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 Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: chicago
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Valve train Puzzle
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Chicagoland, IL
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
So what gave way first? You should start a poll.
Chain Valve locks Cam bolt |
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Location: Alex VA
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
very sorry to see the damage. these types of failures are rare
on the u tube video you suspect valve float how high was the car revved??? can you describe what was happening when the failure occurred? important thing now is to get the beast back on the road. I just sold my stock takeout valves from the LPE LSV or I could help you out there. may still have the lifters, but they are available. doesn't look like the heads are hurt too bad, hows the short block? |
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
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What Happened???? |
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Location: chicago
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
[QUOTE=rkreigh;175082]very sorry to see the damage. these types of failures are rare
on the u tube video you suspect valve float how high was the car revved??? can you describe what was happening when the failure occurred? important thing now is to get the beast back on the road. I just sold my stock takeout valves from the LPE LSV or I could help you out there. may still have the lifters, but they are available. doesn't look like the heads are hurt too bad, hows the short block?[/QUOT ] The cylinder head and lifters I located already the rest of the Parts are coming from Pete. as far as what happend to the motor that moment,I was in staging warming up the tires motor reved up to 7500 RPM and one second later it grenaded. Al. |
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Location: Alex VA
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
7500 shouldn't be enough to float the valves
been there, done that, a whole bunch of times  my bet is that a chain broke sounds like you are in good hands and well on the way to getting it back together. time for some MODS while it's apart if they haven't been done already |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Lake Bluff, IL
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
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It was great to see you Sunday but very sorry the engine gave up. Looks pretty bad in the video. Hope you can get it back together soon. Its a puzzle. Maybe valve float at that high (7500) rpm. Looks like something stoped the cams. Anyway, good luck on the rebuild!---Bob
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
Im wondering if the Cam bolt sheared however the thinning lifter is also a concern. That happens over time not during a catastropic event.
Last time I saw a blow through on a cam cover it was a cam retention bolt failure.
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
Sorry to see this happen your engine, hope you are up and running soon. When you flipped the cam cover over, it resembled damage that automotive author Hib Halverson had to his ’95 LT5. I recall seeing a photo of his cam cover with a hole very similar to your cam cover. His engine was running at high RPM as well. http://www.vetteweb.com/tech/vemp_00...s/viewall.html
What kind of mileage do you have on your engine? B17 Crew 
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
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Re: Valve train Puzzle
The line manager at Mercury told me many of the race engines they tested broke cam chains related to oil starvation on the lower half of the motor at high RPM. He said people always think the chains are the weak point but its the oiling system pushing all of the oil to the top end of the motor; sudden stoppage snaps the chains.
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