sorry i was replying to tonys post, not yours eric.

 

BALANCE and BLUEPRINT are two(2) different things I asked more than one shop and they all said the same thing a BLUEPRINT is just all the measurements of the balanced motor on paper. and Im not gonna pay $75-$100 for a peice of paper

oh!!!!!, travis broke the #8 connecting rod and the piston was broke in half. piston pin was ram'd into the side of the bore and the other end of the rod was wedged between the crankshaft and the top of the block. the driver side head has a little nic but should be ok. eric took pic's im sure he'll post them tomarrow

 

better or worse than my 355 that we dumped?

 

Oh yes it can. The cam itself won't do it, I.E. if you put a stock replacement in you'd be fine, but the increased stress from an engine that already has it's wear patterns clearly defined and is just old in general can VERY easily break from it. And your theory may have contributed definetly. But the fact was he changed from stock, and the motor was used to something different. It might have ran for another 30k just fine. Fact is if he had left the CR stock, it still would have broke.

Otherwise you would see people pulling motors out of junkyards to put cams in. For that matter, you wouldn't advise me with 160k to put a heads and cam on my car? Most certainly not. It would die in a month if I was nice to it. However a fresh stock rebuild of my bottom end, B&B'd, will easily handle the 410 hp kit I want.

Yes I'm aware they're two different things. My father has owned a shop for ten years, and we've done more than a few blueprinted motors so I should know. And look at it this way, from your point of view that's EXACTLY what they're doing. But if they're a competant shop, are they going to hand you a peice of paper with incorrent measurements? No. They're going to hand you one with perfect measurements, and that's what blueprinting is.

 

i put heads/cam/intake/carb on my 305 comin up on 170k when i still had it

 

How long did u drive it till you dumped it for the 355 and how hard did you whomp on it? What was it's eventual failure?

 

It actually never really completely failed, the crank key that held on the sproket broke off. But that basically ment pullin the motor anyways to get to it easily what not so i just yanked it and threw it away

 

I got on it a lot probably, was my daily driver, and thats when i still thought it was fun to beat r*cers

 

It stopped being fun!?

I didn't get that memo...

 

yikes.
you sure didn't get to enjoy your newly made power much huh.
what's the plan now?

 

he's gonna build or buy a short block. He sent me a text message earlier today and said he may have found a 383 for cheap.

I sure it'll be running in about a month

 

kairles , check ur pms

 

Must be nice to be able to spend that much time and money on your ride.

 

Do you think it's possible that running nitrous had anything to do with the problems that developed now? Just a thought.

 

it certainly didnt help robby, but probably wasnt a major factor if he used a window switch and had the fuel properly adjusted.

 

woot got my motor, 383 stroker i rule

 

oh and Trav, when somebody text messages you on your phone and wishes you a happy thanksgiving, instead of saying "i dont know this number who is this" would be more polite to just say "have a happy thanksgiving as well, or happy thanks giving, etc etc". Tard face

 

lol im with traviz on this one i was like i have no idea who this is hahah


when i got my text.

 

i knew, but i didnt get his text till friday morning stupid nextel.

 

sorry jesse, was this a message you sent to everyone, coulda gave me a hint. im gonna store that number now and put your name on it.

 

Think id only send it to you? You're not special

 

383 stroker, sweet Travis. 12's are in the bag for sure, just going to have some traction issues. Either way it's going to be sweet, hurry up and get it done, lol. Let me know when you need some help. Oh, I love the modified sig, blowed up, that's awesome, nice way of keeping it updated, lol.