Forged 370 coming together.
10-08-2007, 06:12 PM
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Julien...glad to hear ur back! Sorry to hear about ur probs...U can join mine back in the shop too! Urs sounds better than mine...I got blow-by and it looks like rings were washed down...they're pullin my motor 2mrw and who knows when I'll get it back! R/
10-08-2007, 08:10 PM
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I'll be checking in on your thread for any updates. Hope it's good news...you'd think we're due for some right?
10-08-2007, 09:00 PM
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Spoke to Rick today and his assumptions were right and I blew the driver's side head gasket. I think it happened on the way down to SD in Early August when my boost controller spiked and I hit 17 lbs. When he pulled the heads he said that the bank looked like it had about 200,000 miles on it from all the burnt oil. 
Won't be done by the show but I'll be up there anyways for moral support!
I don't have any pictures but maybe rick does but I didn't ask him.
Won't be done by the show but I'll be up there anyways for moral support!
I don't have any pictures but maybe rick does but I didn't ask him.
10-08-2007, 09:04 PM
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I figured it had to be over-boosting, I wonder why it blew at 17#s, I figured with the quality heads and studs it could handle more, makes me second guess my decision on my getting the edelbrocks for my motor. Stock castings have made it to 16#s multiple times with no problems.
10-08-2007, 09:07 PM
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Are you running head studs? I bet the brief moment that you hit 17 pounds it was pretty bad ***! I guess I can take those wheels off your hands until you get up and running again
10-08-2007, 09:12 PM
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Truck wasn't tuned when it boosted to 17#'s. Happened on the freeway when I was passing someone at quarter throttle and looked up at my boost gauge and it read 17# then heard a loud pop. Running stock MAP and hadn't been tuned for boost yet. Been running it in vacuum from day 1 trying to break it in N/A. When I was passing it felt normal like any typical quarter throttle acceleration except for the boost and the sound. Trust me I would of felt 17lbs in my butt dyno.