if his block is anything like mine is, it can't be re-used. He'll have to find a replacement.

 

this dude did my buddies block aswell. his car isnt ready to fire yet tho. we'll see how his holds up. but as i said before. this guy told me what to do so im gonna do what he says. then when the problem still persists its his problem.

 

yeh thats wat i was saying pretty much....im already trying to find a new block for my next build.

 

yea i have no idea what i wanna do right now. if it turns out to be fucked i may put a stock long block back in it and trade the bitch in on sumthin new... i dont know

 

You better give it to that machine shops ass with a sand paper condom without the curtisy of a reach around, they going to try and blam you for everything if there's anything wrong

 

i havnt done anything but start it up... lol. i droveit around the block and my machinsit knows that. but on the bright side i spoke w Brian (i think that was his name) at Darton today. i talked this dudes ear off for prob a half hour just running down all kinds of possible problems. he said that its not a common problem but it does happen sometimes. he said the ALUM A SEAL will work and its not just a temp fix. it will hold up to anything i wanna throw at it. that made me smile =D

 

when you first made a thread about the machinist ******* up your block, didn't i make a post in it saying you better get another shop to do the work and tell them to buy you an LSJ block and not one out of some random saab?

pffft what do i know lol

 

its the exact same casting number. its the exact same block minus the oil cooler... what you said makes no diff. sry brotha. i would agree w you if the casting number wasnt the same.

 

can have all the numbers it wants, but something ain't working is it? block #2 took a ****

 

now yur just being ignorant... its the same block end of discussion. and liek i said i spoke w darton and they said that if the O rings are in fact leaking that the alumaseal will fix the issue.

 

Well good news! The fix seemed to have worked. Cobalt is alive and well. Ran it all last night and i have no more coolant in the oil. hopefully it holds together. props to Wicked for the break in tune. let the madness begin!

 

Well w/o me being there to tune the cams in person, how does it run?

 

sweet action!.. now... bring it to indy

 

it runs a lot better than i thought. im running out what pump gas i have in it. which is like a year or better old... haha. but its runnin rich as *****. idles smooth for the most part. i have to do a case re-learn and i dunno how yet. but ill search. but it shoots flames. ha! its SUPER touchy with that ls4tb. but i kinda like it. i gave her a little hell just to see what she had and it was scary fast. im still running it open DP so its so loud it hurts. if the weather is nice ill take it to my buddyand have him tuck a muff under there.

 

bad ass steve bout time to hear its running and that you finally had some good news.

i vote for sounds clips or vids

 

It's about ****** time bro! Glad to hear that you're back on the road. The bottom end of mine is pretty much done. I got like two more weeks before my phantom is moving again.

 

Oh ****....

 

danew thats bad ass! im still havin some issues so its not all good yet. my damn wideband is actin up. yesterday it was stuck at 14.7 and every now and then it would move to 15.1. today i hop it on there is just 3 dashes across the display. and my aeroforce isnt working either. idk what the deal is. i got on it just a little bit to see what she had and it was STUPID quick. gave me a hard on!

 

 

who needs women right! lol

 

so i think i nuked #4 piston... wont know till i tear it apart. oil on top of the piston is a pretty good sign. 162 miles into my break in. rarely had the engine over 4000 rpms. went to rev match down shift and it popped mid rev... FML.

 

man you've had a bad run of luck lately. I hope for the best for ya.

 

ouch