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Old May 25, 2002 | 08:53 PM
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...Started it up this afternoon. No weird noises or leaks. Took it for a drive and it drives fine. Glad this ordeal is finally over.

Here's the background on what I just refer to as "the mess".

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=301374
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=293909
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Old May 26, 2002 | 12:04 AM
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Ouch... looks like my engine rebuild may be rescheduled... :eek:

Sorry to hear about all the bad luck zwede, think about it... it can only get better from here... ya hope :jester
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Old May 26, 2002 | 09:25 AM
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Have you noticed any difference now with the correctly installed lifters? Did you also port the intake?

Glad to see its finally resolved.

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Old May 26, 2002 | 06:33 PM
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Have you noticed any difference now with the correctly installed lifters? Did you also port the intake?

Glad to see its finally resolved.

Take care,

Mark
Weird thing is the engine ran pretty well with the messed up lifter/cam. Only thing I noticed was a slight chugging at 1500 rpm, that cleared up by 2000. That's gone now. Yes, I also ported the intake. Haven't done much WOT yet. I plan to go back to the dyno in the next week or so and see if power has improved.
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Old May 26, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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:cheers: :cool: To bad you could blame the lifter problem on the wreck. :lol:
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Old May 27, 2002 | 12:13 AM
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:cheers: :cool: To bad you could blame the lifter problem on the wreck. :lol:
Oh, man, I wish you had told me this earlier. It's obvious now: When he hit me in the rear, the exhaust got temporarily plugged, sending a reversion pulse back through the exhaust. It slammed the exhaust valve shut, junking the cam! :jester
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Old May 27, 2002 | 01:24 AM
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I stopped by Sat to see the Zwede-mobile and participated in the first fire up on the new cam.
Zwede's C3 is a work of art. Very professional, well thought out. A credit to the craft of C3 Modifyers.
Well Done!
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