TracyRR

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Rut Rooo..... lots of oil smoke from #7 hole (see plug).... but zero blow-by coming from my evac breather. The motor has about 10k miles on it and it has been flawless till now. This plug has approx 500 miles on it.. The #5 plug looked perfect. I'm guessing too much boost and it broke the second ring in #7.... motor has to come out no matter a ring or a land. Anyone have a killer shortblock available?

02SOMLS1WS6

That was in a forged 370 right? How much boost were you running?

TracyRR

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yes it's forged rods/pistons. The highest i've seen was 19 pounds.

SPRAYED 01

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Pump gas I take it?

TracyRR

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yes, pump gas. The good news is i just fixed my meth system.... of course the bad news is it was too late.....

venom ws7

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Damn!! sorry to hear that Tracy..

TracyRR

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hey sam, all is good..... it "forces" me to upgrade!

JAX04

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Damn Tracy! Sorry to hear man, But like you said, Forced upgrades

El_Diablo

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tracy- Friggin hate to hear about your troubles but I do have parts for sale. I have my zero run-time 408 (LQ9 based) in either shortblock, longblock or longblock with sheetmetal intake that will fit under your stock hood with a 90mm TB. PM me if you're interested. I'm not home to crate/ship it but the shortblock is at a shop in Oklahoma City if you want to work out picking it up? the TFS 245s (6-bolt) are at ERL.

TracyRR

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thanks for the offer el but i just picked up a shortblock. I'll PM you on the heads though.

Boosted One

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Sorry to hear this Tracy. You should take it apart and see what's going on first. May be a simple/cheap fix. Did you do a compression or blowby test on it yet?

Frank

JankesGTO

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Oh boy 440 time!

TracyRR

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hey frank, I really think (or hope) it will be a second ring or something minor because there is no smoke/blowby coming from my evac system... it still runs like a bat out of hell (smokey hell that is). Because this is my daily driver, i just pulled the trigger on a nice used iron 408 shortblock that was listed on here a couple days ago (1BADA3Z, nice guy). This will get me running temporarily (without all of the smoke, lol) and then i can decide which direction i want to go... LSX or ERL or ?... BTW, i installed those .68 T4 exhaust housings and it spools much quick than the divided 1.0's. Thanks for your offer!

I kind of like the shorter stroke for the street.... I called AES today about the LSX 390....i am still considering it but now i have a little more time to think about it.

Thanks guys!

Boosted One

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Glad they worked. Did you check back pressure with them?

TracyRR

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no but i think i will be ok unless i try to max them out. I bought them from the pinto guy on yellow bullet. He made over 1200rwhp with the .68's and the same turbos we have.....at 19 pounds of boost on a 408". He ended up going with the .82 housings because he is shooting for the 7's in the 1/4.

Boosted One

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that pinto is a rocket! I noticed he is running a decent sized reverse split cam.

ledoux1967

Damn the luck, i forgot to call you back last night sorry. I should be able to bring the engine puller before friday im sure you want to pull it this weekend. If you need anything else let me know, if you need the engine stand i just need to pull the SBC of of it.

TracyRR

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hey scott, that would be cool if you can bring the stand also.... my shortblock is coming monday so will wait to pull the motor next weekend or so. Thanks man!

ledoux1967

No problem i will most likely bring it tomorrow after you get off of work, ill text you tomorrow.

dudeman

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sorry to hear about your motor.

so you were running pump gas and meth when this happend?

did the meth fail?

if so, why did the meth stop working?