Got a good one for ya...
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Got a good one for ya... Went to the track on Saturday. Ran a new best of 11.20@121 and then on my third run she started knockin. Pulled the valve covers and didnt see nothin weird. Took her home.
Tonite I pulled the plugs and #7 was tore up. So I proceeded to pull the head. While I was doin it my buddy stopped by to bum my LS6 intake. I picked up the intake and it rattled.
Turned it upside down and a piece of metal fell out.
Finally got the head pulled. The combustion chamber and piston looked like a bug with a real sharp hammer went nuts
Long story short. Somehow a 9/32 allen wrench went thru my intake in my cylinder thru the intake valve. Broke into 4 pieces and then came back up into my intake.
I have never used a allen wrench that small on my car. How it got there I dont know.
Crappy luck I guess.
Gonna call Brian at TEA tomorrow and see if they can fix it. Gonna need a new valve and some metal added then CNCd again. They should be able to hook it up. I hope.
Stu
Tonite I pulled the plugs and #7 was tore up. So I proceeded to pull the head. While I was doin it my buddy stopped by to bum my LS6 intake. I picked up the intake and it rattled.
Turned it upside down and a piece of metal fell out. Finally got the head pulled. The combustion chamber and piston looked like a bug with a real sharp hammer went nuts
Long story short. Somehow a 9/32 allen wrench went thru my intake in my cylinder thru the intake valve. Broke into 4 pieces and then came back up into my intake.
I have never used a allen wrench that small on my car. How it got there I dont know.Crappy luck I guess.
Gonna call Brian at TEA tomorrow and see if they can fix it. Gonna need a new valve and some metal added then CNCd again. They should be able to hook it up. I hope.
Stu
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Stu, I am sorry for your incident, but that is the funniest thing I can recall reading on this board. OMG. And my buddy (Drew778) teases me about always dropping stuff into his cylinders everytime we take his heads off! wow, a craftsman allen wrench, who would've thunk it!
Sorry man, but I do agree. Cant sweat the damage done, but Sears will replace the allen wrench.
Sorry man, but I do agree. Cant sweat the damage done, but Sears will replace the allen wrench.
Holy cow, I thought I was the only one to have an allen wrench screw up my day, I had a tiny allen wrench go through my slick about 1/2 down the track (which made for a fun ride 
) it flatted my slick and it was like my 2nd pass!
Obiously not as bad as your situation but I still found it weird that allen wrenches are causing track problems.
) it flatted my slick and it was like my 2nd pass!Obiously not as bad as your situation but I still found it weird that allen wrenches are causing track problems.
