it went boom....Help figure it out
11-29-2007, 11:49 AM
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As was mentioned already if you look at the pictures of the heads one has the passages open while the other is blocked off by the pieces of gasket material that should have been knocked out after the gasket was perforated. This should have been caught when the head was installed.
11-29-2007, 11:50 AM
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That tire valve tool would never make it in through the intake valve though would it?? I would think the intake valve would have taken a beating while it was trying to get through.
I would definetly check to make sure all the little inserts are in their places. Other than that...no clue. I really want to know what it was now though!!!
J.
I would definetly check to make sure all the little inserts are in their places. Other than that...no clue. I really want to know what it was now though!!!
J.
11-29-2007, 12:17 PM
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I hate to say it but the head of some nails have that design on them. That would explain the round blob. Once it got hot enough and beat to hell the design would have surely disappeared. Those nails aren't exactly strong metal. Might not even been a whole nail.
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11-29-2007, 12:31 PM
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Not all Schrader valve tools are the huge ones. When you put your Schrader valve back in after you removed your nitrous, where is your tool?
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11-29-2007, 12:50 PM
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Not all Schrader valve tools are the huge ones. When you put your Schrader valve back in after you removed your nitrous, where is your tool?
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I retract my previous post about the nail unless the OP has his schrader tool.
11-29-2007, 01:02 PM
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Whatever it was, it's now that small blob of metal on the piston. Between the beatings, the heat and burnup, the combined heat melted it then solidified IMO. I would see if you can tell if it's aluminum, tin or something. Try and scrape it off without killing the piston if even possible.
11-29-2007, 01:48 PM
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I have the schrader valve tool still and it's a bigger tool like what the other guy posted. Not sure how a nail would've gotten in there. The exhaust system is the next thing i'm going to check the only thing is that I have no cats and if it's in the muffler there is no way to get it out with out cutting it up. well whatever it is it's magnetic so it's not aluminum, I'm going to have to pull the motor anyway so i'll look into trying to get it out then. Looking at it I really don't wanna just replace the piston cause if I can't figure out what the hell this thing is I don't want it happening again with the new motor after the rebuild. So I was looking at TSP either a forged 370 or a forged 347. Do you guys think this ruined the cam? also on a 370 could you use 5.3 heads, I;m just not sure about the bore size issues between the block and the heads.
Oh and i'm now taking sponosors for a dad with a street driven race car. lol
Oh and i'm now taking sponosors for a dad with a street driven race car. lol
11-29-2007, 01:55 PM
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As was mentioned already if you look at the pictures of the heads one has the passages open while the other is blocked off by the pieces of gasket material that should have been knocked out after the gasket was perforated. This should have been caught when the head was installed.
11-29-2007, 03:41 PM
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I have the schrader valve tool still and it's a bigger tool like what the other guy posted. Not sure how a nail would've gotten in there. The exhaust system is the next thing i'm going to check the only thing is that I have no cats and if it's in the muffler there is no way to get it out with out cutting it up. well whatever it is it's magnetic so it's not aluminum, I'm going to have to pull the motor anyway so i'll look into trying to get it out then. Looking at it I really don't wanna just replace the piston cause if I can't figure out what the hell this thing is I don't want it happening again with the new motor after the rebuild. So I was looking at TSP either a forged 370 or a forged 347. Do you guys think this ruined the cam? also on a 370 could you use 5.3 heads, I;m just not sure about the bore size issues between the block and the heads.
Oh and i'm now taking sponosors for a dad with a street driven race car. lol
Oh and i'm now taking sponosors for a dad with a street driven race car. lol
11-29-2007, 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Beaflag VonRathburg
You can use your 5.3 heads on a 370. I'm guessing you're going to have to mill them quite a bit though so let who ever you order your short block from know that.
11-29-2007, 11:48 PM
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