I think this goes along with the how long did it last thread. I am wanting to supercharge my car and I have a T-trim sitting in my garage. I plan on pulleying it as low as possible (6 psi) and running it next summer. How many people have to be towed home? I would prefer to be able to limp home when the motor lets go. From what I understand, that is possible. Is it likely?

What happened to you.........?

 

Well, it depends on how bad it lets go. If you break a few ringlands, you can definetly drive it home, it will be smoking, but you could drive it home. If you detonate badly enough to blow the head gasket or really mess up a piston, not a good idea to drive it 10 feet, let alone all the way home.

For me, it was a cold night, running a procharger with 8#'s of boost. Cold air = denser air = more air in the cylinder and I broke 3 piston's ringlands. It smoked like the smoke screen in spy hunter all the way home.

--Sean

 

i drove mine with broken ringlands and blowby for 5 months, then went to the track one day and spun all my bearings and still made the 45 minute trip home

 

Hmm, thanks for the replies guys. So far it sounds like it is worth the risk. I don't care if I break it, I just don't want to be stuck somewhere. The thought of waiting on a rollback sucks. The thought of whether the guy loading my car onto it is a goober or not sucks even more.