This is what the knocking was...
 

Well, I finally got around to pulling the passenger side head to see why the engine was knocking and shaking so bad... turns out a valve broke off and embedded itself in the top of the piston, ate up a spark plug completely, and the rest of the valves scarred the tops of all the pistons. The engine is now total carnage, but I will let the pictures describe the rest... Please pray that I don't shoot myself tonight :bang: :cry:

Passenger side Head:
www.student.seas.gwu.edu/~jpoling/head3.jpg
www.student.seas.gwu.edu/~jpoling/entirehead.jpg

Cylinder #8 plug:
http://www.student.seas.gwu.edu/~jpo...ugcarnage1.jpg

Passenger Side Cylinders:
www.student.seas.gwu.edu/~jpoling/allpistons.jpg

#8 Piston:
www.student.seas.gwu.edu/~jpoling/piston8.jpg

.... Anyone wanting to sell a low mileage LS1/LS6 longblock by chance ? :confused:

Did you fly cut the pistons?

Oh never mind, I read your last post. You said you had the cam timed wrong first then went back and fixed it, you broke that shit when the cam was timed wrong the first time. That sucks man. With the cam timing off, all the intake valves smacked the pistons. The damage is not gonna be limited to the passengers side. You probly bent all 8 intake valves.

Ryan

Damn sorry dude.

That would make me want to :barf:
Sorry....

Oh I know. I just can only deal with so much heartbreak at one given time.

ouch!sorry bro

Oh man that makes me sick sorry man........

Sorry to see that...good luck and keep us posted.

Sorry man. :(

Good luck.
Rob (Bad30th)

This is just a chance to build it back better and stronger :cheers:

wow... that's harsh. i'm sorry. good luck

I agree - look at every challenge as an opportunity ;)
Everything that I grenade comes back bigger, faster, stronger.

Sorry for your loss.

True, but I do not have anywhere close to the money to build something bigger and better now. :(

Damn man that sucks, hope things turn out ok for ya.

I hate to see stuff like this happens. Hope everything works out for the best.

Bummer...that convinces me. I'm going to clay my pistons and then place the heads on without gaskets and turn the motor through a vew revoutions by hand to see how close things are before I light it off.

I feel bad for you man, but those kind of lessons prove to be invaluable.

Damn Man that sucks big green donkey schlongs!!!

Beg, Barrow, Steal, and Bum is my motto! ;)

Did it tear up the cylinder walls?

Scarred the #8 wall. It's gotta be bored over.... IF I decide to just try and rebuild it.

damn man i dont think one is gona be enough here is a whole bunch :chug: :chug: :chug: :chug: :chug: :chug: :chug: :chug: :chug: o yea that hits the spot keep em coming, man that sucks