hey guys
I dont think a thread like this has been made for the LSJ community.
out of curiousity, i was wondering how many people on here have blown a motor, or had any other VERY serious problems while modding.
Im looking on going 60s and a 2.8 from OTT but i keep going back in forth because im worried that with the extra power and aftermarket tune I may run into problems like clutch death, motor problems, tranny problem etc. and since i drive my car over 300 miles per week, i dont know if its worth it, although i wuv speed

i love these cars, but when it comes to serious modding i feel a bit uneasy
thanks guys

lol please dont post if your stock, upgraded injectors and pulley or more please

lol please dont post if your stock, upgraded injectors and pulley or more please

 

2.8 42s CA header d/p h/e CAI 3" exhaust same with the d/p no cat no resonator also CAI
ran too lean and a big exhaust leak at the block and header as chevy dealership "said"
and blew piston 2 and 4 nice hole in 4 which i keep in my trunk as a reminder lol
dont know wut else u need i dynoed at 258whp http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=TI-JQl4xjRQ

 

lol did u just lean out harcore because of running a 2,8 on 42s? who tuned you?

 

2007 SS G85 with 17,000 miles - no problems at all! Stage II injectors, 2.9" pulley, GM manifold, touring exhaust, airbox mod, great tune, ngk bkr7e's.

 

 

Read Sig for mods...

Only problem is that my injectors might be over worked.. but nothing serious so far!

 

Twice. One popped piston on stage 2 tune w/2.8" and about a 65-70 shot of nitrous. I knew there was too much timing in the car, I didn't have access to my laptop and HPT for a couple months, but I ran it anyway. Cost me a piston

Second time, after putting the motor together, I split a sleeve. Not really making any more power, but the car started to sound funny again during break-in, so I beat it until it broke. Took out the front side of #1 sleeve. Got rid of the car after that.

 

yep, i know your still livin with the 42s lol.. i still bet there saying **** my life everytime your WOT mustr have a hell of a tune

 

it was also cold out and it was a summer tune and i was ragging the **** out of it

 

well i am stock, but i'm still posting. and i'm posting that with a 2.8, 60's, tune, h/e...you'll be fine

 

hmmm (mods in sig) well tonight i rolled over the 30k miles mark and i have had not had any serious problems with my car yet with the setup. when i was stock on the other hand i had some problems but never anything crazy like blowing the motor.

 

Joe, when ya come up to help me tune, what ya gonna be driven?

 

the first 07 LSJ with GM stage 2 with intake,catback,spring's,SMM(bwoody)
first the cat went after only 9k miles ended up boosting 19PSI before trade in,
spent A WHOLE MONTH in the dealer who flew out an engineer and he said NOTHING was wrong, well a month after trade in i get a call from carmax... melted CAT blown ring's in #4 they put in a whole new motor.. and for got about the stage 2 flash on the PCM which caused TROUBLE for the second owner..

 

damnit, I went into your images hoping for a sweet ass by a McDonalds sign.

 

My 1995 Ford Contour



Its for sale if you know someone looking for a good daily driver

 

i did the same god damn thing

 

YOUR

 

My motor held strong. I put it threw hell and it never skipped a beat. The undoing of my car was a defective pair of stage 2 axles leaking cv grease into my trans and after that the trans decided it was time to go.

Car was tuned the same day it was bought and 2.5" pullied 6 days later. I ran that setup for close to 2 years then went tvs and ran 25 psi on stock motor and got bored so i ran 28 for the hell of it. Compression test were always good.

 

your just lucky lmao

 

The tune and driver and supporting mods all play a very large part. If one is bad your done.

 

agreed..... would i be safe with GMPP honed manifold, catback, H/E and your stg 1?? remember reliability is a must, this is my DD and i can not afford the headache because i drive soo much lol

 

I have 57000 miles and a majority of them with full race gm stage 3 and octane mode racing around most or the summer. The only problem I've had is a spark plug shooting out of my cylinder head. OOOOo and now it builds about a half inch of oil over the spark plug. No blown motor

 

The oil is a valve cover gasket issue. Mine did that, I removed the cover, cleaned and reseated the gasket, no more oil on the plug

 

i agree i just had a summer tune during the winter time and i was beating on it which was stupid of me

but its done and over with and hopefully i do good from now on out

 

Ya I still have that head but I got the stage 2 head from jbp. Love it