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03-31-2013, 11:20 AM
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They do suck. **** everywhere, no room to work on the damn thing and need a fi to over 350whp. Have to give the heap of **** long cool downs to keep it alive. From what I've read alot of guys run them 1 qt over on oil to keep it alive. I've been transplanting as many gm bolts and parts on this thing as I can get hoping it will stay together.
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
03-31-2013, 11:28 AM
03/04 4v isn't half as bad as you make it out to be in terms of reliability. Besides, how would you know when you've never owned/raced a 4.6-powered production vehicle in your life? I had my Redfire 03 Coupe for 5 years (2005-10), 2nd owner. Made 517/513 with a stage V port, pulleys/bolt-ons, all the cooling mods and a hair under 600whp on a 75-shot. I ran that car HARD for many years, made many passes with it. Never experienced any "catastrophic" failures. It actually was just as reliable as any GM vehicle I've ever owned, more reliable than some. I do agree with you on that they're a PITA to work on, no doubt. But just like with anything, once you learn your way around it becomes much easier to live with.
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
03-31-2013, 11:30 AM
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03-31-2013, 11:31 AM
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03-31-2013, 11:35 AM
More talking out of his ***. 
03-31-2013, 12:11 PM
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An acquaintance is pulling my built 4l60e out of my old 97 WS6 that runs/looks like absolute crap now. It went from clean to a recycled *****
03-31-2013, 12:17 PM
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03-31-2013, 12:23 PM
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I would rip the rear out of it and put a stock 10 bolt in and resell it for a good chunk of change. Everybody and their mother seems to want more than an fbody is worth nowadays besides the deals you find.
An acquaintance is pulling my built 4l60e out of my old 97 WS6 that runs/looks like absolute crap now. It went from clean to a recycled *****
An acquaintance is pulling my built 4l60e out of my old 97 WS6 that runs/looks like absolute crap now. It went from clean to a recycled *****
That's a shame about the WS6. Just like the guy who bought my Z28, he immediately took it out and did donuts and broke the rear end in it. It was a very clean car until he got ahold of it.
03-31-2013, 12:27 PM
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Good death!
That was a close race considering he had so much more horsepower and such a bigger motor than you do
03-31-2013, 12:30 PM
My 95z ended up on Craigslist not long ago... It looks like it spent the last decade as a soup kitchen. Dirty as **** and a spun bearing.... RIP
03-31-2013, 12:32 PM
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03/04 4v isn't half as bad as you make it out to be in terms of reliability. Besides, how would you know when you've never owned/raced a 4.6-powered production vehicle in your life? I had my Redfire 03 Coupe for 5 years (2005-10), 2nd owner. Made 517/513 with a stage V port, pulleys/bolt-ons, all the cooling mods and a hair under 600whp on a 75-shot. I ran that car HARD for many years, made many passes with it. Never experienced any "catastrophic" failures. It actually was just as reliable as any GM vehicle I've ever owned, more reliable than some. I do agree with you on that they're a PITA to work on, no doubt. But just like with anything, once you learn your way around it becomes much easier to live with.
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
03-31-2013, 12:36 PM
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03/04 4v isn't half as bad as you make it out to be in terms of reliability. Besides, how would you know when you've never owned/raced a 4.6-powered production vehicle in your life? I had my Redfire 03 Coupe for 5 years (2005-10), 2nd owner. Made 517/513 with a stage V port, pulleys/bolt-ons, all the cooling mods and a hair under 600whp on a 75-shot. I ran that car HARD for many years, made many passes with it. Never experienced any "catastrophic" failures. It actually was just as reliable as any GM vehicle I've ever owned, more reliable than some. I do agree with you on that they're a PITA to work on, no doubt. But just like with anything, once you learn your way around it becomes much easier to live with.
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
Oh and the cooling between runs is mandatory for pretty much any motor with a PD blower. Fwiw I iced my ZR1 down in between runs. Even with the improved design the blower still gets hot as ****!
It went faster than you. So according to you and your brother autoqueef that means it "works" better.
03-31-2013, 12:40 PM
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On the termi engine? I put a metco on it.
I don't man. In the past year there has been lots of modulars blow up around here.
When have I talked out my ***?? I have proven what my **** does and I did'nt need a correction factor to do it.
It went faster than you. So according to you and your brother autoqueef that means it "works" better.
I don't man. In the past year there has been lots of modulars blow up around here.
When have I talked out my ***?? I have proven what my **** does and I did'nt need a correction factor to do it.
It went faster than you. So according to you and your brother autoqueef that means it "works" better.
03-31-2013, 12:48 PM
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03-31-2013, 12:53 PM
The ones that ate douches here is the ZL1 owners. In TX it was a few GT500 owners.
03-31-2013, 12:55 PM
I keep looking for desperate people. When you throw cash in their face it's hard to say no. This one also comes with stock wheels and a brand new set of drag wheels. All I got to do is throw on some exhaust, it's open headers right now. The rear end is literally 0 miles, just installed. The guy hadn't even put the rear wheels back on yet. He's dropping it off at my house wed.
That's a shame about the WS6. Just like the guy who bought my Z28, he immediately took it out and did donuts and broke the rear end in it. It was a very clean car until he got ahold of it.
That's a shame about the WS6. Just like the guy who bought my Z28, he immediately took it out and did donuts and broke the rear end in it. It was a very clean car until he got ahold of it.
Stock headers? I have a stock y pipe brah. I have also stock piping but i cut right over the axle to take of the muffler it had.