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Mar 3, 2011 | 08:49 AM

GIZMO

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Need Help With Engine Noise

I have a strange noise coming from low down in my LT4. Sounds like a box of marbles being rattled. Any ideas?

Looking forward to the 2011 Shootout!

Mar 3, 2011 | 08:51 AM

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I have a strange noise coming from low down in my LT4. Sounds like a box of marbles being rattled. Any ideas?

Looking forward to the 2011 Shootout!

lol whoops something doesn't look right to me there unless your running one of them new crooked valve heads lol........

I'm assuming this is last years shootout motor??

Mar 3, 2011 | 08:58 AM

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Drivers side.

Mar 3, 2011 | 08:59 AM

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I'm assuming this is last years shootout motor??

I think that I may have found the limits of the wrist pins!

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:11 AM

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Should have sprayed it

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:13 AM

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Wow...thats alot worse than the damage i found in my motor recently

Now lets see a pic of the damage from the bottom....

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:22 AM

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I think that I may have found the limits of the wrist pins!

ya think lol...........so you tossed two rods huh?? yea let see some pics fromthe oil pan side....

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Mar 3, 2011 | 09:36 AM

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Lol thats nuts!

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:41 AM

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Damn! I've never seen that one before!

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:53 AM

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I don't see the big deal, the 2 pistons are fly cut now so ptv clearance should be a non-issue

Mar 3, 2011 | 07:24 PM

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Poor poor motor! lol Nice work Daren!

Mar 3, 2011 | 07:50 PM

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Damn that is crazy!

Mar 3, 2011 | 07:57 PM

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I think that I may have found the limits of the wrist pins!

Huh. So the rods are intact, the wrist pins broke and the pistons didn't break at the pin holes either?

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:19 PM

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On the good side hopefully the rod didnt gouge the cylender....or did it?

Mar 3, 2011 | 09:43 PM

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Awesome! I love carnage pics.

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