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Bling Bling.... Update Pics
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From: San Antonio, TX
Bling Bling.... Update Pics 
Recieved some pics from Joe and Kevin At Stenod Performance.....
Im so stoked on how that came out.......
Now for the bad news.......
We wanted to see how the bottom end was just to make sure since we were going to push alot of boost thru this motor.......
This is what we found with 2K miles on this motor....
All most spun.....
And the sad thing is this is the 2nd motor i recieved from AP Engineering......
1st one went with 700 miles on it.... no oil pressure...... makes me want to puke..
Some shady crap going on there....... the rest of that story is in the feedback section for AP Engineering....
At least it will be done right this time.... its off to the machine shop as i type this...... a lil set back.... butnow maybe i should do a forged crank....
Kyle
Last edited by NA$TY-TA; Sep 9, 2005 at 07:40 AM.
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Originally Posted by NumberOneSled
That sucks, is there a 408 in your future? Everything else looks great!
Im thinking ill just stick with a 370....... the compressor map goes very well with those cubes and id have to buy new pistons also if i wanted to go with a 408...... If Harlan can do it with a 348 then i sure as hell can do it with a 370.....
Kyle
looks bling-tastic indeed!
good thing you caught the motor before it chewed up parts inside.
id just keep the stock crank unless you go with a different stroke, they seem to have no problems with 8 or 9 second passes.
good thing you caught the motor before it chewed up parts inside.
id just keep the stock crank unless you go with a different stroke, they seem to have no problems with 8 or 9 second passes.
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Originally Posted by smokinHawk
looks bling-tastic indeed!
good thing you caught the motor before it chewed up parts inside.
id just keep the stock crank unless you go with a different stroke, they seem to have no problems with 8 or 9 second passes.
good thing you caught the motor before it chewed up parts inside.
id just keep the stock crank unless you go with a different stroke, they seem to have no problems with 8 or 9 second passes.
Yeah thats what i was thinking too......it depends on if they have to machine the stock crank or not..... this puts a snag in things..... but like u said at least we caught it before something went wayyyyy wrong.
Kyle
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Originally Posted by FSTR-THANU
Bummer about the motor! The plumbing and engine bay look gorgeous though! My motor is at W2W right now getting tore down to the bare block. When does it ever end?
Tom
Tom
Nice looking pics Kyle.
Kyle, glad to hear about the safety check catch on the bearings....but lemme share with you if mine does that, I'm sending you a Na$ty pm or two 
Engine bay looks great, as do the hots.
Engine bay looks great, as do the hots.
Looks pretty damn nice, I was at Stenod about a week ago getting my TC installed and wanted to check out your car but it was in the process of being painted. Looks great though and those guys will definatly take care of you.
Teching In
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From: Highland MI.
Originally Posted by turbo_bu
What kind or brand of coating did you use on the hot parts?
ya, there was a vendor out here in az that got 3 seperate motors from ape, and all three of them blew.
one of them spent 11k on the motor
**** APE.
Im soooooo glad I went with Futral.
one of them spent 11k on the motor
**** APE.
Im soooooo glad I went with Futral.
F@#King APE....I can't believe those pics of the bearings...two engines, just thought the first one sucked and now this. I'd really put up a warning in the internal section for those who are running APE engines.
Rest of it looks great Stenod crew, you are really out doing yourselves on this one. Kyle deserves it tho...two bad engines and the shaft on the turbo kit from APE
J
Rest of it looks great Stenod crew, you are really out doing yourselves on this one. Kyle deserves it tho...two bad engines and the shaft on the turbo kit from APE
J
