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1_Hot_SOM_WS6
05-31-2009, 12:13 AM
So it all started with a check engine light.......

The code read random misfire in cyl 5. Car always ran fine. Did a compression test, cyl 5 has 85%.

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So...as of right now...the valve hit the piston....theres a weak spring and a bent valve.... :(
NJ Torque
05-31-2009, 12:14 AM
sucks...

new heads?
98tadriver
05-31-2009, 12:17 AM
dohhh thats never good! i broke a valvespring once but i lucked out, it never hit the piston thank god!
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
05-31-2009, 12:31 AM
sucks...

new heads?

GOnna send them off to the machine shop on Monday for them to check them out. I def wasnt looking to do all this just yet. I guess 120k miles on her I should have been expecting something to happen eventually.
BigAls87Z28
05-31-2009, 12:34 AM
ahaha...I said to myself reading the title "started with an SES light", and ended with "about 4 grand in heads/cam/lt's/intake and tune."
JL8Jeff
05-31-2009, 10:24 AM
ahaha...I said to myself reading the title "started with an SES light", and ended with "about 4 grand in heads/cam/lt's/intake and tune."

I was thinking the same thing. When it has to come apart for repair, that's usually when the upgrades go back in! :mrgreen: It always sucks when there is unanticipated problems, but it just opened the door for the upgrades sooner. :nod:
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
05-31-2009, 11:02 AM
I guess I will be putting my raise to good use. lol
CJDZ24_Z28
06-21-2009, 09:16 PM
Any updates stranger?:)
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
08-02-2009, 12:51 PM
Almost exactly 2 months to the day......Trans Am is finally back together!!!!! I got to turn the key last night....I am sure my neighbors loved me....well those who werent standing on my front lawn waiting for her start start. :twisted:
Everything is fixed and seems to be functional. :0) Cant wait for the cool weather to get her back down to the track!! Of course it rains today so I couldnt cruise around with the t-tops off :(
Now I just need to save up for a clutch (still stock, with 119,700 miles on her) and new rear, I am on borrowed time with that thing!!
DadsZ28
08-02-2009, 05:50 PM
Ahhhhh good old Ant got it back together huh.....new cam in too? 11's this fall, cool................but you'll still be a couple of tenths behind ha ha....:mrgreen:
maroman88
08-02-2009, 05:55 PM
awesome!
Tru2Chevy
08-02-2009, 06:24 PM
No details on the new setup? :shifty:

- Justin
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
08-03-2009, 08:21 AM
Ahhhhh good old Ant got it back together huh.....new cam in too? 11's this fall, cool................but you'll still be a couple of tenths behind ha ha....:mrgreen:

Yeah he had something to do with it..lol. My friend Mike did the most of it though. He just wanted to get dirty with my LS1 ;)

No details on the new setup? :shifty:

- Justin

haha!! I was going to leave it at...its repaired...but it looks like Greg blew my cover on that one :0)
Slightly upgraded heads/springs/cam.
I am just glad that she is back together.
car apart in garage+nice weather=sucks.
ib4200
08-03-2009, 12:04 PM
congrats man get out there and put milage on it now
Anti_Rice_Guy
08-03-2009, 12:05 PM
congrats man get out there and put milage on it now

Psssst. Kelsey's a girl :wink:
ib4200
08-03-2009, 12:20 PM
oh. sorry kelsey. put some milage on it though
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
08-05-2009, 10:47 AM
hahaha! Yeah I am working on it. Now I just need to get her inspected to she is semi-legal. :)
Tru2Chevy
08-05-2009, 12:47 PM
haha!! I was going to leave it at...its repaired...but it looks like Greg blew my cover on that one :0)

Heh....I know you well enough to know that there was no way it was going back together stock. :-P

- Justin
98tadriver
08-06-2009, 04:31 AM
thats good news! Cant wait to see the new times this fall!
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
10-10-2009, 10:26 PM
Well I am sure most of you guys figured that my "fixed" car wasnt going to last to long. Turns out a few days after driving it...SES light comes back on for the same code.

....So of course she went back into the garage..Issue #1 -when we were taking the head bolt out...it striped the block. Nice huh? Well thats fixed now. Issue#2- Took the #5 piston out, cracked! Well fixing that...and I guess we'll go from there. Hopefully thats the end of all that. All I want to do is drive her!!

I'll post pix later
1972LT1
10-11-2009, 01:48 AM
Get well soon Elvira.
r0nin89
10-11-2009, 10:45 AM
Well I am sure most of you guys figured that my "fixed" car wasnt going to last to long. Turns out a few days after driving it...SES light comes back on for the same code.

....So of course she went back into the garage..Issue #1 -when we were taking the head bolt out...it striped the block. Nice huh? Well thats fixed now. Issue#2- Took the #5 piston out, cracked! Well fixing that...and I guess we'll go from there. Hopefully thats the end of all that. All I want to do is drive her!!

I'll post pix later


Full rebuild or bust. I wouldnt have trusted putting that motor back together if a piston smacked a valve.
B4C
10-11-2009, 02:42 PM
Might as well bore and stroke while the motors out right...
r0nin89
10-11-2009, 05:47 PM
Might as well bore and stroke while the motors out right...

Also might as well get a procharger, ya know while its out :nod:
bubba428
10-13-2009, 12:23 AM
Might as well bore and stroke while the motors out right...

i was just gonna say...STROKER
1_Hot_SOM_WS6
10-24-2009, 08:40 PM
The motor didnt come out. dropped the oil pan out, the cars been worked on from the top end and the bottom *she likes it dirty like that!!* ;)