Car dies on highway... won't start

[nastynas]

A couple nights ago I was coming off of a ramp onto the highway, and as soon as I got into the merge lane and started accelerating, it felt like my car lost all power. I was flooring the pedal but the car was losing speed, trying to give the car gas did nothing. I hit the clutch and pulled over to the side of the road, and the engine stalled. Now it won't start. It makes a strange grinding-type noise when I turn the key to start it. I turns over, but continues making the grinding noise until I stop trying to start it. This might be kind of a vauge description but it's the best I can do without actually recording the sound and uploading it, which I can't do right now. Does anyone have some idea what this could be? Thanks in advance.

 

[57TrimGST]

Where exactly is the noise coming from?

 

[i'm boosted]

Check your compression. Your timing belt may have jumped a few teeth and the grinding sound you hear may be the valves hitting the pistons.

-Brian

 

[Defiant]

Blown timing belt.

 

[nastynas]

Correct Defiant, turns out it was my timing belt that went. The damage isn't even worth repairing, possibly it wouldn't have been as bad if I wasn't driving on the highway at the time. This is probably the last post I will be making on DSMTuners, it was a good 2 years of DSMing and this site has helped me alot. I had fun with my Talon but it's finally time to say goodbye and move on. Good luck in the future to everyone here, take it easy guys