Heretic

Thats really what matters.

Fozzy_Bear

Thank you for your support, but... Please don't feed the Trolls.

Dr Chill

A guy down here just got a brand spankin' new 383 stroker from Mike Norris after hydrolocking his stock LS6 with a Vortex intake on I-95. His auto insurance picked up the majority of the tab without asking any questions since the car was damaged from a road hazard. I told him he should have gone bigger since someone else was footing the bill.

Allthrottleandsomebottle

Just saw this Fozz..............what is the status?
PM if ya want

Fozzy_Bear

I pulled all of the plugs and with a piece of hose blasted some air into the heads. There was a slight hint of moisture on plug 5 and a bigger hint on #6. And there was a blast of water that was shot out of number 6 when the air went in, but it still was not That much. Fred (username SQUARE on the forum) took some pictures and will probably be posting them soon. Since the motor was barely off idle whe the water came in, I am guessing (hoping/praying) that the stress of the seizure was less than the strees encountered at WOT. Or at least less than what it takes to break stuff.

It looks like the only permenent dammage that was done was to the starter (when she tried to start it right back up when it was stuck). The flywheel was not dammaged, so it seems the starter functioned as designed and failed before the anything else.

The starter is on it's way and should be in either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. That will be the "moment of truth".

I have already chosen the "next step" if the starter is not the only dammage. Rather than pay somebody to find the problem and then hope that they find it all, if there is any hint of structural dammage to the engine (after the starter) I'm swapping the short block. Lingenfelter as a blueprinted shortblock with forged, coated pistons for just under $2,100.00. I'll just have them drop ship it to the shop that has my car and eliminate any possibility of lingering issues. I'll probably have them install a GT7 cam, since it would be less than $400 to have Lingenfelter install it before it ships. So I would end up getting a bit of an upgrade out of the whole ordeal.

I'll post the results when I have them

Fozzy_Bear

Well, I just got home and everything seems fine. I have a friend who is a service manager at a chevy dealership and he has a tech who has been a vette specialist for 25 years. The tech said that after looking specifically for dammage from the water that there was no other apparant dammage. In fact, he said that most likely, the starter would not have even failed if it were not for the aftermarket headers overheating it (his theory is that over time the extra heat made the metal of the mounting surface more prone to failure).

So I had them flush the oil system and put in some fresh Mobil 1 (just to be safe). And I will be ordering some of that heat-insulating tape from ZIP tonight.

I gave it a quick little "exercise" on the way home and everything seems A-OK.

5.0_CJ

Really glad to hear it... except theirs a big problem still...

... no lingenfelter shortblock now.

Frankie2blue

Congrats on some good luck. What are you going to use for an intake now?

Tsab

Glad your car is ok. By the way, you can hydrolock with a stock intake system. The service manager at my dealership says it doesn't happen often........ but it does happen. Good luck.

Allthrottleandsomebottle

Dark-Knight

Oh man! What a bummer!

Fozzy_Bear

I dunno. I'll do a bit of research. Luckily I have a friend who has a C5 that he uses as a weekend cruiser who told me that he would buy my current one. So I'll start the process from the beginning.

Any suggestions?

5.0_CJ

why are you changing intakes? You think your going to drive through a stream again?

LTC Z06

Glad to hear it worked out, I did this with a Humvee once!!!! But I was doing a stream crossing.

Fozzy_Bear

I live at elevation eight (8) feet. The water that my wife drove through was in our neighborhood after 15 minutes of rain. The thing is, if it happens to rain while it is high-tide, the streets around my house are under water. It is usually only 1 or 2 inches, but sometimes more.

Part of the problem that caught my wife is that it was at an intersection where there is a dip in the road (for drainage, ironicly enough) and that when you go through the intersection, not only is the water artificially higher, but the car is pointed down, artificially raising the reletive water level from the perspective of the front of the car. Last week there was 3 inches of water in the street. Then there was a 4 inch deep dip (now 7 inches of water) and then the car went down-hill into it (submurging the entire opening of the shroud). Another ironic twist was that by the time I got there, the water was down to less than an inch deep.

I hadn't thought of that when I chose the current intake, but it is now clear that the front of my car will see water levels that are over the bottom of the bumper on a regular basis.

5.0_CJ

I wonder if they make snorkles for vettes?

Fozzy_Bear

Somebody does actually.

I remember seeing a roof mounted air scoop from one of the forum vendors (I forget who. Specktorworks maybe?). Apparently they sell "fake" versions and actuall functional air scoop versions.

[edit: Nope, it was Breathless: http://www.breathlessperformance.com/products/261.asp ]

Of course that is a bit more than I am looking for. I haven't even gotten around to putting a snorkle on my XJ and that is my designated drive-in-high-water vehicle.

My brother has a TJ-unlimited. Maybe I can get him to photochop his snorkle onto my vette to see if anybody wants to build it?

Joe_G

Ecklers sells a functional cowl induction hood. If this goes under water the driver is in trouble (unless he/she has a snorkel I guess)!

http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...DM496JVPAHDJQB

and

http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...DM496JVPAHDJQB

C5-BRUCE

Shoot! I really hate to hear things like this. Well, you already know the bad news ... the good news is the LS6 is a great replacement. Assuming your insurance covers the LS1 replacement, I'd strongly think about paying the difference and go to the LS6.

kbreese

Two concerns I have with intakes is:

1) Obviously hydrolock - And i am really sorry to hear that happened to you man.

2)Robbing airflow that would went to cooling under the hood in a Z06.

So I was looking at getting a Blackwing or Halltech Stinger and doing the following mod: (cutting the stock shroud)

http://www.conceptualpolymer.com/corvette_c5_corner.htm

This mod seemed to be a good alternative where it doesn't take away from the air going into the engine bay, which is important IMO, especially if you have LT's, yet it still brings in cold air for the filter to suck in. My question is, can you also get hydrolock from cutting the stock shroud like this?