Might Need A Motor
And as the previous poster just mentioned, Western Section doesn't count.
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/pts/2041395320.html
but that $900 lq4 sounds like a pretty good idea
but that $900 lq4 sounds like a pretty good idea
Most people do go all bolt-ons, or atleast pick up a 50 dollar lid before they go all out and buy a new long block. Just saying, most want to optimize their current cubic inches with a full exhaust, intake, cam, heads...all of which you can reuse on a new engine in the future. But I guess there are those that do it all at once...
And as the previous poster just mentioned, Western Section doesn't count.
And as the previous poster just mentioned, Western Section doesn't count.
The car itself was fucked up. Bent the firewall, crushed the roof broke all the exposed glass, scratched the front and rear bumpers, tore the front bumper, broke both front fenders, damaged hood and spoiler, dented quarter panels, bent axle, twisted panhard bar, bent transmission crossmember... The engine bay was intact aside from he wrinkled firewall. The amount of forces it was subjected to were insane. The owner lived with only minor injury so it wasn't bad enough to outright kill the motor... it made badnoises that no other LS1s made, from day one of the swap.
Actually Lee didn't have the right year LS1 y-pipe and cats for the manifolds he had, so he drove it home with open manifolds.
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Oh alright. Well seems the engine might have been hurt since then? I heard his car though a couple of times, and did not hear anything weird. The noises might have been intermittent? My car way makes more noise than what I heard coming out of his car.
..........get with Mario.......lol 
there's a ls1 FS on craigs list
88K mi 1200.00
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/pts/2041395320.html
88K mi 1200.00
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/pts/2041395320.html
Been looking for a lq4 short block around that price range.
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Still no idea for sure what's wrong with the motor. The heads are off, and we will be lifting the car off the K-member next to get the motor/trans separated and then put the motor on an engine stand. I knew the rings and valve seals were bad from the oil consumption and smoke at WOT and decel from WOT.
Jason didn't catch the noises. I heard the noises when it was in the donor car and the exhaust was mostly attached. He said it was piston slap, but I can tell the difference between piston slap and knock/lifter noise. I raced it a shitload despite the noises. My tuner was confused as to why he couldn't advance the timing without knock when he was tuning. I told him about the noise. I took it to an RET dyno day. Greg noticed the noises too when it was on the dyno and told me that something was wrong there.
I heard it before we pulled it. Remember how concerned I was? 
Last edited by ZexGX; Nov 7, 2010 at 05:33 PM.
Still no idea for sure what's wrong with the motor. The heads are off, and we will be lifting the car off the K-member next to get the motor/trans separated and then put the motor on an engine stand. I knew the rings and valve seals were bad from the oil consumption and smoke at WOT and decel from WOT.
Jason didn't catch the noises. I heard the noises when it was in the donor car and the exhaust was mostly attached. He said it was piston slap, but I can tell the difference between piston slap and knock/lifter noise. I raced it a shitload despite the noises. My tuner was confused as to why he couldn't advance the timing without knock when he was tuning. I told him about the noise. I took it to an RET dyno day. Greg noticed the noises too when it was on the dyno and told me that something was wrong there.
I heard it before we pulled it. Remember how concerned I was?
Jason didn't catch the noises. I heard the noises when it was in the donor car and the exhaust was mostly attached. He said it was piston slap, but I can tell the difference between piston slap and knock/lifter noise. I raced it a shitload despite the noises. My tuner was confused as to why he couldn't advance the timing without knock when he was tuning. I told him about the noise. I took it to an RET dyno day. Greg noticed the noises too when it was on the dyno and told me that something was wrong there.
I heard it before we pulled it. Remember how concerned I was?
Jason didn't catch the noises. I heard the noises when it was in the donor car and the exhaust was mostly attached. He said it was piston slap, but I can tell the difference between piston slap and knock/lifter noise. I raced it a shitload despite the noises. My tuner was confused as to why he couldn't advance the timing without knock when he was tuning. I told him about the noise. I took it to an RET dyno day. Greg noticed the noises too when it was on the dyno and told me that something was wrong there.
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All the lifters, springs, rocker arms, and pushrods are good. Cam lobes look good. Lifter rollers are not marred or cupped. Gotta be a bearing or rod.
Really? It was started up at Josers without a lid, and it was also started again once or twice when we backed it under the white tarp, where you told me it was just an exhaust leak and not to worry... Even though the sound came from the passenger side cylinder head and there was no exhaust leak at the passenger side cylinder head... Also happened when it was in my car with the stock exhaust installed. You still said exhaust leak. With stock manifolds. And stock MLS gaskets. That's fine. I knew it wasn't an exhaust leak.
My V6 was dying a slow death and had 143k. I didn't have the money to tear apart the LS because the seller wanted $2500 for a car that was trashed and was only worth the engine/trans/fuel lines. I didn't make more than $600 selling parts off of that thing. Anyways,
SRJ assured me that the noise was in my head and not to worry. I made a big deal about the motors reliability on Tech and SRJ and the Generalz made a big deal telling me not to worry and that it'll last.
Now SRJ is trying to say that he had no idea?? Whatever. I was expecting this from the beginning. SRJ is a stand-up guy, and the motor did last for over a year of abusive driving habits (but not maintenance habits), so he honestly didn't know for sure that it would blow up sooner than later... Not counting the oil consumption (1 qt every 1500-2000 miles) and obvious blowby near WOT and on decel from WOT (rings and valve seals).
Wait...so you heard the noises, basically knew what it was, and still swapped the motor in? Why didn't you try to fix the problem to begin with? Did you hear the motor in the donor car before the accident? Seems weird you would put a hurt motor in your car, or at least not try to fix what's wrong with it.
SRJ assured me that the noise was in my head and not to worry. I made a big deal about the motors reliability on Tech and SRJ and the Generalz made a big deal telling me not to worry and that it'll last.
Now SRJ is trying to say that he had no idea?? Whatever. I was expecting this from the beginning. SRJ is a stand-up guy, and the motor did last for over a year of abusive driving habits (but not maintenance habits), so he honestly didn't know for sure that it would blow up sooner than later... Not counting the oil consumption (1 qt every 1500-2000 miles) and obvious blowby near WOT and on decel from WOT (rings and valve seals).
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Really? It was started up at Josers without a lid, and it was also started again once or twice when we backed it under the white tarp, where you told me it was just an exhaust leak and not to worry...
My V6 was dying a slow death. I didn't have the money to tear apart the LS because the seller wanted $2500 for a car that was trashed and was only worth the engine/trans/fuel lines. I didn't make more than $600 selling parts off of that thing.
SRJ assured me that the noise was in my head and not to worry. I made a big deal about the motors reliability on Tech and SRJ and the Generalz made a big deal telling me not to worry. Now SRJ is trying to say that he had no idea?? Whatever. I was expecting this from the beginning.
My V6 was dying a slow death. I didn't have the money to tear apart the LS because the seller wanted $2500 for a car that was trashed and was only worth the engine/trans/fuel lines. I didn't make more than $600 selling parts off of that thing.
SRJ assured me that the noise was in my head and not to worry. I made a big deal about the motors reliability on Tech and SRJ and the Generalz made a big deal telling me not to worry. Now SRJ is trying to say that he had no idea?? Whatever. I was expecting this from the beginning.