08-29-2015, 09:28 AM | #43 |
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Very nice to see a happy ending. Beautiful machine.
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08-29-2015, 10:43 AM | #44 |
Awesome video you posted! Congrats on the retirement haha.
Glad everything worked out. Always nice to hear these types of stories as inconvenient as it may have been to you. |
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08-29-2015, 04:08 PM | #45 |
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My best friends C6z (Stock) just dropped a Valve. LS7 seem to be notorious for failure. Widely documented on Vette forums.
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08-29-2015, 04:22 PM | #46 |
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Bought his C6z from Carmax 29k miles with Extended warranty (Thank God) Dropped a valve 1 month later. 3rd party warranty denied to cover, Chevy & Carmax fought the 3rd party until they approved it. Long story short my friends car is good again. GM you're the best!!
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08-29-2015, 06:27 PM | #47 | |
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http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/...qPF3XlAI.email I'll be changing Oil this week with the new motor. Might send a sample out for testing and will have an in-depth look at the Oil Filter. |
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08-29-2015, 07:10 PM | #48 | |
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On both aspects (metal from filter threads in the oil and oil foaming from contact with sealant?), if the engine runs, with either of these conditions, for more than a few minutes, DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE! With foamy oil (BS #2), it would take a little longer. Under any kind of load and RPM, anything lubed by oil would begin self destructing. Cause of failure (story #1) is much more believable. Saw it happen hundreds of times in the mid 90's with WIX manufactured oil filters on Cummins B Series Diesels. But the fact remains, once a piece of metal enters through the "clean side" of the oil filter (center, where the threads are), the engine is toast (just may take a few minutes for it to totally destroy)! I call BS.....
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13.244 @ 104.91 100% stock (#17).
Now - Mike Norris catch can. 245/50/19 Firestone Wingfoot A/S on LT2 black powder coated rims (square). 1 7/8" Speed-Engineering LTH, off road pipes, tune. Now 12.93 @ 109.13. |
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08-29-2015, 09:09 PM | #49 | |
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In our Pro Stock motors we had at lease 12 Magnets epoxyed throughout the Motor just for inspection purposes. |
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08-29-2015, 10:03 PM | #50 |
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Glad to see it was taken care of. Were you at the Street Nationals this year? I saw a couple of Z/28's there including one at Har Mar after and didn't know if they're locals.
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08-29-2015, 11:07 PM | #51 |
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No reflection on you, just the article filled with GM mumbo-jumbo, blablabla...... Really make you wonder...been building the 427 for years, you'd think they'd have it figured-out by now....
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13.244 @ 104.91 100% stock (#17).
Now - Mike Norris catch can. 245/50/19 Firestone Wingfoot A/S on LT2 black powder coated rims (square). 1 7/8" Speed-Engineering LTH, off road pipes, tune. Now 12.93 @ 109.13. |
08-29-2015, 11:27 PM | #52 |
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08-30-2015, 08:14 AM | #53 |
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Changed oil & filter twice so far , I have 200 miles and 2 track days on mine. Wanted to make sure didn't have any manufacturing debris left over. Cheap insurance
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08-31-2015, 05:30 PM | #54 |
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08-31-2015, 08:53 PM | #55 |
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I think changing the engine oil early is a good idea. It can't hurt to do it and could be potentially an issue if it is not.
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09-08-2015, 04:03 PM | #56 |
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350 Miles in the last week!!! Runs like a Champ!!! I couldn't be more happy...
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