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"Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:31 am ]
Post subject:  "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
well i promised id post pictures of the build. well this isnt waht i planned but im going to show the damage that was sustained at etown just starting the car for its first outing. Either this was aHUGE parts failure fluke, or i missed something BIG time, or the the msd did cause a backfire which casued major damage or it hydraulicd/ ignited unburnt fuel causing big backfire. Personally i thing the backfire was the result not the cause. I think the cars cursed...murphys law came here on vacation and never left cause he liked it so much!

so here goes....

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
notice how # 8s dome is cleaner than the rest? could this of come from being fuel soaked??

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
The cylidner liners are normally 1 piece. The #8 decided to become 2 pices...ow wait 750 pieces !!! notice how it cracked off the top of sleeve. Thsi block was previosuly used for 40 dyno pulls in an engine competition so it had some seasoning on it. Maybe it was fractured already and just its time??

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
ohh the heads were (past tense) NOS.... im so glad i put them on. notice the pieces of ring nicely wedged into most of the other chambers. i need 8 new pistons too....
Its interetseing the top ring goes nearly exactly to where the sleeve seperated at TDC...

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
the junk in the pan is from the bottom of the liner...

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
thats what the liners look like new...
the picture of the piston shows the top portion of the liner wrapped around the piston. it seprated from the remainder of sleeve!

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
That space is where the top of the liner normally is. it fractured. But was that the cause or result of something else??

By the way

Thanks to Andrew for the thread name "Pandoras Block"

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
bottom of sleeve

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
looks like my winter is starting early. I will be "back" next year and hope to run consistently at top of class. i have a few month head start now so i should be ready..

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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
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Author:  ssscamaro [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
NOW the first build
Author:  Ted Daros [ Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
i admire your persistence, good luck and maybe we will see you at the track anyway if you can make the NED race!

:aok
Author:  RalphsRapidTransit [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
Ryan, Let me know if I can help in anyway. Any chance of putting an iron block in the Camaro and coming out to dial in the Suspension?
Author:  ssscamaro [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
i just sol;d the duplicate of this block in cast iron a few weeks ago. who would of guessed...it wouldnt of been legal but i could of run at least....
Author:  MFChassisworks [ Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Pandoras Block" AKA zL1 unbuild, 1st build, rebuild
Hang in there Ryan. :winner We all can't wait to see the car back together. Let me know if there is anything I can do.

Next build leave the hand grenade out!
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