jlm44

Sorry Had to remove the link because my band with is being exceeded.

oange ss

iTrader: (50)

that sux

GuitsBoy

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How did that happen?

mattr228

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what were your rod & main clearances?

PREDATOR-Z

Who built it?

jlm44

Well...I had my Trans Am shipped from New Jersey to California. When it got here it wouldn't start. Then the driver of the truck in forms me that he had to put some gas in it.

I asked him why because is had just under a 1/4 of a tank left. I asked him what type of gas he had put in it he said that he did know.....what ever whas on the truck at the time. I asked for the keys and I turn the key to the on position to find out that they had put 1.7 miles on my vehicle.

Luckly my father was there with me or I would have gone crazy on that dude. I ended up having to tow my vehicle to the shop and proceeded to check the damage.

When I pulled the spark plugs they have fuel all the way up to the last thread on the spark plug. I drained the oil and there was over an 1/8 inch of fuel on the oil. So I put new spark plugs in and new oil and started her up and as soon as she warmed up she was dumping coolant out of the tail pipe.

So of course I filed a clam with there clams adjuster about 7 months ago to find out 3 weeks ago that it was denied by the trucking company. So now I have to go to court. The vehicle has been sitting this whole time because they have to have someone come out and inspect it when it is being torn a part.

After I found out that it was denied I decided that I would have a local shop tear into it for me so that when I go to court everything is documented correctly.

One thing though that we have notice by tearing into it that there was going to be a problem down the road for me anyways.

1) The sleaves look to be to short and you can tell this by the line that has formed on the piston skirt.

2) the #2 main cap bearing that looks like hell....it looks like coolant and load ate it up. Being that your #2 and #4 main cap on the ls1 motors see more load then the rest this is defenitely not a good sign.

jlm44

MTI build the bottom end and JPR did the rest.(His heads, install and tune)

gomer

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How many miles were on the engine?

jlm44

Here are the specs on her
-422 CUBIC INCH aluminum block
-JPR Aluminum LS6 HEADS

Head Flow Numbers:
.100 75
.200 155
.300 217
.400 257
.450 277
.500 292
.550 303
.600 312

-MTI S1 cam
-Diamond Pistons
-Thunder Racing 4130 chromemoly seamless steel Pushrods
-Rev Titanium Retainers
-Ford Motorsport Fuel Injectors, 30 lb.
-NGF TR6 Spark plus set at .30 gap
-Ported MAF sensor
-Ported Throttle body
-Spec stage 3 clutch (kevlar)
-McLeod Adjustable master cylender
-Pro 5.0 Short Throw Shifter
-MTI Clear intake lid

Exhuast:
> Dynatch 1 7/8 Long tube stepped headers
> True dual exhaust with loud mouth resientor
> Extended O2 Sims/sensors

Suspension:
> BMR lower control arms
> BMR reclocating brackets
> Eibach Pro Kit Lowering springs

Rear End:
> Moser 12 bolt
> Moser 3.73 gears

She made 505 rwhp and 517 rwtq

jlm44

There is about 800 miles on her and about 500 hundred on the new clutch that the shipping company destroyed.

GuitsBoy

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My god they did a lot of damage in 1.7 miles.

jlm44

I think that the sleeves being to short too did alot of the damage as well. Everything else seems to be ok. such as the crank and rods. I will need new pistons though. I think that if the block was honed about 5 thousandths that that would fix up those sleeve walls. If I am going to keep this block I think that the stoke is going to have to go to 3.9 or even stock for those pistons to stay more in the bore.

Wnts2Go10O

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hang those asswipes man, they had no right. hope the car is running again soon

jlm44

Thanks 8kickassRS9....I've actually thought about doing that in a physical sence too.

jlm44

I sent MTI the link to the pictures....what do some of you more experianced builders think of the wear pattern on the piston and about those sleaves?

vtanju

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i dont see any problems with the sleeves or their wear patterns although overheating damage is obvious on the sleeves, and as for the bearings probable causes would be detonation, antifreeze in oil, or too much NOS.

jlm44

The NOS has never been used and as for dentonation I wouldn't know this was my boy Chris's Trailor queen to car shows and that was pretty much it. When it comes to head gaskets I do think that Chris had a few head gaskets go out because the where crappy gaskets. Besides that the only other time was when I picked it up after being abused. I do have footage of it the day it was being shipped running fine and everthing.

jlm44

Is there any other true engine builders that wouldn't mind looking at these for me and give me a better answer then the one I'm getting from the shop that it is at and that is that the block is flexing because it can handle the power.

dug

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Excuse my ignorance, what exactly happend? You had the car shipped and trucking company put 1.7miles on the car. And during them miles, blew up the engine somehow?

jlm44

That pretty much somes it up. The day it arrived it was no longer running and I ended up putting new plugs and oil in her and the she fired up long enough to dumb all of her coolant out of the exhaust pipes all over my garage floor.