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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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Default Scratching noise! Video! Is this normal?!

here is that noise I was talking about earlier.... oh shittt
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhsKEo-RkNw


Do the heads need to come off?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:53 PM
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This noise is coming from the same cylinder as the bad lifter, new much better/clearer video uploading
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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Much better video!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyEGhJqwfIk
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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You need to tear that thing down!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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Me and everybody else have been telling you what to do. You already have the motor out of the car do yourself the favor and pull the heads, rod ends, and main caps to check everything out. If everything is good put it back together and you'll only be out like $50 for a set of head gaskets and at least you'll know its all ok. Other then that I think everyone else is done trying to help we're telling you what to do and you don't listen
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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No way that thing is OK.
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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Aaaahahahahaha!!! There is a God
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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Better listen to them. You got it out of the car. If it were me I would re-ring it and put in rods and mains no matter what they looked like since the engine is sittine in front of you. New front and rear seals. Hell, you would have a new engine!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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Uhhh, no. Rebuilding the engine doesn't make it "forged" LOL...

He would need forged internals for that don't ya think
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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383 time? whats the best performing cheapest kit and is there a gasket kit, so blown at this point! I'm taking the heads off now since everything is out I am thinking about one of the cheaper 383 kits and going with a bigger cam like a cc306, anyone know any good and price friendly 383 kits, now that the bottom end is being rebuilt what can i do for big power gains? Its like im starting over, I want you guys to put together a price friendly/ High HP weekend-to- semi daily driver for me and i will build it... I have about 1800 to spend and i already have the hot cam and everything that comes with the kit!
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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Include all supporting mods please
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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383 time? whats the best performing cheapest kit and is there a gasket kit, so blown at this point! I'm taking the heads off now since everything is out I am thinking about one of the cheaper 383 kits and going with a bigger cam like a cc306, anyone know any good and price friendly 383 kits, now that the bottom end is being rebuilt what can i do for big power gains? Its like im starting over, I want you guys to put together a price friendly/ High HP weekend-to- semi daily driver for me and i will build it... I have about 1800 to spend and i already have the hot cam and everything that comes with the kit!

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You better be ready to open up you wallet 1800 will maybe cover your machine work. The eagle forged 383 is the cheapest one and its about 1700. When I added everything up for mine with all the gaskets injectors everything I was looking at about 7k. And please do everybody a favor and get somebody who actually knows what they are doing to do everything for you or you might as well flush it down the ******* if your going to be doing the work
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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a 383 kit cast kit in not going to run me more than 1800 bucks... and I have the car in my garage i don't have a choice at this point...
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I would just use 383 rods and weld the ends together. That makes a stock block a 396 if you use the marine pistons.

Put vortec heads and a lunati jackhammer cam and that thing will haul. This is the setup Tony Stewart and most of the fast guys are running. That and nitrous / helium injection
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SB-Ch...item3efd925f97
this is 700 bucks?! do i need anything else?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:39 PM
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gregrob are you being serious? or is this another joke?
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Originally Posted by gregrob
I would just use 383 rods and weld the ends together. That makes a stock block a 396 if you use the marine pistons.

Put vortec heads and a lunati jackhammer cam and that thing will haul. This is the setup Tony Stewart and most of the fast guys are running. That and nitrous / helium injection
HAHAHA yes you can get a cast kit cheaper but the machine work will cost the same either way. You asked for a price with all supporting mods. I did forged bottom end, new oil pan pickup and pump, ported and polished heads, a good cam, new lifters, push rods, ported intake, 58mm throttle body bigger injectors, all the gaskets rings and seal, and the the little things I missed and I was in right at $7000. So no matter what you can't have it done for 1800 period
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Originally Posted by boostedpower
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SB-Ch...item3efd925f97
this is 700 bucks?! do i need anything else?
Don't expect to make big power with that. Did you read the cast parts are only good to 500 hp
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