Hi the escort has gone very well with the turbo 24v BOA in had to uprate the clutch as the std cosy escort item just slipped once the boost was sorted out , so in went a Alcon 6paddle clutch and must say how nice it was to drive with just a tiny bit heavyer then the esco one , we had some live mapping done taking boost up to 9to10psi and pushed the timing as much as we could , the car really flew and the low down torque was great

, it developed a rattle in mid range rpm just for a second or two then went away , I thought it was ( det ) but when I got it on the road last year it drop number 6 cyl , after checking compression number 6 was dead , so off with the heads to find gasket on No6 was damaged , still this rattle was niggling me so decided to take it all out and strip it down ,only to find No 6 piston was very badly cracked, so this was my rattle I've been hearing bad small end play due to crack . was going to rebuild it my self tho decided now to get it done by Fieldmotorsport with fully floating low comp pistons ARP bolts, rods will be treated and crank to , and what ever else needs doing , he use to do my brothers YB for rallycross , he a very nice guy and I can trust him , will get the engine back dyno run ready to go .pictures are on the link below
Author Topic:24v V6 engine BOA turbo piston damage