Yikes! Bad timing. I'm having a brand new engine, clutch, and turbo fitted to my car at the moment. They'd better bolt it down :)

>Erik,
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>I can imagine the foul mood.
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>Perhaps this little story will make things better... <g>
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>A family friend owned a VW shop. One of his employees had tricked out an engine in anticipation for an off road machine. I think it was somewhere around a 1700cc job when he had put the new barrels and such on.
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>Anyway, Tom and I were standing in his shop looking at this mangled motor when he told me the story. His employee had spent a ton of time and effort and was ready for the first time ignition of the new engine.
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>Fired it up.
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>Thump thump thump
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>Decided to goose it.
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>Forgot that the motor wasn't bolted down (just resting on the workbench...
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>Bad move.
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>Too much torque.
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>Engine flips and lands on concrete.
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>Engine stops.
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>Employee speaks French for five minutes.
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>*bg*
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>DD (who was raised on CanAMs)
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>>>I ran a 12.380 at the track on Sunday in the '71 'maro. My first time running a quarter mile on blacktop (instead of water) and I cut .510 light.
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>>Sweeeet.
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>>I fired up the new roller motor (finally) this weekend, and something broke. I couldn't hear it because of open headers, so I don't know what it was, but the new motor is coming right back out. I have been in an extremely bad mood since Saturday morning. And probably will be in an even worse mood when I find out what broke.