lets stop this motor building madness!!!!!!
Melting Slicks
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Or Talk to Gunny, 1963 SS.
He stated tonight he is familiar with road race engines.
I don't know of anyone that will guarantee a race engine after it leaves their shop.
A few guarantee their machine work to be dead on.
Such as my friend Steve S.
And its dead on.
I have checked always with him.
Down to the 1/10,000 of an inch,
He does it for me.
He stated tonight he is familiar with road race engines.
I don't know of anyone that will guarantee a race engine after it leaves their shop.
A few guarantee their machine work to be dead on.
Such as my friend Steve S.
And its dead on.
I have checked always with him.
Down to the 1/10,000 of an inch,
He does it for me.
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Burning Brakes
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builder challenge question #1
went to drain the oil lastnight and there was water in the oil..when i put the heads on i used tread sealant on all the bolts and all the rocker studds i pressurised the coolant system to 15 psi and watter is dripping out of the pans oil drain hole.......othern than the head gasket that the vaccume test said wasent leaking what could it be....i put all the accesories on the front of the motor didnot use any sealant on those bolts......
went to drain the oil lastnight and there was water in the oil..when i put the heads on i used tread sealant on all the bolts and all the rocker studds i pressurised the coolant system to 15 psi and watter is dripping out of the pans oil drain hole.......othern than the head gasket that the vaccume test said wasent leaking what could it be....i put all the accesories on the front of the motor didnot use any sealant on those bolts......
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builder challenge question #1
went to drain the oil lastnight and there was water in the oil..when i put the heads on i used tread sealant on all the bolts and all the rocker studds i pressurised the coolant system to 15 psi and watter is dripping out of the pans oil drain hole.......othern than the head gasket that the vaccume test said wasent leaking what could it be....i put all the accesories on the front of the motor didnot use any sealant on those bolts......
went to drain the oil lastnight and there was water in the oil..when i put the heads on i used tread sealant on all the bolts and all the rocker studds i pressurised the coolant system to 15 psi and watter is dripping out of the pans oil drain hole.......othern than the head gasket that the vaccume test said wasent leaking what could it be....i put all the accesories on the front of the motor didnot use any sealant on those bolts......
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Burning Brakes
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why dose colant flow through the intake? whats a test i put the intake on just laid the gaskets on pussed in the pins sealed the front and back with sealant ultra grey..and torqued it down to spec all ecept pasenger side rear bolt i couldnt get a tourque wrench on just hand torqued it (guessed)
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why dose colant flow through the intake? whats a test i put the intake on just laid the gaskets on pussed in the pins sealed the front and back with sealant ultra grey..and torqued it down to spec all ecept pasenger side rear bolt i couldnt get a tourque wrench on just hand torqued it (guessed)
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From: WV
why dose colant flow through the intake? whats a test i put the intake on just laid the gaskets on pussed in the pins sealed the front and back with sealant ultra grey..and torqued it down to spec all ecept pasenger side rear bolt i couldnt get a tourque wrench on just hand torqued it (guessed)
Did you use sealent on the intake gasket itself..Your suppose to put sealant around the water passages on the intake, then use the proper torque sequence starting from the center to lay the gasket out properly..Your also suppose to take the bolts down small increaments at a time going around the sequence 3 times, not torque them directly to 35 pounds..WW
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Burning Brakes
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while i have time i wanted to restate the goal of this post its not about me ....its about trying to find a engine builing company that we as cf members can send members with less experience to..to get a quality build tune combonation.. like east coast supercharging can do for c5ers
doug and chriss woulnt work on lt1s they keep there buisness limmited to there feild of experice ls motors respectable..i know victory racing engines build alot of lt1s but they dont tune or have a tunner they work with or atleast they didnt.. this could be a big oppertunity for a good comany...with how many motors c4ers build......
doug and chriss woulnt work on lt1s they keep there buisness limmited to there feild of experice ls motors respectable..i know victory racing engines build alot of lt1s but they dont tune or have a tunner they work with or atleast they didnt.. this could be a big oppertunity for a good comany...with how many motors c4ers build......
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Burning Brakes
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The intake allows the water to cycle through the motor to the other side.
Did you use sealent on the intake gasket itself..Your suppose to put sealant around the water passages on the intake, then use the proper torque sequence starting from the center to lay the gasket out properly..Your also suppose to take the bolts down small increaments at a time going around the sequence 3 times, not torque them directly to 35 pounds..WW
Did you use sealent on the intake gasket itself..Your suppose to put sealant around the water passages on the intake, then use the proper torque sequence starting from the center to lay the gasket out properly..Your also suppose to take the bolts down small increaments at a time going around the sequence 3 times, not torque them directly to 35 pounds..WW
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Ditto on no warranty for race stuff.
Even Joe Sherman says the warranty is 30 ft or as long as it takes you to load it on your truck. His are all dyno tuned and run though, thats the only way he does it to make sure all is right. Makes sense though.
If youre lucky they may "stand behind" it to a point...my machinist offered free teardown/inspection/labor and his cost on parts. Issues werent even his fault but ifyou appoach them right they maaaaay help out. Upgraded to a fairly stout stroker for $2400 inc custom cam cant complain.
or not.
Even Joe Sherman says the warranty is 30 ft or as long as it takes you to load it on your truck. His are all dyno tuned and run though, thats the only way he does it to make sure all is right. Makes sense though.
If youre lucky they may "stand behind" it to a point...my machinist offered free teardown/inspection/labor and his cost on parts. Issues werent even his fault but ifyou appoach them right they maaaaay help out. Upgraded to a fairly stout stroker for $2400 inc custom cam cant complain.
or not.
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Burning Brakes
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Did you use sealent on the intake gasket itself..Your suppose to put sealant around the water passages on the intake, then use the proper torque sequence starting from the center to lay the gasket out properly..Your also suppose to take the bolts down small increaments at a time going around the sequence 3 times, not torque them directly to 35 pounds..WW
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From: Hellinois
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified
builder challenge question #1
went to drain the oil lastnight and there was water in the oil..when i put the heads on i used tread sealant on all the bolts and all the rocker studds i pressurised the coolant system to 15 psi and watter is dripping out of the pans oil drain hole.......othern than the head gasket that the vaccume test said wasent leaking what could it be....i put all the accesories on the front of the motor didnot use any sealant on those bolts......
went to drain the oil lastnight and there was water in the oil..when i put the heads on i used tread sealant on all the bolts and all the rocker studds i pressurised the coolant system to 15 psi and watter is dripping out of the pans oil drain hole.......othern than the head gasket that the vaccume test said wasent leaking what could it be....i put all the accesories on the front of the motor didnot use any sealant on those bolts......