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Its coming homie. Been to busy enjoying it lol
96 Camaro V6 to V8 build "Found out what the issue was"
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I just went back through the thread and didn't see what mufflers you went with.
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Flowmaster 40s
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No audio installation yet but its coming. Wanted to get a good exhaust done to keep my hp up and stop dragging my bama ass muffler job. I plan on taking it to the drag strip within the next couple of weeks to see how it rides under stress before i dyno and get an exact number of horse power is going to the wheels. Ive put over 200 miles on the motor so far and its riding good. Had a couple of oil leaks i had to take care of and cleaned up some of the wiring. Its coming along great. Ill have a couple of vids up this weekend. Maybe a burnout or two. Heres some pics of the current progress. I still need to get it painted and im also planning on installing a turbo kit next year
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Its translucent to
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Getting the car ready for test and tune at the local drag strip on the 15th of July. Ive been daily driving the car to get some miles on the motor and find any adjustments that needs to be made and then i found this
I started to notice when driving the car a good while after the engine heats up I started to hear a ticking noise under the valve cover. My first thought was its just valve lash. Nope. Turns out a rocker arm got completely thrashed. Called Comp Cam who makes the rocker arm to find out how this could have happened. Turns out I have self aligning rocker arms and they are not compatible with the guideplates i have. Now i gotta buy a whole new set of rocker arms
Also installed my exhaust I got from a buddy who drag races in Michigan for the low low. Its used but my engine needs a performance exhaust so fukk it
Until i see this
I can only install half of it because of a suspension bar in the rear of the vehicle
Now i got to get the rear half of the exhaust custom made at a exhaust shop. I need to get all this shyt done before the 15th with bills and other shyt. Gonna have to make some moves
I started to notice when driving the car a good while after the engine heats up I started to hear a ticking noise under the valve cover. My first thought was its just valve lash. Nope. Turns out a rocker arm got completely thrashed. Called Comp Cam who makes the rocker arm to find out how this could have happened. Turns out I have self aligning rocker arms and they are not compatible with the guideplates i have. Now i gotta buy a whole new set of rocker arms
Also installed my exhaust I got from a buddy who drag races in Michigan for the low low. Its used but my engine needs a performance exhaust so fukk it
Until i see this
I can only install half of it because of a suspension bar in the rear of the vehicle
Now i got to get the rear half of the exhaust custom made at a exhaust shop. I need to get all this shyt done before the 15th with bills and other shyt. Gonna have to make some moves
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Im 99% sure I saw u today on belt...that shyt sound mean
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Yeah I was on belt today cruisin. Appreciate it breh. My exhaust isn't complete that's the best part
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Took the whip to the drag strip today. Car felt great. 3rd time down the track i hear loud knocking noise under the hood. Think I spun a bearing brehs.
Took the whip to the drag strip today. Car felt great. 3rd time down the track i hear loud knocking noise under the hood. Think I spun a bearing brehs.
Damn..did you check it to make sure or you just said fukk it you'll get to it later?
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I really dont know for sure if thats the issue but something is definitely wrong and the motor has to come out. Im thinking the oil pick up tube came off and didnt pull any oil into the bearings and one overheated and spun
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So after balling up in the fetal position and crying myself to sleep im here at work researching and crunching numbers. If my theory is correct im thinking my oil pump drive took a shyt or came apart in the pan which wasnt lubricating my bearings causing one to fail. I plan on replacing all bearings to be safe. Only way to find out is to drop the oil pan and see. Only problem with these cars is you have to drop the whole damn motor out of the car. Ill start tear down in two weeks and pray the damage is minimal. At the track I spoke to some old heads and they told me not to get discouraged. You want to go fast you gotta pay to play and component failure happens easier than you think building a high powered car. I understood but internally I had the
face.
New parts list
face.New parts list
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Found out why I spun a bearing when I went to the drag strip. Turns out the oil pump i purchased was not the correct one. I installed what is called a high volume oil pump which is not stock like i asked the nikka from napa to get me. It pulls 25% more oil through the motor. The issue is with a stock oil pan the pump pulls too much oil into the top of the motor at high rpms ie drag racing leaves the crank bearings with not enough oil for lubrication. They heat up and the bearings go
I have two options. Install the correct oil pump or get a aftermarket oil pan with a higher oil capacity. I have to remove the oil pan anyway to replace all the bearings so im just going to install a standard volume oil pump which is cheaper. Oil pump is 38 bucks a high capacity oil pan is 220....fukk that. Thursday is the scheduled day for the repair. Hopefully the crank isnt scared badly and minimum damage was done. Its crazy how one part can fukk a bunch of shyt up and cost you money. You gotta pay to play. Hopefully im back turning heads and stunt'n by next weekend. Hopefully
leaves the crank bearings with not enough oil for lubrication. They heat up and the bearings goI have two options. Install the correct oil pump or get a aftermarket oil pan with a higher oil capacity. I have to remove the oil pan anyway to replace all the bearings so im just going to install a standard volume oil pump which is cheaper. Oil pump is 38 bucks a high capacity oil pan is 220....fukk that. Thursday is the scheduled day for the repair. Hopefully the crank isnt scared badly and minimum damage was done. Its crazy how one part can fukk a bunch of shyt up and cost you money. You gotta pay to play. Hopefully im back turning heads and stunt'n by next weekend. Hopefully
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