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Originally Posted by Elykson
Mike, I'll have that check in the mail tomorrow so you can put it towards your new engine. 
Anxious to see the rest. Keep your head up! |
Thanks Kyle!!!!
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Originally Posted by jrhaus76
I still have a pocket full of Canadian coins... They are yours for the rebuild fund... Ill even swap it to USD for ya! |
Aren't you banned?
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Originally Posted by BLACK10
All mechanical things fail. Some just sooner than others........even though it sucks:(
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Agreed.....100%
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Originally Posted by thesnoopster
Damn this hurts to look at ..... 
Im so sorry to see this happen to you at the BBOMG.... :(
I know you gonna have her back roaring again....
Sorry for the carnage.. :( |
It'll get back on the road Snoop!
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Originally Posted by Toasty
I am not sure why, but I was looking at the carnage pics and saying "ooooohhhh" like the alien shirts you guys had on at dinner.... 
Hope it goes back together soon! ... I'd bet a dose of JB Weld will get it patched up OK  |
Maybe 2 55 gallon drums of JB Weld.....
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Originally Posted by Darth_Emma
This is a painful thing to read about. I am so sorry this happened to your car, Mike.. It is going to be fun though to watch the rebuild. It will soon be better and badder than ever. I still smell a 427 in the future...
There was mention that the oil pump might have failed. Is that still a possible culprit? I just had cam installed last month and really didn't know about the potential issues with the oil pump. I'd be interested to know if it was involved here. I guess I should have replaced mine. (Live and learn.)
Also, was this motor forged? I'm curious to know what the rwhp was. I keep hearing that it's not necessary to forge an engine until it's up over 600+ rwhp. I thought this car was in the "safe" limits for a stock bottom end. 
KYPU, Mike! I'll be following this story. |
I wish I could swing a 427...at the moment it's just not possible. May end up with a LS3 crate motor....we'll see.
At one point the pump was suspect....but after looking long and hard at this carnage, it points more to the mechanical timing of the engine being out of whack. With the HP level you're at I'm stunned IPS didn't make you upgrade the pump!
100% stock internals on the engine.....470 rwhp. This set up was wayyyyy safe.
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Originally Posted by camaro1
i would agree here,,, i just saw a new gm engine that only made it 34 miles and the pin wore a groove in the sprocket and made the cam timing so far off that the engine would not run,, and this was all stock
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I have a strong feeling this pin is the problem.....we'll see.
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Originally Posted by camaro1
but he had a single bolt cam,, pins are known for shearing off,, id only go with a 3 bolt cam
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Wish I would have the first time.....bad call on my part.
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Originally Posted by Neriah
Hopefully this was not another engine destruction caused by the Oil Pump failure.
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I don't think it's the pump...plenty of oil on the wrist pins and lifters up top to be oil starved.
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Originally Posted by mikeSS
geez its going to be a long weeken.
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You're telling me....I have to work from 7am to 9:30pm Friday & Saturday!!!!