Yep, everything has been thouroughly cleaned, inspected, cleaned and redone. The oil pump has been rebuilt, ported and double checked.

The oil pan has been tanked, scrubbed and checked over.

The factory oil pump seemed a little wacked. the valve was sticky. Hard to know for sure at this point. I will send the cam to COMP so they can check it out.

We may never know what happened but we are going on the principle of "replacing everything it could have been" :)

Hey, it's a learning experience and will make getting the car done that much sweeter. (I tell myself that as part of my therapy.. lol )

Now that I know how easy it is to pull the engine I'm thinking that a little FI might be in order down the line to "liven things up" :unibrow:

Right now I just need her done for her date with the Super Chevy cameras..

Dad to hear, sounds like a very dry start. Any warranty from GM on a new LS2? Probably was damaged on the intial fire. Too tight tolerances will kill one. Of all the issues I am hearing with GM crate motors I am growing less fond of them.

Mike

Wow...I can't believe just a little bit of low oil pressure can chew the hell out of a crankshaft like that. Sorry to hear that, Steve. But that's hotroddin' for ya. Two steps forward, five steps back. I'll be watching my oil system closely on my LS1 as a result of this.

I don't think the warranty applies if you swap heads, cam and intake then dyno flog it.. lol -- sorta hard to blame GM.

We had TONS of oil pressure on the engine dyno. Then again all it takes is one pull where it drops. Engines blow up, it's in there nature. The whole process of an engine working is extremely violent if you think about it, it's nearly amazing that they work as well as they do.

Should have the engine back together today and back in the car tomorrow. In a month it will just be a "funny story" that I can tell when I'm out cruising around the Camaro.

Didn't remember the dyno. Was anything changed or modified on the motor from dyno to car? Like the oil pan where pump depth might have been altered?

Mike

Holy moly!!!! That'll get your attention. I'm guessing that you didn't ahve the ability to tank the block out, i.e. boil the heck out of all of the galleys, etc? I'd be checking the break-in oil big time if you didn't have the op' to tank it all out. Run it, change it, run it, change it....

Every car has a story I guess, some more than others.

Steve, please check your pm's.
Mark

The block was steam cleaned at the shop next door, cleaned some more then steamed again. Every part was cleaned and re-cleaned. We will run some dino oil through it on start up then then drain and refill.

I did name her BAD Penny.. I guess she's earning it. lol

We added an f-body oil pan, pick-up tube and windage tray. I guess there could have been some sort of contamination. We did clean it good though.

Could of a been a problem that started on the dyno and got worse, hard to say.

OH ****!!!!! WTF??? How did this happen?? Sorry to hear about this! Was there some sort of contamination when you installed the cam? Oil galley blocked?

BTW....thanks so much for the coverage! You and Johnny went WAY beyond what I would have ever expected!(Where do I send the hookers?:unibrow: :lol: )

John

PM me for the shipping addy for the hookers.. be sure to poke holes in the box to let air in. :unibrow:

Actually, I was just going to leave two holes in the box but not so much for air! What? Who said Glory Hole!??!!:rofl:

John

PENNY LIVES!!! AGAIN!!!! lol

We got the new motor stabbed back in today and fired up. almost 60psi on start up so the oil pressure is golden.

Fired right up too and ran nice. A little righ I'm sure.

Chassis dyno set for next Thursday, then align and Super Chevy photo shoot.

So close..

The slight detour of rebuilding the engine is past, and we did it without f'ing up the firewall or stuff.

:woot:

Congrats!:thumbsup:

Getting it in and out without F'ing up anything is a great thing to!

LMAO!

That's great news Steve. :thumbsup:

That's great to here Steve. I bet it makes it nice knowing you have a good crew you can count on..

Great News Steve! BTW...do you guys have an office in Los Angeles off of Wilshire?? IF so can you PM me the addy and suite #?

John

I don't have the addy but I can get it. It's the office where Hot Rod, Car Craft and Chevy High are located.

Man! that has to be a cool feeling
 

What no victory lap around the parking lot or cool video? How about a shot of relief on your face?

Congrats on the thrash, you have definitley been burning up the midnight oil.

Can't wait to hear how she drives