Wow... that sucks, So whats your plan?

man thats alot of hard work and time... I couldnt imagine... I wouldnt know what to do..

Sorry to hear the lost ShawnBoy,

Damn...That sux for shure. You must have that same black cloud that follows me following you.

Time to go find a junkyard LS1 and just spray the hell out of it! :poke:

Just remember honey moody don't give a shit. Curious on the actual cause of it. Was the motor balanced by chance? Was it just a piston or rod failure and than all hell broke loose because of harmonics being off.

Thank you sir. I'm really just In disbelief right now. Corey and I were meticulous in putting this thing together. It was running perfectly up to the moment it let go. There is so much damage in here it's hard to know what happened first. It just hiccuped once at 6300-6400 and grenaded at 6600-6700 rpm.

Anyway out with with the the old and in with the new. I'm going to part this drivetrain out over the next few weeks. Colin has graciously gifted me the 5.3 LS that I sold him from Aaron's Tahoe. The plan is to back that up with a TH-350 with a single turbo for motivation. I'm gonna be calling on my LS friends on here for information and spare parts so keep your phones close to you. I'm flat broke now so any help to get me going again would be much appreciated and is guaranteed to come back on you ten fold lol.

Rotating assy including flywheel, pressure plate and clutch disk balanced by Mike at Simons.

Those marks are from the valves but are from after the engine let go. All other pistons are free from any valve contact. That rod just kept jamming that broke off piston into the head and valves.

I'm like you it ran too good and had too good of oil pressure to be a bearing clearance issue but you never know, it could have been.

did you clay the pistons at zero lash with no head gst to see how much valve clearance you had? you need at least 90 thousand to be safe. just asking. already done grenaded a few stock blocks and that is one problem i had. also the number two main check the webing in the block close.

Freddy I'll be honest I did not the piston to valve clearance on the motor. I didn't because this exact combo was fine in the old motor and I thought if anything I'd be even safer because this motor had a .020 taller deck height that I the previous 69 block I was running. I also went back with the same cam timing as before which was 4 degrees retarded. I really think the problem was at the big end of the number two rod.

So whats the Plan

ok sorry your having so much trouble. i broke a rod bolt last year in my good motor. did not know that the 8740 cap bolts that come in eagle rods are only good to 600 hp. now have 2000 series bolts in mine. its still a boat anchor but im having fun.

Anyway out with with the the old and in with the new. I'm going to part this drivetrain out over the next few weeks. Colin has graciously gifted me the 5.3 LS that I sold him from Aaron's Tahoe. The plan is to back that up with a TH-350 with a single turbo for motivation. I'm gonna be calling on my LS friends on here for information and spare parts so keep your phones close to you. I'm flat broke now so any help to get me going again would be much appreciated and is guaranteed to come back on you ten fold lol.[/QUOTE]


I guess my phone wont be Ringing


Goodluck

LS 5.3 with a built TH-350 and a single turbo that I can take to that Dakota's ASS! :poke:

All joking aside that's the plan. Gonna take some time though. We are slap in the middle of trying get started on building a modular home. Financing is approved just gotta settle on a floor plan and lock in lol.

Word On skreet is You GONNA NEED WAY MORE THAN THAT....lol

Yeah that's what's scarring me right now both the rod bolts are still in that broken rod. Broke clean in half.

Im throwin BIG #'s

But for real, I hope everything works out, I hate that for you...
I was really hoping to see what the 4eyed monster was gonna do

I can't wait to see it go. Im just trying to keep up with you guys...

I cant help you with any CHEVY SHIT, But I have a Mopar 398cubic inch X block, just needs some heads, and then you will have a BEAST!!!:cheers

Thanks for the kind words. I was looking forward to it too.