Houstech
Greenie N00B Member
Hello All,
Not sure if this is the right place for this post but I thought some of you would be interested to see the failure of my recently aquired 2007 MS3. I bought this car knowing it had low compression in cylinder 3 and after a 1 hour drive home I parked it in the garage and started tearing it apart. Today I took off the head and saw this glorious failure of the OEM sleeve.
Here is a better look at the failure after rotating the engine.
Looks like im either re-sleeving the block or trying to source a used one. Not sure which direction I am going to go yet, I think a full sleeve job is a little over the top as my power goals are around 350whp which from what I understand the stock parts can handle easily. Whatever route I chosse I will probably will go with forged rods and pistons while I have the car torn apart so any advice you have on that feel free to toss below.
Thanks Guys!
Not sure if this is the right place for this post but I thought some of you would be interested to see the failure of my recently aquired 2007 MS3. I bought this car knowing it had low compression in cylinder 3 and after a 1 hour drive home I parked it in the garage and started tearing it apart. Today I took off the head and saw this glorious failure of the OEM sleeve.
Here is a better look at the failure after rotating the engine.
Looks like im either re-sleeving the block or trying to source a used one. Not sure which direction I am going to go yet, I think a full sleeve job is a little over the top as my power goals are around 350whp which from what I understand the stock parts can handle easily. Whatever route I chosse I will probably will go with forged rods and pistons while I have the car torn apart so any advice you have on that feel free to toss below.
Thanks Guys!
