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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Today my car wouldn't start. I hook up HP Tuners and I'm getting all these CKP codes. Now I know something is up with my crank position sensor. I notice oil underneath the car. I check and it's coming from the starter area. I remove the starter and to my disgust, I see oil all over the sensor. I remove the bolt to the sensor and WTF!!! a chunk of the block were the bolt was just falls off. Now I have a half inch hole in my block followed by a crack all the way to the oil pan. Now tell me WTF happened
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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ive seen that before. time for a new block....
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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What in the world would cause that to happen?
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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bwahahahahahhahahhahah chinga dan you and your 8k revs.....u prolly revved the fawk out of it before u turned it off....haha j/k......well hope that doesnt happen to my 99 ls1 block as well....well dan u know what this means

383 here we come...this should be a fun build....and finally u will be able to put that fast 90/90 to good use.....and i say u use a g5x4 this time

wohoo project here we come!!!
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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why would you do a 383, and why use a g5 cam? 408 costs the same as a 383 and a much more powerful cam costs the same as the g5 cam.
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Old Sep 12, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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Pull the pan and see if anything broke off inside.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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I had just changed the oil on Sat. No sign of shavings or anything wrong. The whole weekend it drove fine. Didn't drive it Mon. I get in the car today and no boom or screach. It just felt like it wasn't getting any fuel. Noticed the oil on the ground and well you know the rest. Teardown begins tommorrow. The reason I'm going with a 383 is I can basically use the setup I'm using now, and just replace the cam. I'm on a budget and don't have enough $$$$$ to spend on a new setup that a 408 requires. I don't think my current setup will compliment a 408 shortblock. I thought a 408 was the way to go, but I have a friend who has a 408 and it just wasn't the shortblock he had to change.
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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 02:34 AM
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The reason I'm going with a 383 is I can basically use the setup I'm using now.
Minus the block. You are going to need a new one.
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383 build is not same price as 408
it also doesn't require larger chamber heads, a 383 will do nicely with that G5X2, just get the DCR in the 8.5>8.7 range
A 383 can potentialy be more comfortable at higher revs.
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Sorry to hear that man...
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Dan oh Dan oh Dan........Oh Dan.

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