Was out running errands with the wife today driving her 2013 Equinox when we came to a red light at which point a blue 5.0 comes up behind us with 2 guys inside. So were sitting at the red light and i guess the driver of this 5.0 must also own a motorcycle as he just had to rev his engine about 13 times while sitting at the red light waiting to turn green. I couldn't help to notice this thing kinda had a whine to it that i could hear when he would rev.
So the light turns green and i proceed a few miles up the road to a highway entrance ramp. The 5.0 is also getting on the highway as he continues to follow me. So im getting up to highway speed to merge onto the highway and once on the highway right lane i go WOT (LoL) in the 'OL V6 Equinox and sure enough the 5.0 merges 2 lanes behind me blows past us like crazy. 5.0 did sound good too. The 5.0 gets about 1/4 mile ahead and from what i could tell and hear, he was still WOT just having fun and then out of nowhere........ BOOM!!!
I say to myself WTF was that! All the sudden i fly past the 5.0 at about 70 MPH like it was standing still. As i pass the 5.0 i could see in my rear view mirror he put on his emergency flashers and pulled to the shoulder on the highway. I had to turn back around to go check on the guy as a fellow stanger. So i got back on the highway to head back and took the next exit past where he was sitting to get back on the highway again to head the direction we were originally going.
As im going down the highway i see liquid in his lane where i heard the big BOOM. As i get closer and start to pull to the shoulder i see a few pieces of metal laying in his lane and the liquid follows suit all the way to the shoulder. Then i knew this guy's car just had a serious malfunction.
I put my hazards on and get out of my car. The driver was under the car and the passenger was looking down the side of the engine. Sure enough, the driver got up and said and i quote "I killed it".
The entire underneath of the car had a huge oil puddle. The guy said the side of the block was cracked. After looking over the car for a few mins we had a coolant puddle to go along with the oil puddle. As i surveyed the engine sure enough this guy had a Vortech V3 blower setup. I talked to him about his mods & tune to see if we could track what had happened and where the issue was. He said he had just within the last week he had changed his pulley to a custom pulley making about 14/15 PSI of boost. As i looked at the Vortech head unit you could tell it was a very small pulley on that thing. He said he had his tune revised through BAMA as well.
I asked the guy if he needed help getting the car towed he said he would have to call someone to help him tow it as he didn't have roadside assistance. I told him i would use my company account and get it towed for him as i felt pretty bad for this guy. So i stuck around and waited for the tow truck ( about 30-45 mins) and took care of that for him. By then the guys wife/GF had showed up from him calling her. The guy thanked me for stopping to help him out and paying for the tow, i told him it was no problem at all just trying to help a fellow mustang guy out.
That 5.0 sure was fast but i believe he was running way to much PSI for a stock bottom end or his A/F ratio/Tune was seriously off and running lean. He said now he has a reason to build a new engine with a bottom end.
Wasn't really trying to race the guy was just having some fun with a 5.0. Hope the guy gets it rebuilt and back on the road.
So the light turns green and i proceed a few miles up the road to a highway entrance ramp. The 5.0 is also getting on the highway as he continues to follow me. So im getting up to highway speed to merge onto the highway and once on the highway right lane i go WOT (LoL) in the 'OL V6 Equinox and sure enough the 5.0 merges 2 lanes behind me blows past us like crazy. 5.0 did sound good too. The 5.0 gets about 1/4 mile ahead and from what i could tell and hear, he was still WOT just having fun and then out of nowhere........ BOOM!!!
I say to myself WTF was that! All the sudden i fly past the 5.0 at about 70 MPH like it was standing still. As i pass the 5.0 i could see in my rear view mirror he put on his emergency flashers and pulled to the shoulder on the highway. I had to turn back around to go check on the guy as a fellow stanger. So i got back on the highway to head back and took the next exit past where he was sitting to get back on the highway again to head the direction we were originally going.
As im going down the highway i see liquid in his lane where i heard the big BOOM. As i get closer and start to pull to the shoulder i see a few pieces of metal laying in his lane and the liquid follows suit all the way to the shoulder. Then i knew this guy's car just had a serious malfunction.
I put my hazards on and get out of my car. The driver was under the car and the passenger was looking down the side of the engine. Sure enough, the driver got up and said and i quote "I killed it".
The entire underneath of the car had a huge oil puddle. The guy said the side of the block was cracked. After looking over the car for a few mins we had a coolant puddle to go along with the oil puddle. As i surveyed the engine sure enough this guy had a Vortech V3 blower setup. I talked to him about his mods & tune to see if we could track what had happened and where the issue was. He said he had just within the last week he had changed his pulley to a custom pulley making about 14/15 PSI of boost. As i looked at the Vortech head unit you could tell it was a very small pulley on that thing. He said he had his tune revised through BAMA as well.
I asked the guy if he needed help getting the car towed he said he would have to call someone to help him tow it as he didn't have roadside assistance. I told him i would use my company account and get it towed for him as i felt pretty bad for this guy. So i stuck around and waited for the tow truck ( about 30-45 mins) and took care of that for him. By then the guys wife/GF had showed up from him calling her. The guy thanked me for stopping to help him out and paying for the tow, i told him it was no problem at all just trying to help a fellow mustang guy out.
That 5.0 sure was fast but i believe he was running way to much PSI for a stock bottom end or his A/F ratio/Tune was seriously off and running lean. He said now he has a reason to build a new engine with a bottom end.
Wasn't really trying to race the guy was just having some fun with a 5.0. Hope the guy gets it rebuilt and back on the road.
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