New build: 2010 Camaro | X275 88 | TH400 | street car UPDATE: 03/03/13

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03-23-2013 | 04:45 PM

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the1theycallthe1

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Awesome build - love the look of that massive downpipe.

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03-23-2013 | 08:58 PM

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This makes me nervous as ****. I just paid my engine off from there. I went with an AES390 . Callies c series forged crank, compstar rods, and -15cc diamond pistons. I do believe that Callies severly underrates their product to cover their ***. Why would they make an expensive aftermarket forged crank rated at 600hp when the stock unforged crank is handling way more power than 600... good luck man. Definitely report to us what you find.

Also, im.starting to think that maybe the shortblock wasn't an issue at all. Its very strange the tyranny AND motor went out at the same time... Im agreeing with what some of these guys are saying. I think when the tranny took a **** it pushed the crank forward into the thrust bearing causing it to fail. Would you agree?

the crank that's in your motor is the one I cracked. be careful

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03-24-2013 | 01:09 AM

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I bet it knocked the thrust out.

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03-24-2013 | 11:45 AM

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the crank that's in your motor is the one I cracked. be careful

How did u crack it?.. im not worried about it. Callies way under rates their stuff and there are tons and tons of ppl making huge power on those cranks without issue. I think you just had a defective crank. Stock cranks r good for 800+..

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03-24-2013 | 12:06 PM

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I bet it knocked the thrust out.

I hope it did honestly.

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03-24-2013 | 12:11 PM

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I hope it did honestly.

im still with martin on that... its just very very odd the engine went within a few hundred miles of the tranny... low oil pressure, copper in the oil.

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03-24-2013 | 07:03 PM

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Hurry up and get it sorted so I can live vicariously through your YouTube videos!

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03-24-2013 | 10:15 PM

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Sucks to hear about your car man. Texas products seem to not like you at all

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03-24-2013 | 10:34 PM

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Damn man, hope by some miracle you can get it back up and running for KC2K13! I read one of your previous posts about getting a junkyard shortblock instead, I agree that should've been your choice! It's a proven setup. Do you plan to keep the AES shortblock once it's back to life?

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03-24-2013 | 11:36 PM

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I will also vote for the trans failing/ or converter ballooning and taking out the thrust. Seen it a lot in the past.

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03-25-2013 | 06:49 AM

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I dont want to post what I found on the trans because it wasnt good. PTC is taking care of me so I will leave it at that. I will wait and talk to the engine shop to see what happened.

All is well then. Atleast PTC is stepping up to fix what they did wrong and hopefully you can get everything sorted out with AES.

Glad to hear your misfortune is working itself out.

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03-25-2013 | 07:06 AM

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I will also vote for the trans failing/ or converter ballooning and taking out the thrust. Seen it a lot in the past.

I hope you are right!

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03-25-2013 | 08:10 AM

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If the tranny is the cause of the engine failure via thrust bearing, is PTC going to buy you a rotating assembly and pay for the damages?

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03-25-2013 | 08:51 AM

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If the tranny is the cause of the engine failure via thrust bearing, is PTC going to buy you a rotating assembly and pay for the damages?

I guess ill cross that bridge when I get there.

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03-25-2013 | 05:01 PM

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Even with the guys at PTC being as stand up as they are, there are way too many variables for them to still be able to pony up a new rotating assembly for Stangkillr. I hate this happened to him as I love his videos and his cars.

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03-26-2013 | 11:29 AM

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Scary information here. Im planning on local people to build my stuff. Sad to hear that your having so much trouble with big name stuff.

Good luck with all of this.

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