Here is the much awaited pictures of the egine which exploded under my legs at speed on the M11 motorway.
I'll leave you all to ponder on this one but what you are about to see is not a pretty sight.
The big-end bearing went which then snapped the con-rod as so much movement up and down and side to side.
This then shot the entire crankshaft into a fizzy fit which put side movement on it as well as up and down smashing the outer crank-casing covers from the inside out.
The top half of the piston then came up hard against the valves and bent two valves.
The force was so great with the piston coming up it also caused the valves to push the entire camshafts and even burst a cap bolt clean off.
The entire engine and cyclinder head as you will see is wrecked.
I can see also why the gearbox locked-up, so much shrapnel and shards of metal and alloy it went into the gear-box and clutch.
I also lost the clutch on trying to free-wheel when the back locked up and the clutch pipe was severed behind the starter motor by flying shrapnel so no pressure to push the selector rod.
lets say I'm lucky to have walked away from this without as much as a scratch.
I'll leave you all to ponder on this one but what you are about to see is not a pretty sight.
The big-end bearing went which then snapped the con-rod as so much movement up and down and side to side.
This then shot the entire crankshaft into a fizzy fit which put side movement on it as well as up and down smashing the outer crank-casing covers from the inside out.
The top half of the piston then came up hard against the valves and bent two valves.
The force was so great with the piston coming up it also caused the valves to push the entire camshafts and even burst a cap bolt clean off.
The entire engine and cyclinder head as you will see is wrecked.
I can see also why the gearbox locked-up, so much shrapnel and shards of metal and alloy it went into the gear-box and clutch.
I also lost the clutch on trying to free-wheel when the back locked up and the clutch pipe was severed behind the starter motor by flying shrapnel so no pressure to push the selector rod.
lets say I'm lucky to have walked away from this without as much as a scratch.
