Re: W5 340 coming apart again....... H20
[Re: J_BODY]
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08/03/11 01:21 AM
08/03/11 01:21 AM
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My dad called with the news that our lil block engine is once again injesting water. On the first build it did it after 50 passes and we tore it down only to find that most of the Comp Cam roller lifter bodies had cracked. After having the heads checked and one repaired, back together it went along with a set of lifters from Brian (IMM engines). That was fathers day weekend in 2010. Now a little over year later the engine is going to be pulled and tore down again. Doesn't sound like there is any water in the crankcase, so I suspect a head issue again. Wish I wasn't 1300 miles away so I could get over there and give him a hand. We're going to fix it and run it again. It's just too fun of a combo not to!
If the water isnt going into the crank case where
is it going
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Re: W5 340 coming apart again....... H20
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08/03/11 08:06 AM
08/03/11 08:06 AM
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Going into the cylinders. Guess the plugs were pulled and water came out of a few holes. It was reported that some water was in the oil, but very little, didn't sound like it was "milkshaked". Hoping from just sitting a week from the previous event he ran.
With it in the cyl it will still make its way into
the crank case.... it'll get past the rings....
good luck on finding the problem... if you take a
compression test and it shows good... put a can of
Stop Leak in it
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Re: W5 340 coming apart again....... H20
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08/04/11 10:16 PM
08/04/11 10:16 PM
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I'm sure Brad and Dale will have you covered. Dale was telling me about it the other day. Was this the first weekend out for Fred?
That was his second or third outing. I was up there at the end of June and Oahe was only running their second race due to that incredibly long winter you had. The new converter and car set up is working great. Car was deadly consistant all weekend and I went three rounds each day. Only driver error kept the car from the finals.
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Re: W5 340 coming apart again....... H20
[Re: Leigh]
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08/04/11 10:26 PM
08/04/11 10:26 PM
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I have nothing to add, other than, it must be a cool thing, to have your Dad racing. Hope it's something simple.
Thanks Leigh.... we do have fun running the cars.
 ....and the "corner" on the shutdown is farther down there than you think. People have gone 220mph+ without a prob. After a couple passes you forget it's there.
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