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Thankfully, the bore looks just fine (the piston, not so much)
Better picture of the debris I plucked out of the head:
1996 Camaro Z28 cam, heads, stall, and a few other goodies Alumni Member, MSU Racing Club THREE-PEAT MiFbody Meet & Greet "Longest Hauler Award" 2010, 2011, 2012
Originally posted by JasonH
It's amazing what you can get done when you throw copious amounts of money at something.
Well I imagine there were more chunks of metal, but the rest of them got blown through.
1996 Camaro Z28 cam, heads, stall, and a few other goodies Alumni Member, MSU Racing Club THREE-PEAT MiFbody Meet & Greet "Longest Hauler Award" 2010, 2011, 2012
Originally posted by JasonH
It's amazing what you can get done when you throw copious amounts of money at something.
Cut the filter apart. If it looks clean I'd pop 1 piston in it and repair the head.
What Mike said is my plan at the moment, but cutting the filter apart to see what it caught would be a good idea. I haven't seen any metal shavings at all in the oil or anywhere else, though.
1996 Camaro Z28 cam, heads, stall, and a few other goodies Alumni Member, MSU Racing Club THREE-PEAT MiFbody Meet & Greet "Longest Hauler Award" 2010, 2011, 2012
Originally posted by JasonH
It's amazing what you can get done when you throw copious amounts of money at something.
Cut the filter apart. If it looks clean I'd pop 1 piston in it and repair the head.
Agreed. Maybe also check the main bearings while you're at it, just to make sure there's no major wear ... though if you're not seeing shavings then you might be safe.
Once it's back up and running, I'd buy a bunch of store-brand oil from O'Reilly or Autozone or where ever and dump that in. Let it heat cycle and then change the oil. Check for shavings, bearing dust, etc. Run it for 100 miles or so and change the oil again, repeat process, etc.
Once it's back up and running, I'd buy a bunch of store-brand oil from O'Reilly or Autozone or where ever and dump that in. Let it heat cycle and then change the oil. Check for shavings, bearing dust, etc. Run it for 100 miles or so and change the oil again, repeat process, etc.
Yup, also what I was planning on doing haha
1996 Camaro Z28 cam, heads, stall, and a few other goodies Alumni Member, MSU Racing Club THREE-PEAT MiFbody Meet & Greet "Longest Hauler Award" 2010, 2011, 2012
Originally posted by JasonH
It's amazing what you can get done when you throw copious amounts of money at something.
Dumb question: how do you cut a filter apart without getting shavings from cutting the filter, into the filter? Or are the chucks obvious as opposed to the metal dust from cutting?
Dumb question: how do you cut a filter apart without getting shavings from cutting the filter, into the filter? Or are the chucks obvious as opposed to the metal dust from cutting?
Good question, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the answer, Joe.
1996 Camaro Z28 cam, heads, stall, and a few other goodies Alumni Member, MSU Racing Club THREE-PEAT MiFbody Meet & Greet "Longest Hauler Award" 2010, 2011, 2012
Originally posted by JasonH
It's amazing what you can get done when you throw copious amounts of money at something.
So I'm gonna be doing some more work tomorrow, and I have a couple questions for those of you who have pulled these engines multiple times:
1. Is it easier to pull the engine with the harness still on it, or to leave the entire harness in the car?
2. Where do you remove the brake lines? Last time we disconnected them at the ABS module and left that much of the lines connected to the k-member, which ended up being a big PITA
1996 Camaro Z28 cam, heads, stall, and a few other goodies Alumni Member, MSU Racing Club THREE-PEAT MiFbody Meet & Greet "Longest Hauler Award" 2010, 2011, 2012
Originally posted by JasonH
It's amazing what you can get done when you throw copious amounts of money at something.
I always just leave the harness in the car and strap it out of the way with like a bungee cord. Fairly certain I always disconnected the lines at the module before I got rid of ABS
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Originally posted by JoeliusZ28
If you need 6 and half grand to break your tires loose you shouldnt be attempting a holeshot.
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