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Old Sep 7, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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Silverado SS came in with a small motor issue. It was a stock 6.0 with 6psi STS. Now its getting a 408.


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Old Sep 7, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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daym..just 6psi..did all that
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We are really not sure. We did the turbo and a stall a while back. He said it didnt build much boost in first gear. We wrapped the exhaust and it would stall to 6psi and maintain it. We told him he had to get the tune checked since it was making boost better. He did not. He did say he was out doing burnouts right before it happened.
Heads are trash too.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 01:07 AM
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****, talk about grenading... That is ridiculous!
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Right as im installing my 5 psi kit...
well i hope it was something more than a burnout.

what else is going with the 408? A 76 or 88 maybe?
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 01:21 AM
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dam that sux...that looks harsh too i wonder what his face musta looked like when it happened
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just goes to show you how important getting the right tune is! im really sorry for the guy though. but it is an excuse to get a new motor!

bump on the T76 or T88 turbo for the new car question

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I was gonna say, what happened to the No 4 (or No. 3) piston, and then I see the second pic. Con Rod Soup anyone?
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I was expecting maybe a broken ring land or something like that, but damn

#5 piston is gone, blasted to pieces. Would be real interested to know exactly what happened.
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It would, but you can only speculate.
Customer is stubborn and didnt want to do anything except the 408. We told him there are alot of other upgrades besides the motor you have to do now. Hoping to get him in a 76, more injector, etc..
I cant imagine a 60-1 with a 408.
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It would, but you can only speculate.
Customer is stubborn and didnt want to do anything except the 408. We told him there are alot of other upgrades besides the motor you have to do now. Hoping to get him in a 76, more injector, etc..
I cant imagine a 60-1 with a 408.
Hahahah that damn this will choke out bad... Get him to get a MP70 if he is a cheapo.... something bigger than a 60!!! Ugh you get the hard ones Billy
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with the prices of the Turbonetics I saw a few posts up..... wouldn't make much sense to not spend the couple hundred extra bucks for a better warranteed TC76 which will better suit the 408...

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ps.. thats some destructive chit goin on there!
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Thats sweet He probly overheated doing a zillion burnouts and destroyed that piston
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Am I see this right? Theres still a wrist pin on the blown cylinder, but it looks like another wrist pin in the pan...
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Am I see this right? Theres still a wrist pin on the blown cylinder, but it looks like another wrist pin in the pan...

Noticed that too. Did it trash another cylinder on the other bank?
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yes, there was a wrist pin sitting in the pan. Just the top of that piston was left in the cylinder. Also, the rod is a little twisted. Pretty cool huh.
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Carnage is always cool! Just not when youre the one who has to pay to fix it
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