ls-7 catastrophic engine failure

This LS-7 engine was in a road racing Corvette and blew a titanium rod through both sides of the block. This is what you call a catastrophic engine failure. www.engine-machining.com

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[LilSaint001100]

Thats a viper engine right?

[fiatnutz]

@LilSaint001100 - LS7 from a Corvette

[FxsX24]

@fiatnutz

um a dry sump system in designed to counter centrifugal force. by storing the oil in a pressurized system.

[ccubsfan94]

just bore out those scuff marks in the cylinder and grab a new rod and shell be fine. lol

[gunter099]

that must have made the track interesting for the guys behind him

[mrwindsorpodomous]

A little lucas oil ought to fix it right up.

[WelcomeToCarnate]

@331sbf Well, Katech's Air Attack Z06 package(not street legal)is rated at 1000hp an uses the stock block. But that's the only thing stock about the engine at that level. House of Boost also made a 1300hp Z06 using the stock block and heads. As for cost, you're looking at a MINIMUM of 50k(Katech), on top of what you paid for the Z06 in the first place.

If you want 2000+hp, you'll have to go with the LSX crate motor, which is advertised as being able to reliably handle some 2500hp.

[youpickone460]

Looking at the discoloration of the adjoining rod, I'd say "oil starvation".

[thepaul302]

that is why i stay with ford.

[mikespike502005]

Lol major malfunction. No shit

[GordonWG1]

@FxsX24

Um nope.

Conventional wet sump can suffer two main problems, oil surge away from pickup and oil slashing around causing windage losses.

A dry sump scavenges oil from the sump (and sometimes head(s) to vbe stored in a separate tank that's designed to allow any air in the oil to separate out and, primarily, to ensure a constant supply of oil to the oil pump section that supplies oil to the engine.

The tank is not pressurized.

[331sbf]

@fiatnutz what's the most hp made with an ls7 block and how much do they cost?.just wondering because a guy from accufab is making 2000+ hp with a production(lincoln mark 8 93-98 - mustang cobra 96-98)teksid 4.6l block with highly ported stock b heads!.guess i'm asking is there any production chevy block and heads that can make that much hp that's not a big block?.

[331sbf]

why did it take chevy 42 years to make a sbc y block and non siamese heads?