240hoke Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hey guys, Its been a while since i found this little bugga'. I found half of it while i was building my motor. It was hanging out of the water jacket between 1 and 2 cylinders. It was a bitch but with pliers and wiggling and shaking i managed to get it out. Then a couple weeks ago while i was taking the head off to recoat the headgasket I shoked it a little pulling it off the studs and to my surprised out poped the other half! The only thing i can figure it is would be some sort of defect in the cast that was hangin in there and took all these years to break free. It has no jagged edges except where it broke in half. So i think its been like this for a while that why i wasnt alarmed.... any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 That is a booger worm casting that swallowed too much cast iron during the time the fire demons were most active in the cast iron process. The booger worms come out of their depths and wiggle their way into scrap cast iron heaps to mate and breed. Some get transported to the kilns where they meet a fiery death. There is a small movement in Japan to save and place this species on an endangered list but the Bush Administration is blocking these attempts citing that all scap metal export to the far east would come to a standstill if the rare worm was in protected status..........Mythology places the introduction of the worms by alien spacecraft 5 billion years ago . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trecani Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 ^ 6 Billion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 240 Hoke.............use my write up and sell the speciman on eBay as a rare find with a high reserve and free shipping and do correct the introduction date to 6 billion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Sounds like a plan to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonomaz Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I don't buy the booger worm thing, clearly it's a GPS tracking chip that is activated by heat. The CIA used them back in the 70's before the military let people know they had GPS! They were used to monitor the Z's for oil fiascoe during the Nixon Admin. Seriously though . Did it come frome the head or the block? I tlooks like a piece of core from the casting process. Hate to think of that thing in your H2O pump during a 1/4 mile run. It could make things real exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp1911 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Gremlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve72z Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 That's good, I almost fell out of my chair reading your posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2802NR Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I dont know about the worm gremlin. All I know is that Z looks GOOD layin out on those leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Haha, well thanks 2802NR. Didnt relise id get so much redicule lol. I knew what the thing was but i didnt know how common casting defects were. Jsut something to look for when you have your motor apart. I know it wasn't helping out water flow around the #1 comprsseion chamber. It was clogging the passage enough where I could feel air coming through when i blew through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 ebay it "additional block gaurd for honda's adds 1000% more cylinder wall support while compromising flow" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNeedForZ Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 It's a tiny piece of a riced up honda stuck between the car's teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2126 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 The second picture down looks like a cast iron mustache bar. Are you sure you looked in the water passages really well....there may be an R200 in there somewhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin9it2up1 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 That is a booger worm casting that swallowed too much cast iron during the time the fire demons were most active in the cast iron process. The booger worms come out of their depths and wiggle their way into scrap cast iron heaps to mate and breed. Some get transported to the kilns where they meet a fiery death. There is a small movement in Japan to save and place this species on an endangered list but the Bush Administration is blocking these attempts citing that all scap metal export to the far east would come to a standstill if the rare worm was in protected status..........Mythology places the introduction of the worms by alien spacecraft 5 billion years ago . ahha thats an awesome theory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 No, No, No, It's the sought after, 3.25" Japanese Cast Iron Warrior Mustache. You know the 70's mustache that the Japanese tried to replicate to complete the "American Image" of the "sports car driver of the decade" look. Made popular by this statue of a Japanese Warrior Also featured in it's last P90 revision here: . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 A three year old theory at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stprasinz Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 so now its 6billion and 3 years old, i wonder if its made it onto the endangered list, obahma get yo @$$ in check, but wait, if there is an r200 in there, we all need to take our motors apart, maybe its actually a entire car... I remember a book when I was a kid about a mouse on a motorcycle!!!!!!! maybe he was into z's as well!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Theory's don't age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetremendoustim Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 hahhaha i would be so paranoid now that i found one i mean that cant be the ONLY one!! whatever happened hoke?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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