Man.. did i F@#% up!!!
06-27-2006, 01:07 PM
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Man.. did i F@#% up!!! 
figured i'd save a few $$ and install my 90/90 on my recently built H/C car...
install went well... til i started the car....
bang,boom,pow.....
short story long, i dropped a nut down my freshly ported 243's...
cracked the block, & FD'd up my head....
I am having it re-sleeved as i type.... & sending the heads off to my local head porter...
Note to self... Let my local speed shop install things from now on... A VERY costly mistake!!
Just thought i'd share... Please don't flame me too much.... I am @ the brink of suicide...
JK... A "figure" of speech.. 
06-27-2006, 01:50 PM
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it sucks that you messed your engine up, but don't let that stop you from working on your own car again.
it always makes me feel terrible when i mess up something on my own car when i'm working on it, but it makes me feel good in the long run when i tell people that i did my own work on a project... you just don't have to tell people what mistakes you've made, only that you completed it.
chalk it up to experience.
it always makes me feel terrible when i mess up something on my own car when i'm working on it, but it makes me feel good in the long run when i tell people that i did my own work on a project... you just don't have to tell people what mistakes you've made, only that you completed it.
chalk it up to experience.
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Originally Posted by PewterY2KZ28
figured i'd save a few $$ and install my 90/90 on my recently built H/C car...
install went well... til i started the car....
bang,boom,pow.....
short story long, i dropped a nut down my freshly ported 243's...
cracked the block, & FD'd up my head....
I am having it re-sleeved as i type.... & sending the heads off to my local head porter...
Note to self... Let my local speed shop install things from now on... A VERY costly mistake!!
Just thought i'd share... Please don't flame me too much.... I am @ the brink of suicide...
JK... A "figure" of speech..
06-27-2006, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Lithium
Want to join me and my support group?
Yeah... "Hello" my name is Pewter and i am an idiot!!!
I am having it re-sleeved because of $$$.... It will be good as new...
I am however getting new Diamond piston's,rings,clevite bearings, etc...
My car will be WELL over 400rwhp upon completion..
Here is/was my most recent dyno "Pre90/90"...
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[/IMG] BTW.. thanks for the replies..
06-27-2006, 06:20 PM
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yeah, that sux *****, next time you work on the motor, cover up holes that stuff absolutely must not fall into. My friend sucked the bolt that held his airbox inplace into his intake and fucked his LT1 up. Man he was pissed, needless to say, he lock-tited that bitch from then on.
06-28-2006, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by dug
tough break. Can you afford to build up a 402? THey dont seem to be much more than a 347
