Truly nuked
After reading your update of Project SVT Focus in the November 2007 issue, I think your perception is a little off. I have one of these little machines and, like you, also applied boost to the stock 10.2:1-compression motor, via a Procharger. Although I was only running 10psi of boost, I had a similar result as Mr. Holstein. I was going through the gears and, at the top of second gear, my car decided to lean itself out to a nice 17(ish):1 air/fuel ratio. This resulted in a noise no one ever wants to hear, an expensive noise. You say: A postmortem examination found completely nuked pistons. I have included a picture to improve your perception of the word 'nuked'. This is what used to be a piston.
Kevin Lewis
O'Fallon, MO
Project SVT Focus did not fare well from the copious amounts of detonation that originally trashed the engine but, after disassembling it, we knew we had seen worse damage. After seeing the photo of your own SVT project, we have indeed have seen worse. Our hats are off to you, sir, that is nuked. -JL
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