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89' Saleen drag car coming out of retirement.
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<blockquote data-quote="365 Saleen" data-source="post: 16776974" data-attributes="member: 201889"><p>BTW, the build at that point was a 363, 4.125 bore by 3.4" stroke. The prevbious build from 5 years before was a 9.2:1 358 cid (4.090 bore) That long block cost just over $25K and ran great for over 4 years.</p><p>Back to the story/tragedy...</p><p>I set the heads on the shortblock and start installing the head studs. I get done with the passenger side, and am installing the studs on the drivers side, get all the way to the last one, bottom/rear and find out the stud will only go in halfway. So I swap it out with a different stud, inspect the threads on both studs and still, only halfway. Another WTF? Pull all of the studs out, remove the cylinder head and inspect the bolt hole and son-of-a-bitch, the bolt hole is stripped out of that hole. I am pretty pissed off at this point. Pull the engine back out and take it to the machine shop and said WTF? They instantly said "it was like that when you brought it in". I said, no it was not, and even if it was...Why TF did you not address the issue? "we forgot". BS, utter BS. They ended up heli-coiling that hole. It took them 3 days to get the right heli-coil and then I watched them do the repair.</p><p>Get the repaired block back to the house and install it back in the car and get ready to install the heads and I just sit there staring at the engine wondering WTF else did they screw up.</p><p>I got the invoice and really gave it a good look over and noticed that there was no oil pump billed. Again, I specifically asked for a new oil pump, I did not want a pump with 4+ seasons of racing on it re-used. I pull the engine back out of the car, pull the pan off, and sure as shit, the old oil pump is installed on my fresh rebuild.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="365 Saleen, post: 16776974, member: 201889"] BTW, the build at that point was a 363, 4.125 bore by 3.4" stroke. The prevbious build from 5 years before was a 9.2:1 358 cid (4.090 bore) That long block cost just over $25K and ran great for over 4 years. Back to the story/tragedy... I set the heads on the shortblock and start installing the head studs. I get done with the passenger side, and am installing the studs on the drivers side, get all the way to the last one, bottom/rear and find out the stud will only go in halfway. So I swap it out with a different stud, inspect the threads on both studs and still, only halfway. Another WTF? Pull all of the studs out, remove the cylinder head and inspect the bolt hole and son-of-a-bitch, the bolt hole is stripped out of that hole. I am pretty pissed off at this point. Pull the engine back out and take it to the machine shop and said WTF? They instantly said "it was like that when you brought it in". I said, no it was not, and even if it was...Why TF did you not address the issue? "we forgot". BS, utter BS. They ended up heli-coiling that hole. It took them 3 days to get the right heli-coil and then I watched them do the repair. Get the repaired block back to the house and install it back in the car and get ready to install the heads and I just sit there staring at the engine wondering WTF else did they screw up. I got the invoice and really gave it a good look over and noticed that there was no oil pump billed. Again, I specifically asked for a new oil pump, I did not want a pump with 4+ seasons of racing on it re-used. I pull the engine back out of the car, pull the pan off, and sure as shit, the old oil pump is installed on my fresh rebuild. [/QUOTE]
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