New engine and broken piston

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05-09-2012 | 03:54 PM

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1slow01Z71

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Iron blocks are too damn heavy

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05-09-2012 | 05:29 PM

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Same piston I broke on my L76. I wondered what made it change from the old #7 always being the first to let go?

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05-09-2012 | 11:07 PM

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If its not useable I'd be interested in it still to make a table for my dad.

I will let u know

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05-09-2012 | 11:09 PM

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Same piston I broke on my L76. I wondered what made it change from the old #7 always being the first to let go?

It sucks when u break expinsive things

plus it's sad when it only had 11,000 miles and have a broken engine lol FML

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05-10-2012 | 06:53 PM

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How did you do that to the piston? nitrous or boost? This is making me nervous about my 6.2. Im seeing a lot of pistons giving out in these motors.

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05-10-2012 | 08:39 PM

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How did you do that to the piston? nitrous or boost? This is making me nervous about my 6.2. Im seeing a lot of pistons giving out in these motors.

It was boost that did that lol i was hammering it after i broke it thats why it looks bad it all depends how much power u wanna make 6.2s under boost are pretty good

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