Well it broke!
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From: Pembroke Pines Florida
Well it broke!
On Tuesday Sept.20 the motor went boom, and I wasn't even getting on the damn thing. The motor was my factory ls6 with my 02 zo6 with lt headers and intake. Alright before you say hydrolock; noway even proved it to the dealership I left everything that I had changed on the car.It appears after they removed the motor that something went terribly wrong with the # five cylinder,either the rod broke or the intake valve spring broke and let the valve and piston smack together.The motor had 64K miles can you believe it. Well gm sent a new motor under the ex warranty. The tech who is owner friendly suggested this was a good time for heads and cam. Read my next thread. 
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From: Melbourne FL
Originally Posted by BuzzZo6
On Tuesday Sept.20 the motor went boom, and I wasn't even getting on the damn thing. The motor was my factory ls6 with my 02 zo6 with lt headers and intake. Alright before you say hydrolock; noway even proved it to the dealership I left everything that I had changed on the car.It appears after they removed the motor that something went terribly wrong with the # five cylinder,either the rod broke or the intake valve spring broke and let the valve and piston smack together.The motor had 64K miles can you believe it. Well gm sent a new motor under the ex warranty. The tech who is owner friendly suggested this was a good time for heads and cam. Read my next thread.
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From: Vancouver WA
Originally Posted by BuzzZo6
On Tuesday Sept.20 the motor went boom, and I wasn't even getting on the damn thing. The motor was my factory ls6 with my 02 zo6 with lt headers and intake. Alright before you say hydrolock; noway even proved it to the dealership I left everything that I had changed on the car.It appears after they removed the motor that something went terribly wrong with the # five cylinder,either the rod broke or the intake valve spring broke and let the valve and piston smack together.The motor had 64K miles can you believe it. Well gm sent a new motor under the ex warranty. The tech who is owner friendly suggested this was a good time for heads and cam. Read my next thread.
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From: Tampa FL
Originally Posted by RED99
So the Headers, intake you already had didn't cause any problems with your warranty? And are you going to be using a GM Hi-perf cam, or will it be an aftermarket brand? I am very curious about how this effects the warranty. Thx
my local will only scrape my warranty if it causes the problem unless some where if they see a mod, ooops there goes your warrranty.
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From: The Beautiful Greater Bay Area California
Holy Smokes. Well, I am thrilled that at over 60K miles that the extended warranty by GM came through for you, even with the aftermarket headers. So, just think: You can now go on ahead and order more brand toys for the heart (engine) of your beast. Good luck. Let us know how it all turns out. 
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