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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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Well, my LS1 swap has come to a temporary end. Cruizing down the freeway my motor exploded . Needless to say I'm disappointed.



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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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wow thats odd. just cruzing??!! how many miles on it?
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hey!!!! mine did the same **** only mine did it on start up!

so much for the engine touched by god huh?
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Old Nov 30, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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About 40k. I wasn't even on the throttle and it went to hell .
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Damn, sorry to see that.
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Sorry bro, better luck next time.
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was there a reason it broke or it just decided to kill itself?
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How about some more Pictures...? did the piston or rod let go ?
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hey!!!! mine did the same **** only mine did it on start up!
Same here. Maybe we should start a club or something. Did yours even turn over? Mine didn't even start.
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Same here. Maybe we should start a club or something. Did yours even turn over? Mine didn't even start.
exactly, threw 2 rods #2 and #5 through the block and busted both pistons
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damn man that sucks but now its time for a 454 LSX
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I'm out of money tho . Anyone have an ls1 block they dont want??
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I'm out of money tho . Anyone have an ls1 block they dont want??

yup, its got 2 holes in it, you can have it if you want

maybe we can melt our blocks and mold a new 454 block
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damn, sorry to see that...hope this isn't very common...
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yup, its got 2 holes in it, you can have it if you want

maybe we can melt our blocks and mold a new 454 block
What if we melt 3? Mines got some nice holes in it too. I still haven't ripped mine apart.
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Sweet, if yall do 3 blocks melted together you can do a 519 cid....
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dat is so oddd i hope nobody else encounters a problem like that sorry bro
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So whats up with the other two? Grenaded on startup?
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I stopped using mine before a hole blew through it

i'm sure it was close though... still not sure what the internals look like
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