So broken pieces of the lash adjusters caused this?

 

Not entirely. It's just part of what happened when te motor seen 10k rpm or better when a used to be friend dropped into 2nd from 3rd. ( said he thought he went into 4th)

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Oh wow.

 

i wont let anyone drive my car. I look at it like this. They didnt spend 1000's of dollars and weekend after weekend away from my wife and kids to build this motor/turbo setup.

 

Good luck with your girl. That is a big step. That is a good point, I would like a valet function where the boost is disabled when someone drives the car other than me. Which isnt often.

 

Ok so on to the update! Took the car to Zzp today and before I brought everything in they were tearing into it. Me and Tim talked alot about the car and potential an several other things. Dudes a great guy from what I can tell. Hell the whole crew is friendly! I just woke up at a hotel cuz I'd drove since 11 Wednesday night and Tim shot me an email already. they got the block out today and come to find out the fourth cyl wall has a nice lil crack. So I guess it's on to gen 3 girdled and possibly 5th injector with high boost to close in on high 400s whp? Lol don't know if I'll do the injecter can't afford it and a block and a trans so maybe this summer I'll hit em up for the injecter and trans but for now I've already emailed back and we are gonna go with the 3rd gen block

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Cool updates. Unfortunate about the block though. Ill be watching this.

 

I am glad I have an absolute genius tuner local and other stuff local, I couldn't take an 11 hour drive. good luck man

 

Yea I mean I could get a shop around here to do it but screw it I'm happy to have Zzp do it. Thanks man with a little luck it will be a hot runnin lil car soon

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Just talked to Tim. Since I'm getting the girdled 2.1 block I'm gonna go ahead and make it a zzp short block with an ati balancer larger pistons and neutral balance shafts. What we have hear is A ticking time bomb when it comes to my tranny . The good news is hello year warranty

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good luck, you can make a lot of power with that block. Still a built not bought kind of guy though.

 

Yea but for some people they can't afford the down time. Just like in my case of being a full time student, playing D1 sports and working part time I would never have had time to do a motor build. My only choice was to outsource it to be built. With that being said, I would have been more then capable to do so, just not capable of the time haha

 

This times 10000000 for those real **** guys about "built not bought." Not saying you are c130.

 

man I wanted to originally build it with a friend that is a mechanic, he backed out, then I went to james (ccss3) he eventually backed out too....im not mechanic inclined enough to trust myself building a close to 10 k engine and im getting a year warranty so im really happy with them doing it.

 

Emailed Tim yesterday. Gonna go with a built tranny and a 4.45 final drive. Figure I'll need it with this girdled block and all

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heres some pics of the damage....

The block had a small crack in the 4th cylinder so I decided to go with the 3rd gen girdled block and never have to worry again plus that block came with a yr warranty!



Here is the piston....look at the side of it. its like it deteriorated



The car will be done in another week or so and so I guess its ok to put this pic up now haha

 

here it is...the block is built and the trans is being built right now. looking at something around next friday to pick the car up

 

So any guesses on what kinda whp ill be boasting?

 

110whp jk in for numbers

 

I understand, if I had more cash than time at the moment I would have done the same.



in for numbers as well. What turbo, which AR?

 

This thread is proof of why despite how much I love my SS, I don't like having a car which kids tend to purchase and mod.

 

Why is that?

 

Sounds like he dropped from 5th to 2nd to hit 10krpm....I had missed 4th and went to 2nd a few times in my SS when I 1st got it. Never let the clutch fully engage but it definitely wasn't revving nearly that high.

 

Because of the childish attitudes which come along with the related forums.

 

That is on every forum, go see ls1, jeepforum, jk-forum, full size bronco forum, dodge forum, pirate4x4 forum, and thats only the ones I can remember at the moment. Same stuff in everyone of them. It just happens to be more prominent with our cars.