Crazy-ness.

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Nice!.. looks beast enough for even john conner for when he destroys facebook... LOL

lmao, wow that spread quick

Oh..........

yeah i know what you mean, i tried driving my car around until my opti went back together, didnt work out well though. good luck

i had a customer try driving on a flat, it just got flatter :(

you did'nt drive it around long enough. opti's will repair themselves :lol:

congrats bubba

well i was right, the clutch stopped acting up...too bad the bottom end came apart...there is a lot of metal in my oil pan right now...****.........

What were you doing at said moment?

that lasted long:lol: that sucks man

you were right, you just needed some time on the street and the motor went away

stopped in traffic at a light believe it or not...just idling

So do you still want the hatch? I'll throw a motor in the deal...

better question, what were you doing right before you got to the light lol

:mrgreen:

pm sending

55 in 5th gear I think, I didn't torque the head right and she over heated on me. I know it had a little knock last year because it was spun past 7k on a stock HEI. so i think the overheating was just a catalyst to the big picture. I don't think getting slammed into a tree at 70mph helped either

that sucks

ehh basically it comes down to me rushing a build and going against what i know
I should have rebuilt the bottom end...
I didn't
I shouldn't have ran 11:1CR on a 2 bolt main...
I did
I shouldn't have spun a knocking motor to 6k...
i did
but, I knew the knock meant death. I needed to rebuild anyway and I've had a bare 4 bolt 010/020 hi-perf block sitting at the engine shop for a few months now. so now I need to force my self to take my time, do it right, and not be an *******.

dam bubba that sucks

11:1 CR on a 2 bolt is nothing, tons of guys with LT1s doing 11.5:1 on 2 bolt mains with pump gas.

exactly, LT1. I'm talking about a gen1 with HEI. you've said it yourself, opti it a very accurate spark system. HEI, ehhh not so much, at least on its own anyway. having higher compression doesn't help with high rpm detonation either. LT1s also have reverse cooling to help keep the heads cool to avoid that. If it wasn't for the piss poor location of the opti LT1 would be the way to go. its all good though. build, break, repeat right?

Plenty of people have gone 11:1 on gen 1 2 bolts. Sounds like you know what your issues were, though. I wonder if something happened to the inside of the motor when it got cracked up as it was running at the time.