To all of those afraid of hydro-lock with an intake
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Originally Posted by Fozzy_Bear
But even body dammage would not have been THAT bad.
Nodbody was harmed. Nor was anything in my llist of my top 10 priorities in life.
Sure, the motor in one of my corvettes was dammaged. Sure, it was even my nicest one. But hey, lets keep this in perspective.
As a few people have said, it might just be a chance to upgrade anyway.
Thats really what matters.
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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.
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Just saw this Fozz..............what is the status?
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Originally Posted by ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE
Just saw this Fozz..............what is the status?
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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
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Originally Posted by Fozzy_Bear
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I'll post the results when I have them
I'll post the results when I have them
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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by Fozzy_Bear
I gave it a quick little "exercise" on the way home and everything seems A-OK.
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Originally Posted by Frankie2blue
Congrats on some good luck. What are you going to use for an intake now?
Any suggestions?
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Originally Posted by 5.0_CJ
why are you changing intakes? You think your going to drive through a stream again?
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.
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Originally Posted by 5.0_CJ
I wonder if they make snorkles for vettes?
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?
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Originally Posted by 5.0_CJ
I wonder if they make snorkles for vettes?
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...DM496JVPAHDJQB
and
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...DM496JVPAHDJQB
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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.
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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?
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?