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Old 05-09-2021, 4:03pm   #21
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The only things they will do differently this time around is to do a sleeved block (they start with a 5.3 and bore it) and then the steel sleeves "may" help keep the block from blowing should I drop another valve. Also, they will be installing Johnson lifters, which are rated up to something like 9k RPM.
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Did you have a rev limiter on it when the Texas built engine blew ?
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He has 2018 sticker on the license plate. He blew up the first weekend of January, 2018. All my newer stickers are hanging on my office cabinet door.

Also, the car only has 17k miles on it.
It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.
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Did you have a rev limiter on it when the Texas built engine blew ?
Why? You going to troubleshoot over the internet?
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Did you have a rev limiter on it when the Texas built engine blew ?
Rev limiter was the stock 7,000 RPM. Because i changed the rear end ratio from 3.42 to 3.73, I think both engines puked due to mechanical over-revving. It revved so much faster with that ratio that I think it said **** it and kept going past 7k.

I do plan on returning to 3.42.
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Rev limiter was the stock 7,000 RPM. Because i changed the rear end ratio from 3.42 to 3.73, I think both engines puked due to mechanical over-revving. It revved so much faster with that ratio that I think it said **** it and kept going past 7k.

I do plan on returning to 3.42.
Ahhh.
I thought there was something amiss in that area..
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Old 05-09-2021, 4:55pm   #26
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I am looking forward to the thread on the build, but not as much as the upcoming thread on the C8.
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I hope you still have relationships with all your old sponsors because getting that wrap off at this point might require you borrow a flame thrower to heat it up enough.
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I won't tell how long my IROC has been sitting in the garage with 60k on it.
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