LS1 Engine noise
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LS1 Engine noise Hi my best friend just drove 20hrs to WI to buy a 2001 SS it was a 20 hr trip and know the car has a slight tick on the right side of the engine. THe owner says is it piston slsp or something like that that is normal what is he talking about and is it normal or bad. Thanks.
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LS1 Engine noise My best friend just drove 20 hrs to WI to pick up an 2001 SS. He got there and it has a ticking noise on the right side of the engine. the owner said it was piston slap or something and it was normal. Do any of you guys know about this noise and is it normal or bad.
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Originally Posted by 92CamaroZ-28
My best friend just drove 20 hrs to WI to pick up an 2001 SS. He got there and it has a ticking noise on the right side of the engine. the owner said it was piston slap or something and it was normal. Do any of you guys know about this noise and is it normal or bad.
...it's bad
but i also know of very few people with LS1s that plan on keeping the engine stock
it's fixable when you're inside, doing your thing...
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Originally Posted by firechicken2k
www.pistonslap.com
...it's bad
but i also know of very few people with LS1s that plan on keeping the engine stock
it's fixable when you're inside, doing your thing...
...it's bad
but i also know of very few people with LS1s that plan on keeping the engine stock
it's fixable when you're inside, doing your thing...
I have it on both my motors and one of them gets pushed hard on nitrous at the track all the time.
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Originally Posted by 92CamaroZ-28
My best friend just drove 20 hrs to WI to pick up an 2001 SS. He got there and it has a ticking noise on the right side of the engine. the owner said it was piston slap or something and it was normal. Do any of you guys know about this noise and is it normal or bad.
If it ticks all the time, I bet it's a lifter tapping.
Neither one is a big deal. If it's piston slap, that's the way it's made. You just have to deal with it. If it taps all the time, pull the rockers off and check the pushrods. If there O.K., the rocker probably just backed off. Torque them all back down to 22 ft.-lbs.
Good luck!
Originally Posted by 92CamaroZ-28
My best friend just drove 20 hrs to WI to pick up an 2001 SS. He got there and it has a ticking noise on the right side of the engine. the owner said it was piston slap or something and it was normal. Do any of you guys know about this noise and is it normal or bad.
It's normal, a new guy to the LS1 world , would be running for cover, it's common for 01-02's to make that noise.
Don't worry about, you just gotta accept it, kind of like oil compsumption
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Originally Posted by joshZ28
It could be one of two things. The LS1's have hyperutectic pistons, which means the skirt of the piston has an eliptical shape. That causes the piston slap on some LS1's. But it only does it while it is cold. When it warms up the skirt becomes round.
If it ticks all the time, I bet it's a lifter tapping.
Neither one is a big deal. If it's piston slap, that's the way it's made. You just have to deal with it. If it taps all the time, pull the rockers off and check the pushrods. If there O.K., the rocker probably just backed off. Torque them all back down to 22 ft.-lbs.
Good luck!
If it ticks all the time, I bet it's a lifter tapping.
Neither one is a big deal. If it's piston slap, that's the way it's made. You just have to deal with it. If it taps all the time, pull the rockers off and check the pushrods. If there O.K., the rocker probably just backed off. Torque them all back down to 22 ft.-lbs.
Good luck!
Actually hypereutectic refers to there being more than the eutectic equilibrium amount of silicon in the aluminum alloy. Basically the aluminum is super-saturated with silicon.
The rest of your post is good
