zo6vetteman2003

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If I owned this Z, I'd be pissed off.
http://videos.streetfire.net/recentv...36004baf08.htm

charlie c5

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That more then sucks. That blows. No pun intended..

mikep2002

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That was awful!!!!!!!! I cant imagine that guys pain. Worst part might be if he was modding and cant bull **** the dealer into it was a road blow up and has to forfit the warranty. But than again he`s got a z06 and should be able to buy new motor cash in hand...

zo6vetteman2003

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I hear that. It's all speculation right now what actually happened. You could almost hear a slight drop in rpms just before, the engine wained a bit. That sounded like at least 7500 rpm. I'm trying to find out what kind of failure it was. I heard it happened at HPE in Texas. They are a good outfit so....
http://www.gmhightechperformance.com..._installation/

zo6vetteman2003

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Here is the explination posted a few minutes ago.


"I'd like you to watch this video so you can see what actually happened, and I'll try my best to explain it all. In the video you will hear the car rev up real fast when the second stage of nitrous comes on... That is the point where the dyno "went out". So during this time, all the nitrous was getting sprayed into the intake manifold, but not all of it was being used due to the speed in which the motor was accelerating.... then the dyno decided to load up. Now all that unused nitrous has to go somewhere. due to fuel puddling and everything that can happen in a state like this (fuel is obviously heavier than N20), the mixture going into some of the cylinders was not ideal, thus causing a few cylinders to run too lean. That's when you can see pieces of pistons and spark plugs start coming out of the exhaust.

So, the new pistons will be here middle of next week, then we're going to have them coated, and probably have the car put back together end of the following week. That's when we'll be posting up those 900+ rwhp numbers So until then, stay tuned."

zo6vetteman2003

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Hey Brett we must have posted at the same time. See above.

DoesSpeedTurnUon

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wish i could throw that kinda change around... one day though... one day soon

Nine Ball

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**** happens, especially on nitrous

Pro Stock John

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"Second stage of nitrous"

All bets are off when you spray a lot of nitrous.

NORCAL SS

what type of wheels does that z06 have, they are pretty nice

~JOSHUA

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^^^ I'm with him. Really diggin' those rims. Beautiful Zo6...shameful what happened.

V-seriesTech

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Yeah, tell me about it.

molecule

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Sometimes a crapshoot in that rpm range...........

Slart

I'm a little confused about how the dyno can "Load up". Its a big steel (or concrete?) cylinder yes?

charlie c5

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I was told that this just happened a week or two ago. Yes, $h!t happens.

DoesSpeedTurnUon

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Who's fault is it? The shops? They repair/replacing?

zo6vetteman2003

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Here is what the owner of HPE Chuck told us. He is one cool guy with a great attitude, a true straight shooter.

This video has been everywhere, and I've read many people trying to comment on it, without knowing anything about what's going on. It really doesn't bother me though, because it's none of their concern. The first and last place I posted that video was in this post. It's been spread all over the internet, from that single post. Which is fine, I really don't care. I'm just pointing out pure fact so you can be sure that anything that was not said in THAT post is something someone else is saying, who probably doesn't know anything about the situation at all.

All I know are these 2 facts.

1. WE, not ANYbody else here, were the ones trying for 900+ rwhp from a NITROUS assisted C6 ZO6. About the most unreliable way of doing it, WE were doing it. And doing it well in case you haven't seen for yourself. I have pics of the build up on our website here. The car was running BEAUTIFULLY and literally, 1 successful dyno pull away from calling the customer and telling him to come pick it up.

2. WE were the ones who took care of the hurt engine without blinking an eye. It wasn't the customers fault his car blew. What kind of shop would I operate if I just told the guy "Tough luck, your car we just built blew on the dyno because my dyno messed up. You're gonna have to pay to fix it." Haha, if that's the kind of customer service you're used to getting, then you need to find a better speed shop!

So anyways, that's all I really have to say about this car. If you don't like it, race one of our record holding cars. I've got them all listed on my home page. Take your pick. Call us idiots. See if we care what you think

Chuck @ HPE
281-448-1300

2002blackZ

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Wow! Sucks to see that happen. Not only for the owner of the car but also for HPE. I understand that things happen. I hope that people take notice of Chucks response. It is easy to blast on a company when they do the wrong thing and it spreads like wildfire. But we can see that Chuck took care of it. In my opinion, it is when things like this happen, it is truely when you can tell what type of person / company you are dealing with. I have been fortunate enough to have worked with a company that took care of issues that came up as well. People should keep this in mind when choosing a company to do work on their car.

LeadfootDuramax

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Absolutely, this clearly shows that they are professionals and stand behind their work. Stuff goes wrong....hwo you handle it is what shows your character.

zo6vetteman2003

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If you think HPE is a great company, take a look at the link Chuck was talking about of the build. These are some excellent pics. http://www.horsepowerengineering.com...w.asp?Moto=120

You can also tell they have their act together by how clean that shop is too.