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Advice would be nice. Right now I have an 01 Firehawk with 22K miles. I'm burning about 3 quarts of oil every 3K miles. My warrenty went out last month so I'm all on my own for this one. I plan to replace my PCV valvue with the LS6 PCV and do a compression test next week... If the compression test comes back, and somthing is major wrong I plan to either bore or stoke my motor, getting rid of those bad rings. Anyways for a street car that is my daily driver which would be more pratcial.. or any advice on what other options i have? I dont wanna spend over 2K so i know that the stroker kit is pretty much out of the option..
Thanks Brandon
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nope no warrenty like that. I think i just have the 3 year 36,000 mile warrenty. I called and asked them when my warrenty was up and they said last month. So i guess its my baby now. I'm gonna do a compression test next week, and if it comes up bad I'll probably just bore the motor.. How much would it cost me to bore a completely stock motor? Would I gain some nice hp numbers?
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Im in the same place as you are but Im just having my shortblock rebuilt with stock parts cept for FM bearings and different piston rings, but im putting in a new cam and ported ls6 pump because I dont have enough money for a stroker kit. I know Eagle has a stroker kit for like 2,000 and I think AP engineering carries them im not sure check with them.
Setting the limit at $2K also cuts out both all bore and all strokers. Just the sleeving process will cost $2,500. You best bet if you want to keep it cheap is to get forged pistons for a 0.005" overbore, new rings, and go with that.
I have an 01 Z28 and when I had 20K miles, I was eating the same about of oil as you are now. Its the soft rings and the bore not being done with a torque plate. I'm now at 50K miles and am rebuilding to solve the problem (I was at a quart every 500 miles). I removed the pistons and there were NO CRACKS of any kind. The valve seals were like new (not a drop of oil in the ports).
I have an 01 Z28 and when I had 20K miles, I was eating the same about of oil as you are now. Its the soft rings and the bore not being done with a torque plate. I'm now at 50K miles and am rebuilding to solve the problem (I was at a quart every 500 miles). I removed the pistons and there were NO CRACKS of any kind. The valve seals were like new (not a drop of oil in the ports).
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Originally Posted by 2001CamaroGuy
Setting the limit at $2K also cuts out both all bore and all strokers. Just the sleeving process will cost $2,500. You best bet if you want to keep it cheap is to get forged pistons for a 0.005" overbore, new rings, and go with that.
I have an 01 Z28 and when I had 20K miles, I was eating the same about of oil as you are now. Its the soft rings and the bore not being done with a torque plate. I'm now at 50K miles and am rebuilding to solve the problem (I was at a quart every 500 miles). I removed the pistons and there were NO CRACKS of any kind. The valve seals were like new (not a drop of oil in the ports).
I have an 01 Z28 and when I had 20K miles, I was eating the same about of oil as you are now. Its the soft rings and the bore not being done with a torque plate. I'm now at 50K miles and am rebuilding to solve the problem (I was at a quart every 500 miles). I removed the pistons and there were NO CRACKS of any kind. The valve seals were like new (not a drop of oil in the ports).
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So you guys think my best bet would be to go with Forged Internals? What about diffrent rings? Could I just re-ring my pistons now and that maybe fix the problem? I really wanted to spend 2K on a new rear end, but that looks like it should be the last thing on my mind now that I have this problem. Thanks alot for the help guys
I'm not sure if I would do "forged internals" (depends on what you want the motor to do). I was saying a good rebuild (clean up the stock crank, rods, and block) but with forged pistons (instead of cast). That can be done for about $2-$2.5K
. If you do want to go with forged rods, I really like the Eagle rods I baught for my new motor. You could get a set of those for about $450. Don't change the crank. Thats $1K that won't get you anything (unless your are going WAYYYYY OUTTTT on HP).
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I would say just do a .005 cleanup hone and buy some diamond pistons to put on the stock rods and crank. Re-ring it and get some new bearings and call it good. AP Engineering will sell you a completely machined bare block with main studs and bearings installed. Give them a call or email them.------->
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