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    one for the books

    well after reading you're post I decided I'm not going to walk on eggs with this engine and bought a mmr 900 series long block.I'll rebuild the stock one later.It wasn't cheap but living out here [300 miles to any sizable city] I didn't want to be stuck on the side of the road with a scattered...
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    one for the books

    still waiting on the adjuster, i'm going down to the shop tomorrow and see what gives.
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    one for the books

    talked to the mech today. this guy knows a ten fold more about these cars than the dealer mech here locally and about half the price.he pulled the head without pulling the motor now he's got to pull the motor for the adjuster.he's right the sound is deep and sounds like a rod knock.I've talked...
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    one for the books

    too late it's already in the shop.the dealer warranty has already expired but I've got an extended warranty and any adjuster will have to travel 400 miles to look at the car.the shop is cool about the mods and were both hoping they'll do it by phone.besides it only ran a couple of seconds after...
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    one for the books

    well pulled the head no sign of fod. the mechanic's sure it's a rod now. I have an extended 2warrnty but I doubt they'll honor it considering my recent mods,even though they were on the motor for a couple of seconds when it failed.
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    one for the books

    I would almost bet my soul something is in one of the drivers side cylinders I'm going to have the mech pull the head and see.wish me luck
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    one for the books

    I swapped the blower on my 04 convert with a kb 2.6 with all the goodies chip,bap ect.When we started it ,it ran fine for about 4 seconds then began to clatter like something fell into a cylinder.we bore scoped all the cylinders several times no sign of anything no marks scratches.pulled the...