guts out of it.
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Sydney
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May 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Thu, 25 August 2005 14:22
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| Hachi2Muchi wrote on Thu, 25 August 2005 01:13 |
Hey guys
You know when your about to engine swap and know that you wont be needed that 4AC wonder anymore.....
You start thrashing the hell out of it
Anybody manage to blow theirs?
Just curious
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ran mine for several days w/o oil before it went to the wreckers ( had been side swiped on the drivers side door by a semi and t-boned on the passanger side ) approx 8 years ago ( yeah pre inital d ae86 lover here )
only managed to destroy the big end bearing so cut off the only muffler on it , advanced the timing and ran a straight 2 inch pipe on it to just before the diff with a knock for my no oil efforts to stir the neighbours and anyone else i could think of up, still didnt die thou yet you could hear it suburbs away
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Location:
Kilsyth, Melbourne
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Fri, 26 August 2005 07:09
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cousin ran his without a radiator for about a week. he drove to to toyospares to ask about 4age's and they were like wtf where is your radiator
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
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April 2003
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Fri, 26 August 2005 07:35
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| hokey wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 17:09 |
cousin ran his without a radiator for about a week. he drove to to toyospares to ask about 4age's and they were like wtf where is your radiator
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hahaahh
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sydney
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August 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Fri, 26 August 2005 08:35
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| hokey wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 17:09 |
cousin ran his without a radiator for about a week. he drove to to toyospares to ask about 4age's and they were like wtf where is your radiator
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 i didnt think the 4ac was THAT tough
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Location:
Adelaide
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July 2005
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Fri, 26 August 2005 10:09
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| RobST162 wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 17:05 |
| hokey wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 17:09 |
cousin ran his without a radiator for about a week. he drove to to toyospares to ask about 4age's and they were like wtf where is your radiator
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hahaahh
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All class dude
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Location:
Melbourne
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March 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sat, 27 August 2005 12:22
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| hokey wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 17:09 |
cousin ran his without a radiator for about a week. he drove to to toyospares to ask about 4age's and they were like wtf where is your radiator
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rofl
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I supported Toymods
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Perth.
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April 2005
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sat, 27 August 2005 13:38
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i bought my ae86 with a rooted head gasket and dangeroulsy low on the orange water/oil that it once had in it...(had a cracked sump)
still ran fine!
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Location:
Kilsyth, Melbourne
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sat, 27 August 2005 14:37
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must be similar design to K series engines
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sat, 27 August 2005 16:14
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Step 1: drain oil.
Step 2: Tie throttle open.
Step 3: ...
Step 4: Profit.
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Sun, 28 August 2005 04:32
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Step 3: Go down the pub and get pissed ppl to bet on how long it'll last
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Location:
Melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sun, 28 August 2005 06:40
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Some guys did this to a bike. They drained the oil and ran it to redline. It ran for about 10 minutes or so. They got bored so they filled it back up with oil and turned it over. Started up okay and ran. I can't remember how long it lived after that though.
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Location:
Adelaide
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March 2005
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:08
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I just picked up my 16v this weekend and it goes in next weekend so I'm gonna give it one hell of a try.
Wish me luck, by the sounds of it I'll need it.
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Location:
Kilsyth, Melbourne
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:29
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try holding accelerator open and throwing a couple of stones in the carb.
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Location:
Melbourne
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February 2005
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:30
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| MickNOFX wrote on Sun, 28 August 2005 22:08 |
I just picked up my 16v this weekend and it goes in next weekend so I'm gonna give it one hell of a try.
Wish me luck, by the sounds of it I'll need it.
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make sure u get it on video if you do succeed. u might just become famous.
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Location:
goldy coast
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September 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Sun, 28 August 2005 12:37
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the mighty 4ac is near impossible to kill, but even so i tried my hardest to blow up my last 4age on the way to replace it. Red line the whole way with a knocking big end 1/4 oil and 5 minutes of dougnuts outside my mates workshop, and it STILL didnt let go. I think the 4A's last longer on redline.... well that my theory anyways
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Location:
Canberra
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April 2003
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Location:
melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Mon, 29 August 2005 03:43
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bahaha, nasty stuff there.
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Mon, 29 August 2005 03:50
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| ToyCam wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 00:52 |
You guys just aren't trying hard enough.
 
Blew 2nd and 3rd conrods out either side
Managed this at 100km/h... Smoke everywhere
with a sump full of oil and radiator full of water
The bar has been set...
Steve
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Teh win0r!!!
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Location:
Bundoora/Blackburn
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May 2002
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Mon, 29 August 2005 08:11
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well as my head gasket was going it was pretty screwed, but one day i forgot to fill radiator before i went out, 10m into my trip the radiator hose popped from expanded air.
popped bonnet had a look... shrugged, closed the bonnet and kept going.
went fine 
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Location:
Sydney
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November 2003
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Mon, 29 August 2005 08:16
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haha i was waiting for someone to post those pics up i rmemebr seeing them a while ago.
p.s toyospares story made me choke on my chocolate milk
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Location:
Perth
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December 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 31 August 2005 02:52
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Don't know about you guys, but I don't think I can get myself to blowing up engine on purpose. I mean I like to trash it and all, but not to the point of blowing it up.
I get kinda sentimental when it come to this kind thing. I mean the 4ac is a good reliable engine just haven't got much power why break it keep it as a spare for a rainy day .
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Wed, 31 August 2005 02:55
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| Xinx wrote on Wed, 31 August 2005 12:52 |
I get kinda sentimental when it come to this kind thing. I mean the 4ac is a good reliable engine just haven't got much power why break it keep it as a spare for a rainy day .
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Like in new orleans at the moment you could use it as a boat anchor
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Location:
Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: Anybody blown their 4AC before they swaped it?
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Wed, 31 August 2005 09:44
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Just pour 600ml of water into the intake I tells you!
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