I wish mike morgan was still around....
07-01-2006, 11:38 PM
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I wish mike morgan was still around.... because i would strangle him. i just pulled my 383 LT1 built by him out of my TA, unbolted the head, and to my surprised i see that the pistion made contact with the heads, broke a large portion of the ringland off, i am pissed, this motor only has like 5,000 miles on it, i am pissed, **** morgan. just wanted to share my frustrations.
07-01-2006, 11:47 PM
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Maybe this is the reason why he's not around? Man you are having some bad luck lately. Oh and your right, making a Goat a race car is stupid. Lost to an EVO 9 last night, but its bone stock, and my wheelhop is amazing. Anyways back to a TA for racing.
07-02-2006, 12:59 AM
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Maybe this is the reason why he's not around? Man you are having some bad luck lately. Oh and your right, making a Goat a race car is stupid. Lost to an EVO 9 last night, but its bone stock, and my wheelhop is amazing. Anyways back to a TA for racing.
07-02-2006, 05:25 AM
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from a dig... took him off the line the second time, amazingly enough, he had a bad launch but he caught up with me about 1/2 track and pulled. I'll have a video up shortly.
07-02-2006, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RyneZ06
because i would strangle him. i just pulled my 383 LT1 built by him out of my TA, unbolted the head, and to my surprised i see that the pistion made contact with the heads, broke a large portion of the ringland off, i am pissed, this motor only has like 5,000 miles on it, i am pissed, **** morgan. just wanted to share my frustrations.
07-02-2006, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Flash99
from a dig... took him off the line the second time, amazingly enough, he had a bad launch but he caught up with me about 1/2 track and pulled. I'll have a video up shortly.
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07-02-2006, 03:20 PM
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well you'll have another piston to add to the collection.
I'm going to get them chromed and mounted on a plaque for you with the Car, power and best times.
I expect the same too when my motor goes.
I'm going to get them chromed and mounted on a plaque for you with the Car, power and best times.
I expect the same too when my motor goes.
07-02-2006, 03:31 PM
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well you'll have another piston to add to the collection.
I'm going to get them chromed and mounted on a plaque for you with the Car, power and best times.
I expect the same too when my motor goes.
I'm going to get them chromed and mounted on a plaque for you with the Car, power and best times.
I expect the same too when my motor goes.
07-02-2006, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by RyneZ06
because i would strangle him. i just pulled my 383 LT1 built by him out of my TA, unbolted the head, and to my surprised i see that the pistion made contact with the heads, broke a large portion of the ringland off, i am pissed, this motor only has like 5,000 miles on it, i am pissed, **** morgan. just wanted to share my frustrations.
i've got access to email address for Army folks 
07-02-2006, 08:46 PM
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mike.morgan2@us.army.mil
not sure if that's him or not but everyone in the army has to have this email account, got a number too.314-263-4157
good luck
not sure if that's him or not but everyone in the army has to have this email account, got a number too.314-263-4157
good luck
07-02-2006, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Kens_02SS
mike.morgan2@us.army.mil
not sure if that's him or not but everyone in the army has to have this email account, got a number too.314-263-4157
good luck
not sure if that's him or not but everyone in the army has to have this email account, got a number too.314-263-4157
good luck
i'm sure there are alot of people who would love to have this info.
07-03-2006, 11:33 AM
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That is why I build my own motors. Rex that builds a&a's motors is the only local person that I would trust assembling a motor. If you need a guy to redo your lt1 give him a buzz. It does seem like you have had a lot of crappy luck lately. Hope it turns around for you.
07-03-2006, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by strokedls1
That is why I build my own motors. Rex that builds a&a's motors is the only local person that I would trust assembling a motor. If you need a guy to redo your lt1 give him a buzz. It does seem like you have had a lot of crappy luck lately. Hope it turns around for you.
That guy has built a number of **** engines for A&A.
07-04-2006, 02:42 AM
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That guy has built a number of **** engines for A&A.
07-05-2006, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by RyneZ06
because i would strangle him. i just pulled my 383 LT1 built by him out of my TA, unbolted the head, and to my surprised i see that the pistion made contact with the heads, broke a large portion of the ringland off, i am pissed, this motor only has like 5,000 miles on it, i am pissed, **** morgan. just wanted to share my frustrations.
Im not defending any vendor but you have in NO way proved that the builder was at fault. In fact.....you may have even already gotten the builder off the hook. You state that the ring land broke off.....well, how do you know that the piston hit the head first? Or did the ring land break then hit the head? It seems very od to me that only one piston would hit the head....and I doubt that all but a few street engines are in any danger of the piston hitting the head. Ofcourse the only real way for it to occur is aluminum rods, strecthing in already close ussually race engine parameters, or rod bolts streching causing massive rod knock also.
You on the other hand prob do not have aluminum rods, and if it was a rod bolt problem then either it was faulty or you massively abused the engine by over revving, again I admit highly unlikely.
THAT leaves......massive detonation......that would break the piston first then beat the hell out of the head. OFCOURSE detonation is probably more the fault of the user or the tuner then the builder but hey WTF....right.
So have you talked to the tuner? Stated the timing? The ambient temp? The engine operating temp? The cam size? The compression ratio? Wether or not the wife or son or daughter may have or may not have fueled it up? with 87 .......? hhhmmmmmmmm lets not jump to conclusions......
the possibilities.
07-05-2006, 01:41 AM
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Im not defending any vendor but you have in NO way proved that the builder was at fault. In fact.....you may have even already gotten the builder off the hook. You state that the ring land broke off.....well, how do you know that the piston hit the head first? Or did the ring land break then hit the head? It seems very od to me that only one piston would hit the head....and I doubt that all but a few street engines are in any danger of the piston hitting the head. Ofcourse the only real way for it to occur is aluminum rods, strecthing in already close ussually race engine parameters, or rod bolts streching causing massive rod knock also.
You on the other hand prob do not have aluminum rods, and if it was a rod bolt problem then either it was faulty or you massively abused the engine by over revving, again I admit highly unlikely.
THAT leaves......massive detonation......that would break the piston first then beat the hell out of the head. OFCOURSE detonation is probably more the fault of the user or the tuner then the builder but hey WTF....right.
So have you talked to the tuner? Stated the timing? The ambient temp? The engine operating temp? The cam size? The compression ratio? Wether or not the wife or son or daughter may have or may not have fueled it up? with 87 .......? hhhmmmmmmmm lets not jump to conclusions......
the possibilities.
You on the other hand prob do not have aluminum rods, and if it was a rod bolt problem then either it was faulty or you massively abused the engine by over revving, again I admit highly unlikely.
THAT leaves......massive detonation......that would break the piston first then beat the hell out of the head. OFCOURSE detonation is probably more the fault of the user or the tuner then the builder but hey WTF....right.
So have you talked to the tuner? Stated the timing? The ambient temp? The engine operating temp? The cam size? The compression ratio? Wether or not the wife or son or daughter may have or may not have fueled it up? with 87 .......? hhhmmmmmmmm lets not jump to conclusions......
the possibilities.
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