Pics of the plugs I pulled out...........
Originally Posted by DJ
c 'mon now you dont have to be a smart *** d00d! its a discussion forum
you made a statement sayingthey arent meant for power adders
i said is this Z any less equipt for power adders than a previous Z
you could have just backed up your statement with some info i likely didnt know about, or just said i dont know, you didnt have to be a smart ***, thats not helping me or anyone else learn anything
is it really crap--no probably not, is it a weak point in the motor, quite possibly. is the quality of the pistons inconsistent with the quality of the rest of the engines internals, yes probably. But i doubt its any different then the alloy used in the other LSX motors. so i disagree with you i guess, i say its just as meant* for power adders any any other lsX motor.
my statement from the piston material being crap stems from be blowing mine up on nitrous, after 30 plus bottles the piston gave out and literally just broke into peices, it didnt melt, it wasnt lean, it looks like you hit it with a hammer and chisel, my close friend, another board member, experienced the same thing, after calling several sponsors pricing motors and discussing my situation, they confirmed that they have seen it happen many times before, and the likely explaination is that the material could withstand the conditions and gave way, not due to detonation and or a lean condition. so is it crap --no, but it could be better, or atleast equal to the level of the rest fo the internal compenents
however if you know something i havent come across yet that makes these motors more vulnerable, pls lemme know im here to learn not argue
DJ
you made a statement sayingthey arent meant for power adders
i said is this Z any less equipt for power adders than a previous Z
you could have just backed up your statement with some info i likely didnt know about, or just said i dont know, you didnt have to be a smart ***, thats not helping me or anyone else learn anything
is it really crap--no probably not, is it a weak point in the motor, quite possibly. is the quality of the pistons inconsistent with the quality of the rest of the engines internals, yes probably. But i doubt its any different then the alloy used in the other LSX motors. so i disagree with you i guess, i say its just as meant* for power adders any any other lsX motor.
my statement from the piston material being crap stems from be blowing mine up on nitrous, after 30 plus bottles the piston gave out and literally just broke into peices, it didnt melt, it wasnt lean, it looks like you hit it with a hammer and chisel, my close friend, another board member, experienced the same thing, after calling several sponsors pricing motors and discussing my situation, they confirmed that they have seen it happen many times before, and the likely explaination is that the material could withstand the conditions and gave way, not due to detonation and or a lean condition. so is it crap --no, but it could be better, or atleast equal to the level of the rest fo the internal compenents
however if you know something i havent come across yet that makes these motors more vulnerable, pls lemme know im here to learn not argue
DJ
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Originally Posted by Iroc313
the Z06 isn't really meant for power adders unless its done by professionals which those guys in the shop obviuosly were not
Or maybe it could be this motor is so strung out for power that it couldn't hold up to the power.
Originally Posted by speed dreams
Or maybe it could be this motor is so strung out for power that it couldn't hold up to the power.
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Coming from someone whose never seen inside the engine and probably won't ever, I guess what you say doesn't matter much. You would think some people would appreciate the fact we bought the car to blow it up and R&D some parts and ideas for it, instead nothing but tough crowd criticism, figures.
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1) This was funny as hell and is going in my sig.
2) Not sure if u got it from his show or not, but Carlos Mencia rules, and that episode is great. 
(Dee Dee Dee!)
And hope your new plugs work out arnold...err....termin8r 
Originally Posted by Camaroz
Or someone should throw a brick at your head and wake up the smart
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If THEY not YOU bought the car just to blow it up 
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Originally Posted by DJ
in for vids and pics of the internals
also for new runs with tr-7's and the re-done healthy Z
should be a beast now, forged pistons, cam, 250 shot what what
good luck fellas
DJ
also for new runs with tr-7's and the re-done healthy Z
should be a beast now, forged pistons, cam, 250 shot what what
good luck fellas
DJ
I think they already sent the engine somewhere to be built. With forged pistons, a cam and a healthy shot of nitrous, that car is gonna be a handful.
Originally Posted by DJ
c 'mon now you dont have to be a smart *** d00d! its a discussion forum
you made a statement sayingthey arent meant for power adders
i said is this Z any less equipt for power adders than a previous Z
you could have just backed up your statement with some info i likely didnt know about, or just said i dont know, you didnt have to be a smart ***, thats not helping me or anyone else learn anything
is it really crap--no probably not, is it a weak point in the motor, quite possibly. is the quality of the pistons inconsistent with the quality of the rest of the engines internals, yes probably. But i doubt its any different then the alloy used in the other LSX motors. so i disagree with you i guess, i say its just as meant* for power adders any any other lsX motor.
my statement from the piston material being crap stems from be blowing mine up on nitrous, after 30 plus bottles the piston gave out and literally just broke into peices, it didnt melt, it wasnt lean, it looks like you hit it with a hammer and chisel, my close friend, another board member, experienced the same thing, after calling several sponsors pricing motors and discussing my situation, they confirmed that they have seen it happen many times before, and the likely explaination is that the material could withstand the conditions and gave way, not due to detonation and or a lean condition. so is it crap --no, but it could be better, or atleast equal to the level of the rest fo the internal compenents
however if you know something i havent come across yet that makes these motors more vulnerable, pls lemme know im here to learn not argue
DJ
you made a statement sayingthey arent meant for power adders
i said is this Z any less equipt for power adders than a previous Z
you could have just backed up your statement with some info i likely didnt know about, or just said i dont know, you didnt have to be a smart ***, thats not helping me or anyone else learn anything
is it really crap--no probably not, is it a weak point in the motor, quite possibly. is the quality of the pistons inconsistent with the quality of the rest of the engines internals, yes probably. But i doubt its any different then the alloy used in the other LSX motors. so i disagree with you i guess, i say its just as meant* for power adders any any other lsX motor.
my statement from the piston material being crap stems from be blowing mine up on nitrous, after 30 plus bottles the piston gave out and literally just broke into peices, it didnt melt, it wasnt lean, it looks like you hit it with a hammer and chisel, my close friend, another board member, experienced the same thing, after calling several sponsors pricing motors and discussing my situation, they confirmed that they have seen it happen many times before, and the likely explaination is that the material could withstand the conditions and gave way, not due to detonation and or a lean condition. so is it crap --no, but it could be better, or atleast equal to the level of the rest fo the internal compenents
however if you know something i havent come across yet that makes these motors more vulnerable, pls lemme know im here to learn not argue
DJ
I will be running a 150 for now on a tr6 plug, but you have me wondering. I might go to the 200, but there is one thing that is worrying me. not only the STOCK bottom end, but the fact that it is a STOCK BOTTOM END FROM 98! What year is the ls1 you are running trmin8r ? also the pcm has the stock tune, but I will be getting it tuned when the car is up. My question is how many degrees of timing did you have to retard to run the 200 from stock setting on the tune?
Chris
Chris
