Damien, i appreciate your concern but im fully aware of how to properly break in an engine. that being said i dont need a lesson in engine break in, nor do i need yur nagativity. Firing it up and letting it idle isnt hurting it one bit. It is running too rich and i know thats bad for the rings/cyl walls, but its not like im revving the **** out of it and driving it around w out a tune. ive fired this engine up a total of 3 times. but again thanks for your .02

 

Dude your car is sick as hell, cant wait to see what its gonna do on the streets/strip.

 

thanks man, its gonna be nasty for sure! did you get them 60s installed yet?

 

not yet, gonna order hptuners, learn to do it myself. Still gotta port my head, among other ****.

 

oh yea yea, thats right. i should seriously buy hp tuners myself. im sick of waiting on other ppl to flash it and ****. maybe ill buy it w my tax return along w my TVS!

 

Nice dude, I noticed it said you ported you intake mani, what did u port on it and how?

Dude i just saw ur a union carpenter, sweet dude, Im a Union Ironworker. You laid off?

 

i ported it w a dremel. its not internally ported. just the intake runners are gasket matched and i sanded the casting grit off the inside of the big opening. and no im not laid off. ive been workin steady for 4 years. i just finished my apprenticeship and im hopin to make some big things happen this upcoming year for my company.

 

UPDATE: hopefully ill get my PMC sent out to wicked for a break in tune. and hopefully it stops snowin and the roads clear up a bit so i can drive this freak.

 

pics !!!!!

 

YEA SO BAD NEWS. i think my block is cracked!!! i just drained the oil for the first time since i put it back together... there is still boat loads of coolant in the oil. my driverside coolant tank is bone dry... so im thinkin it pulled it out of there and into the oil... if it were the head gasket again it would be pumpin it through the exhaust... so a cracked block is the only other alternative

 

damn how did you crack the block?

 

that was my story. You might want to check where the sleeves are.

 

well my guy that did the machine work cracked my first block... i called him today and he told me that the sleeves went in PERFECT on the new block and there is no way that its cracked... he said that the o rings on the sleeves didnt seal properly and to run some Alum-a-Seal through and it would seal up anything that the o rings didnt... well see i guess. im currently waitin on my PCM to get shipped back to me. when i get it back all ican do it put new oil in it, run that **** through and see if that fixes the issue. it sounds like BS to me but he says it will work and hes been buildin engines for 30yrs so if anyoen would know it would be him i guess...

 

shity

 

he might very well have worked on blocks for that long, but the block isn't iron. It's aluminum, and is way more prone to things going wrong.

 

its a fix butnot a permanant fix time for another block because it will leak again

 

I agree man. Just like you are saying to me about the lifters, it's time for you to look into getting another shortblock.

 

well i sure as hell dont wanna pull this ****** engine out again if i dont have to. im gonna do what he tells me and if it works it works. if not then ill pull it out and throw the bitch on his door step and tell him to fix it. if he wont do it then it looks like ill be in contact w my lawyer... he insisted that the block is not cracked... he said the sleeves we in like they should have. time will tell i guess. i hope i gernade this bitch again so i can dump it off on his ass and be through w this nightmare of a car.

 

sometimes optimism is all we have...

 

lmao so true but dont give up steve its not a nightmare unless you let it be a nightmare

 

well theres always the alternative... i got no problem beating 10 grand out of an old mans ass...

 

hell yea you go man

 

I have this kind of luck alot....hope you get it fixed soon

 

Machine shop guys always say stuff like that. your block is gone. He probably cracked it and is giving you a bs excuse. You cant trust anyone anymore. Better check the ****** might have even timed it wrong if he timed it I'd check everything if your sketchy about this dude

 

not to be negative nancy but, might be time to send a block to Bates\Darton cause if they mess it up you know they can make it right