The Grond Chronicles : Dropped Valve and ECS to the Rescue [Dialup Death]
01-25-2006, 08:19 AM
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Stephen,
What caused the drop..........you know I have had a couple of close calls
Steve
01-25-2006, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE
Stephen,
What caused the drop..........you know I have had a couple of close calls
Steve
01-25-2006, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by BT-01-vette
Your gonna regret moving further away from ECS 
01-25-2006, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Lowcash
GB is going to find a way to install twin turbos into the center console with the intake routed through the outside review mirrors and make it look completely stock. 
01-25-2006, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
Steve, I don't know yet. When I pull the head tonight, hopefully I will find a smoking gun.
01-25-2006, 08:53 AM
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Hi EG -
Sorry to hear your engine trouble - but kudos to ECS!
It's nice to hear the GREAT stories.
And I bow to you - I remember many a cold night laying in a puddle of frozen trans fluid wrenching on a car with the old "jet engine" heater blowing under the car......
Brrr.........shiver just thinking about it....
best regards -
mqqn
Sorry to hear your engine trouble - but kudos to ECS!
It's nice to hear the GREAT stories.
And I bow to you - I remember many a cold night laying in a puddle of frozen trans fluid wrenching on a car with the old "jet engine" heater blowing under the car......
Brrr.........shiver just thinking about it....
best regards -
mqqn
01-25-2006, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
Geek by day and Vette gearhead by night
And the Frozen Tundra is brutal this year in CT...
And the Frozen Tundra is brutal this year in CT...
...you make me tired
01-25-2006, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris@East Coast Supercharging
Thanks for the kind words Stephen, let me know how you make out 
01-25-2006, 03:14 PM
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Man, what an awesome example of customer service from ECS, Stephen. And, you are doing a great job, yourself, on Sir Grond. Hang in there. And, please do keep us posted.
01-25-2006, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by cbx1047cc
I will be at ECS tomorrow A.M. for my dyno tune.
you can't go wrong with those guys!
01-25-2006, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by cbx1047cc
I will be at ECS tomorrow A.M. for my dyno tune.
Chris and Doug are great, I wouldn't go anywhere else!!
01-25-2006, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by cbx1047cc
So EG, do you think you have P/V clearance issues?
I have an unusual valvetrain however, so that might have caused it - Harland Sharp 1.7 roller rockers (stock ratio), chromemoly hardened pushrods (7.4 stock length), Crane dual springs (good to .650 lift), steel seats and titanium retainers but the stock 49,000 mile lifters.
I suspect a pumped up lifter kept the #3 exhaust valve hanging open and the piston wanged it. That's just theory, however. When I pull the head I'll have a better idea of root cause.