J-Rod

Hanibal, your motor has been here at the machine shop a lot longer than 4 months, but thats not only because you having to wait on the shop. I think you can agree its because the machine shop has been waiting on you and your brother also.

The date original date on the ticket is 1-20-03. The shop has been waiting on you and your brother to gather up parts for almost 4.5 years. I know you have now bought the "project" from your brother, but there is alot more to this story than you have been waiting for four months.

I understand you want your motor back, but you still need to gather up some of the hard parts. You still need lifters and other parts. Get that in here, and your motor will be together ASAP.

J-Rod

Saw your reply. I'm glad to see everyone is on the same page. I think you will be very satisfied with your motor.

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

Yeah it was a pain convincing my brother to sell me the car and now that i took it over it will never sit for four years again. I apreciate the work and will get those lifters to yall as soon as they come in. Is that all yall needed?

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

Ok just an update. The motor was put in a while back, did not read oil pressure. So i started taking stuff off. I took off the timing cover and found no galley plug right next to the oil pump. I called them up numerous times and they said it would mark pressure to just give it like 5-10min to read. Well i would give it less than that, scared to mess something up. Since the get go the motor is knocking. It seems like it is coming from the timing cover so i pulled it again but all seems fine. It was a mild knock but it is getting worse. I am pissed off right now because i know this motor is going to have to come off again.

For those that need a stroker motor built, go to someone who can build them. I have learned my lesson. I trusted them to do it because they said they could. Come to find out they were getting on here to figure out how to build one.

Erick at HKE is my next bet. This pos motor is coming out asap.

KCS

iTrader: (20)

Wow, LOL. Yeah, Erik can hook ya up. It's an LSx engine, and they forgot to plug up that big old hole in the front of the engine?

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

Yup they forgot to plug it, like you said i can't see how. He said the galley plug must have backed out, yeah with the timing cover right behind it. There is no way it can back out.

Now i am looking for an ls3 to make it a 408.

Mike TexaSS

iTrader: (2)

Wow you got screwed. Give me a call and we can get the ball rolling with Erik @ HKE.

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

I will do that as soon as i get my hands on a ls3. My rotating assembly should fit just fine correct? It's all Lunati.