Driver side bank looks to have some busted piston rings...had some oil on the plugs and one plug wasnt on very tite. Looks like that winter time overboosting in 2011 csused some damage. More pics when I get this damn vvel crap off.

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Tell Johnny to try to learn something for when we do mine lol. Good luck buddy. Keep those pics coming!

Lol...i will...he has broken down and started building another vq37 but all he has done on mine is drop the motor and yell at me....lol. Although he did drop the subframe pull the motor and put the subframe back in and it only took him and hour and a half.....was beast. Ive been doin most the work as far as tear down and keeping track of everything. I wont be setting piston rings or any of the tech stuff either. Ill see ya soon Ronito!

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yell at you lol, yeah that sounds like him. Will you be working on it the next few days? I am off from tomorrow until Weds. I'll drop by to check it out if ur there.

I'd like to check out the car too when I'm home next month.

Prob be back up here monday....not sure if hes comming in 2marrow. Ill txt u.

Got the vvel stuff off....looks very......interesting. Next step is this head.

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yeah lmk for sure

Have a customer here next to me taking the head off his Audi....dude brought tacos and corona with some limes....hes a winner in my book.

Got the timming cover off....getn there...takin my time.

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Had a few slightly bent rods!

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Few more pics..... the vq37 is so much beefeir than the vq35...ill start posting again when we get the heads and block back from the Machine shop.

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bent rods.. damn it, u got me thinking now. How are the cylinder walls?

Yea, glad i shut her down when i did!

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Pistons and bearrings looked fine....ring gaps got f*cked off a bit...nothing crazy though. 5 out 6 rods bent :/

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Did u notice anything before you stopped driving or did the engine feel normal?

No, nothing as far as sound. I'm pretty sure it was the 2011 winter when I was overboosting to 14psi plus. I wouldn't worry too much. JTran says the bottom ends are twice what the vq35's are. Weak point is the rods, I think I've proven that.......lol!