How does my engine sound?
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How does my engine sound?
Hello, I have a LS2 with 90k miles and I don't know if it's my imagination hearing valvetrain noise, my paranoia has me reading and worried about lifters, rockers, pushrods, bearings, etc. Here's a startup, idle, and rev to 2k rpm, how does it sound compared to yours? Oil pressure after warmed up sits good at 37psi idle and increases fine 10psi for every 1k rpm increase.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Hello, I have a LS2 with 90k miles and I don't know if it's my imagination hearing valvetrain noise, my paranoia has me reading and worried about lifters, rockers, pushrods, bearings, etc. Here's a startup, idle, and rev to 2k rpm, how does it sound compared to yours? Oil pressure after warmed up sits good at 37psi idle and increases fine 10psi for every 1k rpm increase.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Le Mans Master
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Hello, I have a LS2 with 90k miles and I don't know if it's my imagination hearing valvetrain noise, my paranoia has me reading and worried about lifters, rockers, pushrods, bearings, etc. Here's a startup, idle, and rev to 2k rpm, how does it sound compared to yours? Oil pressure after warmed up sits good at 37psi idle and increases fine 10psi for every 1k rpm increase.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Im prettt sure I heard the lifters pretty good for the first 5 seconds, but I just had a meeting with Rick Simpson so who knows. Super hearing when I take this stuff. Always hard judging from a video but sounded fine to me.
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My first Corvette was a 2002 C5 Z06 that I bought used with 93K miles on it. It was rough around the edges but a solid car for the most part.
The lifters in its LS6 sounded a little noisy to me so I decided replace them. I pulled the heads and replaced them with new LS7 lifters. Put everything back together, started the car up, and it sounded exactly the same. Originally lifters were fine also.
The lifters in its LS6 sounded a little noisy to me so I decided replace them. I pulled the heads and replaced them with new LS7 lifters. Put everything back together, started the car up, and it sounded exactly the same. Originally lifters were fine also.
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Hello, I have a LS2 with 90k miles and I don't know if it's my imagination hearing valvetrain noise, my paranoia has me reading and worried about lifters, rockers, pushrods, bearings, etc. Here's a startup, idle, and rev to 2k rpm, how does it sound compared to yours? Oil pressure after warmed up sits good at 37psi idle and increases fine 10psi for every 1k rpm increase.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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