at work today i went out side to put my k&n's in on my 86 IROC-Z and i opened up the left air box and guess what i found, an old radiator cap anyone else got a weird story reply to this now

 

well, one time me and a friend were changing head gaskets on a 94 grand am v-6 and i came late and him and someone else had just finished bolting everything up and wanted to see if it would start. so i said turn the key.

note: we were in the garage with the door closed and i was right in front of the engine

what they didn't tell me was that they cracked the fuel regulator and "just wanted to see if it would start" and they left the battery charger on. so he cranks it and fuel comes spraying out and hits the positive side of the battery! whoosh, flames 4 feet high. i whip open the garage door and throw a bucket of snow on the engine.

now i am afraid everytime i work on a car it is going to catch fire. i always have people looking for fuel leaks now

 

We did a cam swap on a 355", DFI, SuperRam engine in a 1987 Monte Carlo. When we pulled the intake off, we found 2 extra pushrods and a socket laying in the lifter valley!

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Old: 1989 Formula, 383", DFI, built 700R4, TFS heads, Mini-Ram, Vortech S-trim 15 psi, 3.70 gears
Best ET: 10.796 @ 125.8 mph

New: 1989 T/A, 400" CNC Bow-Tie Tall-Deck, Accel Pro-Ram, DFI, AFR heads, HRC T76 Turbo, NOS 150-hp dry kit, TH400 w/GV overdrive, 12-bolt w/3.70 gears, 8-pt. S&W rollbar, Spohn suspension, 18" wheels, Baer brakes
Best ET: Spring 2001

Employed at:
Hahn Racecraft
Accel EMIC/DFI Tuning
Turbosystems & Custom EFI

Member of Midwest F-Body Association www.mfba.org

 

I found a ball peen hammer in the lifter valley when I took a TPI off...

Their loss.... my gain...

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Sportsman II 72 CC heads, Pete Jackson gear drive, Performance Resources chip, Edelbrock 1 5/8" headers and Edelbrock cat back exhaust, hi-flow cats, Trans-go stage 3 shift kit, Vigilante 9.5" 2800 stall convertor, SLP cold air induction, SLP roller camshaft, 24lb ADS injectors, AFPR, 3.45 rear end gears, and other goodies...


raven

 

Not really a weird story, but when we rebuilt the trans on my IROC, we found an aluminum nail in one of the valve body passages, not to mention that the trans was built to pre-86 specs and it was missing a ton of clutchs and steels.

 

Friend of mine checked his after an alignment and found a wrench in the spring.

I'll never sell my car, but if I did and someone took apart the A/C vents they'd find a socket that fell down there when I was taking out the dash pad once. I'll go get it someday.