Well it happened the motor popped....

[lightning_2000]

Originally Posted by boosted306

Next time I would take it to Greg in Owensboro Ky. Speedy dyno has done a few very nice cars and I have yet to hear of 1 popping, Delk on the other hand has popped several just in the past few months!

greg does good.. delk does good 2..

everybody hears the horror storys. not the good storys. i have saw quite a few delk cars run and perform dam good. 1 local has a all motor daily driven 418 lx car. pump gas all motor 7.20s in the 8th on nittos, thats shifting it easy and not pushing the tranny.
i have saw the mustang gt with lightning motor .. very nice and clean install and performs very good.

ive been to speedydyno, been to delk.. i will say delk numbers lived up to track numbers.. speedys did not.

ive saw vids of mph blowing up cars on dyno. greg himself has blowed up a few.

my buddys mph built 98 kb cobra didnt perform to its numbers.

point is these guys take a risk everytime they strap one down to dyno. who knows if the motor will hold what it should? who knows if the fuel system will fail, clutch or tranny.

if u play every now and then stuff fails and u gotta pay.

ls1killa will be back soon.. i wish him the best should be a very stout car.

[fastspec1]

Just read the thread. Absolute bummer and costly. Sounds like you are moving forward and not looking back. Keep us posted.

Ron

[meaty mac]

Originally Posted by LS1Killer

got the new shortblock. Its just beautiful. Completely built with just about every upgrade you can think of. Good for 800hp easily.

Sorry to hear about the old block. here's to this one growing to be an old man

[shivy85]

I feel your pain man. I trailered my car home from nj after i bought it and found out it had a cracked block after i got it back. glad to hear that your moving fast in to the rebuild.

[LS1PUSSOUT]

Originally Posted by shivy85

I feel your pain man. I trailered my car home from nj after i bought it and found out it had a cracked block after i got it back. glad to hear that your moving fast in to the rebuild.

yea that really sucks about the block. This is going to be a good learning experience and it has been fun getting the parts to put it all together but im pretty much broke now. Thats the thing its really fun but takes sooo much money. Sometimes I think its a bad waste of money but then again this is my only car and ill be keeping it for a loong time. If I didnt spend it on my car id blow it on clothes or junk to go in my apartment...

[WDW MKR]

Sorry to hear. Since you're having Tim tune the car, I would have gone with one of his shortblocks. Never heard good things about the DSS modular stuff. My MPH shortblock has worked out great thus far. Tim and his crew are fantastic.