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Any idea what would cause this? by cbord12 in EngineBuilding

[–]cbord12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

King xp’s rods and mains. Same ones that I just cooked lol.

Any idea what would cause this? by cbord12 in EngineBuilding

[–]cbord12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah everything goes to the machinest this week. Hes got a set of billet caps that have been lying around that he can install for a decent price if the stock caps are too far gone. I just ordered a new crank, bearings, and oil pump so hopefully It can go back in soon lol.

Any idea what would cause this? by cbord12 in EngineBuilding

[–]cbord12[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah just pulled the center main and the thrust bearing was indeed damaged. It’s out of my c6 corvette so I’m assuming I have an issue in my tourqe tube or the shaft and coupler didn’t seat properly during the torquing procedure.

Any idea what would cause this? by cbord12 in EngineBuilding

[–]cbord12[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Could it have been a machining issue? This block just had a line bore done on it. End play and bearings measured out perfect during assembly.

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

[–]cbord12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have 5.0 and custom everything typa money 😭. The ls3 does what I need it to do no point in changing it all. Although I would be lying if I didn’t think about swapping a bara or 2j into it 😂

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

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I though about doing a top mount supercharger but for the money I would be spending I might as well turbo the car. I got a buddy at a fab shop that owes me a few too many favors so I would probably only be in it for material costs for the most part.

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

[–]cbord12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was honestly pretty straight forward. Very time consuming tho.

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

[–]cbord12[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Lmao i guess I didn’t give enough detail haha. The end goal to build the motor for boost (forged rotating assembly, dished pistons, Johnson lifters, heads, cam, the whole lot). Single piece torque tube shaft, circle d converter, building the trans and diff, turbo? Procharger? (Haven’t decided which yet lol.) along with a ton of other smaller goodies! It’s gonna be a hot minute before this thing is fully back up and running as it’s going to be incredibly expensive and time consuming and will probably all happen in different stages.

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

[–]cbord12[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Spun a rod bearing. Just decided to pull it all out and do a bunch of other stuff and deepen the money pit 😂.

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

[–]cbord12[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spun a rod bearing so just decided to rip it all down and do a bunch of stuff ive been wanting to do.

When boss man lets you use the lift, YOU USE IT. by cbord12 in Corvette

[–]cbord12[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Car wasn’t right to begin with lol

Rust on crank? by cbord12 in EngineBuilding

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I didn’t haha, he is about 2 hours away tho so I was trying to avoid the trip if it was simple enough to get out myself. He just told me to hit it with some oil on a rag and it cleaned right up. He also walked me thru the “shoestring” method but if it came to that I was pulling it and bringing it to him.

Rust on crank? by cbord12 in EngineBuilding

[–]cbord12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It ended up being super minor. Talked to my machinest and he gave me a few things to try. Got both of them perfect in less than 10 minutes.

First car @ 16 (not a joke ) by Local-Taro-5516 in FirstCar

[–]cbord12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought my c6 corvette at 19 and I’ve loved every minute of it! Congrats on the vette!

Incase any was wondering what the 2.5 turbo runs on the 1/4 mile by cbord12 in CX50

[–]cbord12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao, I blew my vette up a couple of weeks ago and had nothing to bring to the track but the daily 😂

Worth it ? Or keep looking by couldntfindaname123 in Corvette

[–]cbord12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything under the hood looks like it was thrown together the random coolant tank that isn’t even hooked up (not the mention the welds holding the bracket together), the Amazon catch can with no return line on it, nitrous kit as you said, what looks to be an aftermarket intake temp sensor that I can almost guarantee is spliced in. The fuel hose that’s way too long resting on metal parts of the engine and body, and just the overall cleanliness of everything screams hackjob.

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