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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 10:50 PM
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well i have a 98Arctic white Z28 M6 w/60K miles...i recently had a set of MAC mid length headers w/ORY pipe installed...since then, ive noticed a loud sound coming from the driver's side of the motor (sounds like a tire trying to grip the road or something but coming from the motor) mostly does it when increasing RPM's while driving and at high rpm's very noticeable...also, when revving at a stop small puffs of white smoke coming from the tailpipes after the idle comes down....very slight but still there...last night i noticed when i got on it hard after coming to a stop the bottom of the motor was knocking hard...sounded like the rods or somethin...any suggestions guys??? hope i dont need a rebuild

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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 07:23 AM
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 10:45 AM
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Pull the motor and rebuild it cause sounds like your bearings are wiped out. Same thing happened to me. Hows your oil pressure on the car??
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 11:01 AM
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Sounds like a spun bearing, done it twice and it sounds like a hammer under there beating the block, stop driving if you don't want to throw a rod out of you block

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the oil pressure is fine...idle and driving its great....and the exhaust sound could be resonance from the headers being so opened up....is piston slap a common thing here w/the bottom end??? this morning i fired it up and drove it and it seems ok but i can almost guarantee this thing will need new bearings before long...any estimates on the cost to pull motor and do this???
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 02:36 PM
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...consider a stroker short block if your stock bottom end is bad....GM strikes again!
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