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JESSE@LFP said:The information below will show that LFP was miss-represented in posts on this thread.
This is the Bill of Lading for the original LFP Bullet Proof Short Block shipped to Mr. Holt on February 12, 2007; within 1 week that he placed his order.
This is the Bill of Lading showing Lightning Force Performance paying to have Mr. Holts LFP Short Block picked up and returned to LFP for inspection on March 22.
This is 5 working days from Mr. Holt stating LFP Short Block is now out of his truck. Keep in mind that time is needed to request a quote, arrange pick-up time, execute documents, and verify receiver is at the location in order to load shipment. We consider this time frame to be reasonable.
On this particular shipment, our carrier tried to deliver to an invalid address. This delayed the shipment at our dock ONLY 1 day; click here for documented e-mail correspondence. This was communicated to Mr. Holt and his wonderful girlfriend Angela.
Here we have a Brand New LFP Short Block ready to go to Mr. Holt on April 10th.
This would make the timeline from date of pick-up to date of drop-off ONLY 9 Business Days. Not bad when you consider we had no short blocks in stock and were waiting on 6 to be built.
Looking at the 5.4, it appears that little or no coolant was in the block. In the attached picture of the left hand (driver's side) cylinder bank, you see that the cylinder head gasket coating is stuck to the deck surface of the block. This is common when an engine has been severely overheated.
SEE PHOTO HERE
Under normal use the coating will remain with the gasket, you can see that the coating remains even over the water passages. This reinforces my thoughts that this engine was overheated for the coating to melt and completely separate from the gasket itself.
A number of pistons have severe damage to the skirt, and all of the pistons have some evidence of detonation seen from where the ceramic was lifted off of the edge of the pistons.
SEE PHOTO HERE
The piston in the picture has some small debris on the head of it. This debris could be caused from detonation or just from sheer heat but I don't want to speculate which.
SEE PHOTO HERE
The type of gasket used appears to be a felpro, not the Ford Motorsport that we provide. These type of gaskets, when overheated, will de-laminate and melt.