TMar99Z28

Well guys just like the title says, I started tearing my motor apart today to figure out for sure what my ticking noise was... So far I only found one bent pushrod, so I'm thinking one of my lifters did seize up and cause it to bend. The stupid pushrod gauled out the pushrod guide in my driver's side head pretty good. I have about seven pictures at the link below as some eye candy (I guess that's what you'd call it?). I won't be able to get the heads off until sometime late thursday afternoon since I have to work on wednesday night. I just thought I'd do this as a teardown/possible head cam buildup journal for guys that are thinking about taking the leap but are kind of weary about tearing into their ls1. So far it has been pretty straight forward, once you get the wiring all out of the way, the coilpacks off, and the intake/tb setup off, things don't look quite as complicated. Enjoy the pics below, I'll keep uploading to this link as I go!

http://community.webshots.com/album/382134896uXLjUX

Brandon Boomhauer

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link didnt work for me..

Richiec77

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DAMN. Time for new heads. That was a Hellaously bent pushrod.

I'm about to do the same thing soon. Pics are nice. Really clear.

Good luck.

777

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There is already a detailed write-up, sucks about your motor, hope everything works out. BTW link doesn't work.

JoeyGC5

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Damn T. linky no worky but still.... Gotta stop playing with Kenne Bell Cobras

jdoyle

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link works for me, same thing im doin, bent 2 pushrods, pushrod hole all messed up in the head and new lifters.

what lifters you gonna get if yours are no good?

TMar99Z28

I'm gonna replace them with the comp oem style lifters no matter what, I'm thinking the reason the pushrod bent was from it's lifter seizing up, I should know for sure thursday night, I'm probably gonna burn a little midnight oil after work tonight and start working on getting the heads off, just depends on how crappy work is tonight.

TMar99Z28

Yeah too bad he ditched the KB and went back to the ported Eaton. I was wanting another run at him with a few more mods. But I guess his car with the ported Eaton and a shot of gas should be faster than it was with the KB? Too bad he cancelled his order on his new motor to get his crotch rocket.

TMar99Z28

Man, I'm nervous about pulling these heads off and finding something to be f*cked up worse than I'm expecting.

TMar99Z28

I'm gonna try to get these pictures hosted on a different server tonight. allbrand is being retarded and won't even let me on the site. later guys

HavATampa

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Good luck with the project. I am in the middle of a tear down also. Just spent the morning cleaning the head gaskets off and cleaning the head bolt holes. What fun that crap is. Getting ready for a few measurements for valve clearances and will start putting it back together. This is my first time to pull the heads. Like you said, once all the wires and hoses are out of the way, it's not bad at all to work on. I went ahead and installed poly motor mounts while I have the heads off. Couldn't resist since they are right there fully exposed. BTW, the link still isn't working for the pics.

TMar99Z28

Alright guys, link should be fixed now. I uploaded the pictures to webshots so hopefully everyone can see them. And everyone else that's doing the same project, good luck!

daryl2cb@yahoo.com

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wow one bent push rod

777

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It works for me now.

HavATampa

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Wow! That's one wallowed out pushrod hole. How long did you it run like this? That had to have made more noise than just some ticking.

TMar99Z28

It sounded just like an exhaust leak, so I crawled under the car and double checked everything, Car ran alright, but I could tell that it was losing power so I finally decided to pull it apart. Atleast I know what the source of the sound was now.

TMar99Z28

Oh, car isn't a daily driver so I didn't put too many miles on it like this.

JoeyGC5

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So you gonna do a 408 now?

Just playing. You gonna swap to different heads and cam now?

Tech

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It's not as big of a deal as these people are making it. You will probably be fine. Send the head to the machine shop to check out that valve. Other then that, let 'er eat.

TMar99Z28

As far as the 408 goes, I wish I could right now. But since I can't do that I'll probably go ahead and do a heads/cam swap since something finally gave me a good excuse to.