Thread: :: Solved:: Tick but Not Knock

Yeah I'd love a cam just don't have the cash to do it the way I want too... well I guess it just depends on how much I pay for the donor.

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It's just bad timing.. I've got my fiancee watching my spending... last motor I built I spent a bit much and she's on top of it this time.. and for the record the phone cost 199 lol

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Sucks the here about the chipped pistons hopefully youll find a reasonable donor. You could always sell the lifters and make some monry back...hell i could use them depending on price. car-parts.com to search for local junkyards

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I'm not having much luck finding a motor around here.

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It'd be nice to just find 2 pistons and replace them but I'm not sure what all I'll have to have to remove and reinstall the new.

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most of the time a partial rebuild wont hold up.

same have done it, most have failed.

and you would still need to pull the engine, and then the pan, unbolt the rods from the crank, push the piston up and out, then put the new ones in. and then pray it lasts.

with just chipped piston, i would think if you check and recheck all your bearing clreances you may have a chance, being that no bearings spun.

plastigauge will be your new friend for sure.

Cyl 2 is scratched up. It's getting pulled tonight. I found a motor I'm going to get in the morning should be on the road by Monday for work.

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Nice door stop...

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man you waste no time

Lol nope. I'll grab the motor tomorrow morning.. then head into work.. have it finished by Sunday easily. I just decided to put all the stuff I got for the previous motor on the new motor as well... not sure if I'd ever notice the difference with ls7 lifters but hey at least they are new.

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Donor is home

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whats the donor story, car and miles?

looks good so far. you certainly want your car back on the road fast lol

Lol yeah Im taking my time really .. ill have it ready for work on Monday (knock on wood)

Donor car was a 2004 White CompG that was smacked in the rear. 98,180 miles. It already had LIM done but I put a new one on anyways the nIce thIck alum. Gm gaskets..Oil pan, sc, and valve covers as well. I cleaned it up... sanded and painted a few items with high temp paint the final shot should be a nice clean look.

I now have an extra set of heads, an intake manifold, injectors,ps pump, and genV sc

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Thats easily a couple hundred dollars worth of spare parts you got there.

be a cool dude.. let me have the genv before somebody dibs it