300WHP Supernatural 3.XX Coming Soon! (Page 53/54) La fiera APR 13, 11:18 PM quote Originally posted by Blacktree: He deleted his youtube account, and switched over to Rumble. Here's a link to his channel: https://rumble.com/user/LaFieraV6 That said, I haven't been on PFF in awhile. Dang, that sucks about the engine. I've also been guilty of flashing the MS while idling, and never had a problem. That's weird. Hopefully, you can just toss a bearing in it. Yes, I've always flashed the MS with the car running but to do major changes like trigger offset, the engine must be off. That's the kind of reflash that requires power cycle. La fiera APR 14, 09:13 PM Bearings 4 and 5 are gone. 4 is completely gone and the 5 rod didn't overheat. In other words the damage is is minor. Trinten APR 14, 10:15 PM The best outcome of a bad situation! Will APR 15, 11:48 AM quote Originally posted by La fiera: Bearings 4 and 5 are gone. 4 is completely gone and the 5 rod didn't overheat. In other words the damage is is minor. Ok, clearly that's not related to your flash and only coincidentally happened at the same time. You already said you're changing out this assembly, but the post-mortem investigation is still important. How does #3 main bearing look? If #4 & #5 rods BOTH had problems, I'd place oil supply from #3 main very high on the suspect list; either a blockage in the oil passages inside the crank or a blockage of oil TO the crank. La fiera APR 15, 01:04 PM quote Originally posted by Will: Ok, clearly that's not related to your flash and only coincidentally happened at the same time. You already said you're changing out this assembly, but the post-mortem investigation is still important. How does #3 main bearing look? If #4 & #5 rods BOTH had problems, I'd place oil supply from #3 main very high on the suspect list; either a blockage in the oil passages inside the crank or a blockage of oil TO the crank. The overheated cap happened after the accident. I've had the pan off the engine recently and after that had ran the engine twice before this happened. I don't know how #3 looks yet but your reasoning is a posibility. I've never had any oil pressure issues before. But after the accident I had the engine running trying to diagnose a sound that was just like a squeeky belt. Well, looking at that cap color I know what the squeeky sound was. I also notice the oil pressure dropped substantially. But yes, I will check all the passages like you recommend. Thanks you Will! Blacktree APR 16, 12:22 PM Wow, you got lucky with this. Things could have been MUCH worse. La fiera APR 16, 09:59 PM quote Originally posted by Blacktree: Wow, you got lucky with this. Things could have been MUCH worse. Yes, that's why when I started to hear the belt squeeking sound and the oil pressure drop I concluded, "Its dunn" and shut it immediately not to make matters worse. Aero6351 APR 17, 03:15 PM Just wanted to say this was a great thread to read through. I admire your creativity and problem solving! I'm not super knowledgeable about engine building but I'd like to think I learned a bit from this thread. Props on accomplishing your goal, even if it didn't end as planned ps: looking forward to the 9k build! La fiera APR 20, 07:56 AM quote Originally posted by Aero6351: Just wanted to say this was a great thread to read through. I admire your creativity and problem solving! I'm not super knowledgeable about engine building but I'd like to think I learned a bit from this thread. Props on accomplishing your goal, even if it didn't end as planned ps: looking forward to the 9k build! Thank you very much Aero and I'm glad you enjoyed it also. La fiera APR 23, 09:07 PM All bearings look very good except #4. My post mortem is: I hit the keyboard and it hammered #4 and spun the bearing. Everything else looks immaculate. Cams and lifters look brand new, lobes have the required height (I measured them).