Done with the rebuild
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Staging Lane
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Done with the rebuild I have a 99' trans am. Ls1, 6 speed. I had a collapsed lifter which wore a lobe in my cam.. So i decided to just tear the motor down and do somewhat of a rebuild. New GM oil pump, water pump, ls7 lifters, bee hive valve springs, tps 228r cam, ported and polished heads, GM timing chain and gears, head gaskets, and a few other gaskets. i'm pretty pleased with the setup so far, even without a tune. Not really inpressed with the power gain but a tune should help. It idles wayyy better than i thought it would, its only died 1 time. the exhaust fumes are horrible, i'm guessing because it needs a tune? overall i'm happy. i'll have a tune soon and hoping for an ls6 intake and an electric cutout.
I'll put up some pics and a video later!
I'll put up some pics and a video later!
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Staging Lane
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Just dropped back off at the me mechanic. On the way there it started making all kinds of racket. More of a knock and scratch sound so I called him an he sent a tow truck. He thinks it's either a broke rod or piston or both. Could my luck go any worse? Shew
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Staging Lane
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Everything is tourqued down properly. It already had chromoly hardened pushrods and they were good so I left them in there. We took the passenger side valve cover off hoping for something simple but we seen nothing
