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Apr 18, 2009 | 10:24 AM

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oh jesus man that ******* sucks! i hope its just a headgasket and not something worse

i feel for you man

Apr 18, 2009 | 10:30 AM

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oh jesus man that ******* sucks! i hope its just a headgasket and not something worse

i feel for you man

Thanks bro! If it's something major I'm gonna gut the entire motor out and swap in a LS7 with twin turbo

Apr 18, 2009 | 10:40 AM

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If you have an air compressor do a leak down test. You can isolate the issue depending where you "hear" the air escape, i.e. crankcase (rings etc), intake or exhaust (bad VT part), you would also get bubbles in ur coolant if its a headgasket.

Apr 18, 2009 | 10:49 AM

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The other two options that it could be is a bad ring(s) or holes in the pistons(which is unlikely)but we are still getting to the bottom of it

Apr 18, 2009 | 11:11 AM

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Dang bro sorry to hear about that. Curious to see exactly what the cause is.

Apr 18, 2009 | 11:16 AM

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I'm a little suspicious of the head gasket diagnosis too.

Apr 18, 2009 | 11:22 AM

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The other two options that it could be is a bad ring(s) or holes in the pistons(which is unlikely)but we are still getting to the bottom of it

Yeah thanks for hanging in there with me huffin exhaust fumes all day...lol

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Dang bro sorry to hear about that. Curious to see exactly what the cause is.

Thanks Stealth! The curiosity is killing me. I just wanna drive it so bad!

Apr 18, 2009 | 11:41 AM

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Lots of blowby...then shortly after the car doesn't want to stay running

A leakdown test will tell you exactly what's wrong if you want to do that before taking off the heads. My bet is a munched piston or two. Possibly ring lands...

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Apr 18, 2009 | 11:45 AM

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A leakdown test will tell you exactly what's wrong if you want to do that before taking off the heads. My bet is a munched piston or two. Possibly ring lands...

Yeah my luck it probably will be...still hoping for the best.

Apr 18, 2009 | 12:06 PM

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Thanks bro! If it's something major I'm gonna gut the entire motor out and swap in a LS7 with twin turbo

haha that wouldnt be So bad then if it is something major

can i have your heads ?

Apr 18, 2009 | 12:31 PM

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haha that wouldnt be So bad then if it is something major

can i have your heads ?

Yup I will have a part out sale...LE2 heads, cam, lpp lt's etc etc

Apr 18, 2009 | 01:02 PM

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Yup I will have a part out sale...LE2 heads, cam, lpp lt's etc etc

i would love the lpp's and heads

hopefully its just the gasket haha when are you going to tear her down ?

Apr 18, 2009 | 01:04 PM

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i would love the lpp's and heads

hopefully its just the gasket haha when are you going to tear her down ?

Hoping to start the tear down next week sometime. Should have some answers here soon.

Apr 18, 2009 | 01:12 PM

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Sorry to hear that man. Good luck and keep us posted

Apr 18, 2009 | 02:04 PM

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Ya it was a shitty day at Toms dyno. Elliots car was putting excessive pressure into the crankcase. We pulled the pcv valve and the thing was puffin' with the cylinder strokes. Hopefully it's not a ringland but if it is, Cody has many LT1 pistons/rods, or even my old complete LT1 shortblock sitting there as a last resort. It's number 5 and 7, so pulling the the piston/rods out the bottom shouldn't be too bad as long as the crank journals and bores look good.

But then again........... if you're ready for an LSX swap I know someone who could help ya out.

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Apr 18, 2009 | 02:58 PM

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Well.. if it isn't ringlands then it could've been from valve float smacking the pistons and causing some havoc. Did trouble start at high rpm?

Apr 18, 2009 | 03:08 PM

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Well.. if it isn't ringlands then it could've been from valve float smacking the pistons and causing some havoc. Did trouble start at high rpm?

No. It blew the pcv valve out of the valvecover at 3500 rpm. Didn't go above that on the dyno prior.

Mike

Apr 18, 2009 | 03:12 PM

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Bummer! Sorry to hear this E. How much did you drive the car b4 the tune? You may have washed out the rings? Hope its nothing serious!! I would hate to loose ya to the LSx boys!!
Its not valve float if he went with the Patriot springs and Im sure pretty sure he did!

Apr 18, 2009 | 03:13 PM

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Mike

Well if it comes down to big money you can bet your *** that LT motors coming out and a swap will be taking place. There might be a BIG parts sale going down here..but I'm hoping for the best