TFS 215 Head MELTED!!!! WTF???
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sooooo...... we were testing out our fully built ls6 motor with full bolt-ons and more with FORGED internals with some spray (200 shot).
We were in 3rd gear on the freeway and when the spray hit the tires spun REALLY bad, it was crazy!!!
Something didnt feel right and the car was shooting out white smoke everywhere!!! we knew it WASNT a blown motor because the motor still had a good idle.....
so when we took the motor apart we saw the the driver side head gasket had blown. the shitty thing is that the gaskets were COMETIC gaskets with ARP head bolts!!!
The motor is about 11:1 compression with 18degrees of timing and about 11.3A/F with TR-6 plugs gapped to 35.
YES we will be using ARP head studs with cometic gaskets and NGK 7's next time.
But has anybody heard anything like this.... let me know what you think....
IT DOESNT seem to be detonation because the pistons are still better then PERFECT and the block also was untouched!!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!
ALSO provided is the video when the car was racing and pics of the head and plugs... it is a convertible trans am WS9 vs a buddies BAD *** VETTE!
the trans am spun real bad and he short shifted into 4th & 5th....
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We were in 3rd gear on the freeway and when the spray hit the tires spun REALLY bad, it was crazy!!!
Something didnt feel right and the car was shooting out white smoke everywhere!!! we knew it WASNT a blown motor because the motor still had a good idle.....
so when we took the motor apart we saw the the driver side head gasket had blown. the shitty thing is that the gaskets were COMETIC gaskets with ARP head bolts!!!
The motor is about 11:1 compression with 18degrees of timing and about 11.3A/F with TR-6 plugs gapped to 35.
YES we will be using ARP head studs with cometic gaskets and NGK 7's next time.
But has anybody heard anything like this.... let me know what you think....
IT DOESNT seem to be detonation because the pistons are still better then PERFECT and the block also was untouched!!!!
THANKS FOR THE INFO!!!!
ALSO provided is the video when the car was racing and pics of the head and plugs... it is a convertible trans am WS9 vs a buddies BAD *** VETTE!
the trans am spun real bad and he short shifted into 4th & 5th....
![](http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u308/bugpack28/th_CIMG0645.jpg)
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![](http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u308/bugpack28/CIMG0673.jpg)
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When intense cylinder pressures lift the head and the gasket can't expand enough to hold the seal, the combustion takes the shortest path to Oxygen... which acts as a blow torch. That wasn't the heads fault. You'll need to have the heads welded and resurfaced. What's really fun is seeing this action though IRON heads and blocks. That's when you know you've done a really good job
With compression, even pulling timing isn't enough sometimes. I'm a big proponent of running a secondary fuel system to the fuel solenoid and having it filled with race gas.
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just to let everyone know the nitrous set-up is a direct port kit with a stand alone fuel system which had 100octane in it!!!
ANY suggestions on what timing should be run on this kind of set-up? AND what is this O-Ring the cylinders????
ANY suggestions on what timing should be run on this kind of set-up? AND what is this O-Ring the cylinders????
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Good question. What does the block deck look like? Looks like a sealing problem. Cometics with copper spray works really good, but the surfaces must be perfectly clean. The good news is the head can be repaired. Call WRE they are experts at this type of repair. They fixed one of my heads. It has 4K miles without a problem.
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the block was COMPLETELY untouched, only one side of the Cometic gaskets had been blown out, the explosion did not go all the way through to the block......... we will be using ARP head studs instead of head bolts this time with of course a much better plug!!! and yes we got out as much out of the holes as possible and then put the bolts in..... any suggestions on the BEST way to install the head studs??? seems like there is no way to get out all the **** in the holes no matter how much i blow out!!! also would anyone copper spray the cometic gaskets or just put them on???
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An 11:1 200 shot isnt very hard on a built 347, especially with the timing bumped way down like you had.
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Had the block been decked? I blew gaskets on a H/C 346 twice in the same places. The first time it was due to me not re-torqueing the head gaskets after heat cycling. The second time was with SCE coppers and copper spray with Dart heads. After that, they seeped between the lower bolt holes after a few thousand miles. I swapped in AFR's wilth SCE Titan o-ringed copper gaskets and used indian head sealer. Took the motor apart last month and while it didnt show signs of a blown gasket, there was a little carbon between the cylinders. Re-torqueing the studs TWICE the last time, I watched the socket and I wound up getting 1/4 to 1/3 more turn on the studs the first re-torque after heat cycling and another 1/8 turn after the second re-torque. Still though, I wonder if the block was warped a bit.