[brettman]

So Joe, do you have a place to store your car after the divorce.......???.Lol.
It looks like that is going to be a nice build.

[Joe's_cool_1le]

Originally Posted by brettman

So Joe, do you have a place to store your car after the divorce.......???.Lol.
It looks like that is going to be a nice build.

LOL. She said I get to keep the mortgage too. So storage area - check!

[brettman]

LMAO, Great comeback Joe.
Are you competing for the head of the HP Camaro class on the web...lol.
Don't respond, just a joke. Best of luck on "THAT" build.
I watched your race vid to work, you should be able to cut that time in half.

[Joe's_cool_1le]

Originally Posted by brettman

LMAO, Great comeback Joe.
Are you competing for the head of the HP Camaro class on the web...lol.
Don't respond, just a joke. Best of luck on "THAT" build.
I watched your race vid to work, you should be able to cut that time in half.

I can't claim that one. She really did say that after I showed her your comment. LOL. I think she's bluffing though.

[1le32907]

Originally Posted by Joe's_cool_1le

I can't claim that one. She really did say that after I showed her your comment. LOL. I think she's bluffing though.

I don’t know joe your making wanna do more to my build... I just picked up a 18 Silverado though and wanting to do some stuff to that. My wife even offered to buy the hood I was looking at lol. I don’t think she like the camaro very much lol. We are gonna need to get our cars together when yours is done

[Joe's_cool_1le]

Originally Posted by 1le32907

I don’t know joe your making wanna do more to my build... I just picked up a 18 Silverado though and wanting to do some stuff to that. My wife even offered to buy the hood I was looking at lol. I don’t think she like the camaro very much lol. We are gonna need to get our cars together when yours is done

Haha... Right! Might need to have your wife talk to mine. LOL. Hoping to hit GA Roebling Road Raceway this spring so that might be a chance.

[1le32907]

Originally Posted by Joe's_cool_1le

Haha... Right! Might need to have your wife talk to mine. LOL. Hoping to hit GA Roebling Road Raceway this spring so that might be a chance.

Just let me know when and if I should have half shafts and drive shafts on order lol

[Joe's_cool_1le]

I just received this. I think they were a bit late though.

[brettman]

Originally Posted by Joe's_cool_1le

I just received this. I think they were a bit late though.

OH man, Should "I" rotate the tires??? OIL??? I thought was good till the end of time...WTF.....

[Joe's_cool_1le]

Added to the build. Upgrading trunion bearings and adding a meth kit with the 3 gallon trunk tank.

Probably should start a build thread instead of the blown front seal thread.

For any new people seeing this, here is the skinny verses having to read the entire thread.
Blew front and rear seals, 2 ring land pistons with some scratching on the walls that required a .005" to fix. Now forging.

Most likely caused by doing long pulls @ about 600 RWHP and 10PSI of boost. 14k miles on the car with 11k being boosted. Driven very hard with countless pulls from 2nd, 3rd, and top of 4th.

[Dysan911]

Originally Posted by Joe's_cool_1le

Added to the build. Upgrading trunion bearings and adding a meth kit with the 3 gallon trunk tank.

Probably should start a build thread instead of the blown front seal thread.

For any new people seeing this, here is the skinny verses having to read the entire thread.
Blew front and rear seals, 2 ring land pistons with some scratching on the walls that required a .005" to fix. Now forging.

Most likely caused by doing long pulls @ about 600 RWHP and 10PSI of boost. 14k miles on the car with 11k being boosted. Driven very hard with countless pulls from 2nd, 3rd, and top of 4th.

Hey Joe, Were you running the canned tune or custom and did you ever feel the tune was a contributing factor or anything specific you could have done differently?

[Joe's_cool_1le]

Originally Posted by Dysan911

Hey Joe, Were you running the canned tune or custom and did you ever feel the tune was a contributing factor or anything specific you could have done differently?

It was a custom tune from the start. My AFR was pretty conservative. Josh at HorsePower Solutions said from what he saw he just about guarantees it happened from a long pull causing too much heat which resulted in two ringland failures.

[Dysan911]

Originally Posted by Joe's_cool_1le

It was a custom tune from the start. My AFR was pretty conservative. Josh at HorsePower Solutions said from what he saw he just about guarantees it happened from a long pull causing too much heat which resulted in two ringland failures.

Ahh man.. Sounds like that could easily happen to any of us then. I thought the consensus pretty much was that the stock pistons were pretty good up to about 650+ but I guess there are always exceptions. I wish the drop in pistons were more of a DIY thing but having no idea how to pull the motor, the tools, etc and there doesn't appear to be any reputable performance shops in my area. Hope I don't have to go down this path anytime soon.

[oneredry]

Originally Posted by Joe's_cool_1le

It was a custom tune from the start. My AFR was pretty conservative. Josh at HorsePower Solutions said from what he saw he just about guarantees it happened from a long pull causing too much heat which resulted in two ringland failures.

so then, is it not recommended for long pulls IE: highway pulls? Track times where they are in high revs a lot of the time?