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Saturday the kid and I went riding. The temps were in the single digits and the trails were freshly groomed and fast! He was riding his '96 ZRT 600 and I was on my 'Ol '90 Wildcat that I've customized with a complete '95 ZR700 engine and drivetrain.
So we're 30 miles into our trip and heading down the trail @ 50+ mph when I decided to punch it (again). The engine took off great and suddenly dropped off, backfired and barely ran. The mag side cylinder was dead! We pulled the sled back to a small town and much to my teenage son's dismay, we both piled on his sled and rode back to the house to pickup the truck and trailer.
Yesterday, I pulled the mag side top-end and found deep scrapes and gashes on the exhaust side of the cyl. & piston. But what was really weird was the rings were completely gone!!!! I found the rings unraveled and almost scratch free in the exhaust pipe!
Has anyone else ever seen this happen?
So we're 30 miles into our trip and heading down the trail @ 50+ mph when I decided to punch it (again). The engine took off great and suddenly dropped off, backfired and barely ran. The mag side cylinder was dead! We pulled the sled back to a small town and much to my teenage son's dismay, we both piled on his sled and rode back to the house to pickup the truck and trailer.
Yesterday, I pulled the mag side top-end and found deep scrapes and gashes on the exhaust side of the cyl. & piston. But what was really weird was the rings were completely gone!!!! I found the rings unraveled and almost scratch free in the exhaust pipe!
Has anyone else ever seen this happen?
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