Will plastic garbage left in engine affect LT1 performance?
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From: Jenison MI
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Originally Posted by tm1995c4-LT1
I got one for ya. My senior year in high school I had a 1990 Fzr 600 crotchrocket (callin it a turd would be a compliment). One Friday night me and a buddy were racing down my street. All of a sudden the bike dies, lights are still on but the engine will not turn over. The next day I am determined to "fix" it. The first problem was that I know absolutely nothing about this thing. After about 3 hours of removing fairings, gas tank cover, and checking all fuses and connectors still nothing. A couple of buddies came over, and my friend Chris, who (literally) had the since god gave a billy goat, walks over and flips the kill switch and says "Could this be it?",
I look at my friend Chad and say "No f@#king way!". I turn the key and the to my disbelief, it starts. While racing down the street, my thumb had hit run switch, and killed the motor.
Atleast you were actually doing something instead of meaningless, clueless labor for no reason whatsoever.
I look at my friend Chad and say "No f@#king way!". I turn the key and the to my disbelief, it starts. While racing down the street, my thumb had hit run switch, and killed the motor.
Atleast you were actually doing something instead of meaningless, clueless labor for no reason whatsoever.
ok if that's not better then mine it's damn close...
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Genius all A student across the street in college had a 57 Chev and did a total engine rebuild with the help of another student also across the street (I lived in a corner house). The helper stuffed a rag in the oil filler tube to prevent debris from getting in the engine. Boy ,the genius was extemely particular about this rebuild and blew his stack when a guy came to look at the progress and stuck a steel scale into one cylinder to see how far it had been bored. Engine finally rebuilt and I would see him putting around at 25 mph for a , "run in". Came home from classes and darn if that 57 was back up on blocks with the hood up. I go over to see what the story was. The genius upon pulling the oil dipstick sees shredded something on the dipstick........yep, you guessed it , the helper filled the engine with oil which flushed the rag into the oil pan, the oil pump picked up the rag and shredded it.
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From: Stafford, Virginia Kittah, Kittah, Kittah...
Worst bonehead move I made was on my first car... I had the heads redone and was putting it together late at night in very poor lighting conditions...
When I finished putting it together, I filled it with coolant and heard it running out onto the ground... I grabbed a flashlight and realized it was coming out from between the block and head on the driver's side...
I pulled it apart again and realized I had put the head gasket on upside down on that side, leaving a coolant passage exposed...
That was about 6 hours of wasted labor...
When I finished putting it together, I filled it with coolant and heard it running out onto the ground... I grabbed a flashlight and realized it was coming out from between the block and head on the driver's side...
I pulled it apart again and realized I had put the head gasket on upside down on that side, leaving a coolant passage exposed...
That was about 6 hours of wasted labor...
Melting Slicks
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From: Salem Oregon
Originally Posted by RainDelay
You see, that's what distributor holes are for on other sbc intakes. Pullin out rags left behind.
I still have the my special removal tool, a fully cnc'd precision mandrel bent wire. You can hang shirts on it if you rebend it to it's original shape.
I still have the my special removal tool, a fully cnc'd precision mandrel bent wire. You can hang shirts on it if you rebend it to it's original shape.
lol, You should make a set of those and put them on ebay.
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From: Boston, Dallas, Detroit, SoCal, back to Boston MA
Here's a thought.
I was helping a friend put roller rockers on his LT1 when we dropped a pushrod under the intake manifold
We managed to fish it out with a magnet I'm thinking if you pull a valve cover you can do the same with with pliers or other suitable tool. 
I was helping a friend put roller rockers on his LT1 when we dropped a pushrod under the intake manifold
We managed to fish it out with a magnet I'm thinking if you pull a valve cover you can do the same with with pliers or other suitable tool.
