Yes the car is running the 10 bolt, freshened up with a ratech rebuild kit and Motive 3.73s. Stock posi and axles.

 

Damn that sucks about the motor. I think some nice fuel rail covers would really break apart all the silver nicely when you get it back together.

 

You think? I have really been considering this also. Guess great minds think alike.

 

Its all good man, I believe mine has had the same demise. Except it messed up my new build on the dyno.

here's the thread https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...tg1-0-a-2.html

I am pulling it now just need a saws-all to cut y pipe and unbolt kmember and trans crossmember.

 

You put in ARP rod bolts.... did you resize the rod ends after the bolts or did you slap in rod bolts and hit the road?

 

In retrospect it may not have been a rod bolt failure. Who's to say at this point. Doesn't really matter anyway.

 

It doesn't but I stumbled upon your build threads somehow yesterday and read this one. I had a bad feeling when I saw the pics of the ARP rod bolts then saw that you posted it came apart. If you install ARP's and don't resize the rods then you get kabloooey... as you already now know.

 

That block/rotating assembly was rebuilt back to stock specs (i.e. stock pistons, rods, and crank were reused) by a machine shop It was done by someone else and i bought it like that. I did verify all the bearings were in fact new Federal Mogul. Among the plethora of unknown variables, shoddy machine work, rotating assembly out of balance, tuning issues, unknown other issues....there is no telling what that failed motor's secrets hold. At this point i can't hold anything accountable because I plain don't know how/why it failed.

 

Oh I see. Sucks to hear that. Oh by the way your interior build thread is awesome, those seats look great.