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Blew a head gasket =(

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Feb 22, 2009 | 02:31 AM

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Blew a head gasket =(

the engine finally let go at 195,200 miles and 14 years. but now i'm getting a freshly rebuilt LT1 and im gonna throw on some LT's before it goes back in the car

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Feb 22, 2009 | 02:45 AM

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the engine finally let go at 195,200 miles and 14 years. but now i'm getting a freshly rebuilt LT1 and im gonna throw on some LT's before it goes back in the car

You definitely got your money's worth out of that engine, lol. Nice, coming back better than before. When the engine is out side of the car is the best time to install h/c.

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Feb 22, 2009 | 02:53 AM

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lol its nice knowing i will have well over 300 hp when the engine goes back in the car =]

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Feb 22, 2009 | 04:01 AM

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might as get PITA stuff done now while it's much easier

I got a cc503 and 1.6 rockers for sale which work great with california smog *****

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Feb 22, 2009 | 08:06 AM

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You find the cause of why the Gasket let go? More than likely it's old age I guess you could say, but I was just wonderin..

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Feb 22, 2009 | 11:47 AM

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im guessing old age. and im going to see if i can get a LT1 with a few internal mods

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Feb 22, 2009 | 04:15 PM

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DAMN my headgasket went at about 90k WTF

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Feb 22, 2009 | 06:44 PM

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Mine went at 38k haha. oh well, its always the best time to put it back together better now man!

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Feb 22, 2009 | 08:51 PM

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its amazing how long it lasted and how much power it retained

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