Saw a ZO6 blow its motor this morning

[black96snake]

So I'm going down the highway this morning in my G/F's car (91 protege: 1.8 liters of DOHC fury baby! The cobra is in the shop getting blown:burnout

Anyway I'm running late for this meeting and I'm kind of hauling when up the road I see a huge puff of smoke going down the road, I mean it is engulfing all 4 lanes of traffic and I can smell the oil. I figure its just some old pos because I can't even see the car that is responsible for this huge oil cloud. Well as I get closer I can kind of see the back of the car and wait a second....hey I think thats a vette.
Smoke is pouring out of the back and it looked like it was leaving a trail on the pavement, so I move over to the far left lane and start to pass the vette when I realize that its not just any vette but a new ZO6. I felt really bad for the guy, he just kind of look over towards me as I passed with a hopless/embarrssed look on his face. I wanted to stop and help him but I was already late and really couldn't have done anything for him.

Best I can figure it blew because.....well I guess because it's a chebby.:shrug:

 

[Ryan]

sucks to be him...

 

[03soniccobra01]

Must have done a fly by on a ricer....then pop!

 

[LocoGT]

Originally posted by black96snake
Best I can figure it blew because.....well I guess because it's a chebby.:shrug:

Ignorance at its finest

 

[T-Bolt]

Sucks to be him...

 

[black96snake]

Re: Re: Saw a ZO6 blow its motor this morning

Originally posted by LT1Z28
Ignorance at its finest

Oh come on, you cant take a little gm humor. This is a ford site ya know.

 

[Spritle]

Re: Re: Re: Saw a ZO6 blow its motor this morning

Originally posted by black96snake
Oh come on, you cant take a little gm humor. This is a ford site ya know.

Chevy people don't have a sense of humor.

 

[LocoGT]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Saw a ZO6 blow its motor this morning

Originally posted by Spritle
Chevy people don't have a sense of humor.

I'm a car person. Loyal to no brand. I'm looking for a 5.0 to replace my GTP so

 

[ChicagoMike]

He probably mis-shifted when downshifting. People that are new to stick or just idiots sometimes do this. It's good to know what MPH to drop it too. Maybe he was going for 3rd and hit 1st. Ouch.

 

[gmynko]

... or maybe he slapped a blower on it without modding the internals or running too much boost. Then he's really screwed.

 

[Big Vito]

If Im above a cetain speed mine wont let me shift into first, I have to be almost stopped to do it

Originally posted by ChicagoMike
He probably mis-shifted when downshifting. People that are new to stick or just idiots sometimes do this. It's good to know what MPH to drop it too. Maybe he was going for 3rd and hit 1st. Ouch.

 

[Big Vito]

I almost forgot Im calling BS

 

[wals9331]

Maybe he did the "drain all the oil out of the motor mod". I heard its a really good weight reduction on the Z06

 

[black96snake]

Originally posted by chunkysoup
I almost forgot Im calling BS

call bs all you want chunk but that thing was smoking like a mosquito fogger.

 

[Big Vito]

Originally posted by black96snake
call bs all you want chunk but that thing was smoking like a mosquito fogger.

:lol:
think why Im calling bs. besides me being sarcastic:beer:
black

 

[black96snake]

ahh, yes the sarcasm runs strong with you. And I need to pay more attention to previous posts.

 

[Big Vito]

does it run that strong? I kust showered.
Ill let the rest of the people know.
I called BS because it is a Chevy and they "dont break down"

Originally posted by black96snake
ahh, yes the sarcasm runs strong with you. And I need to pay more attention to previous posts.

 

[sharkbite]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Saw a ZO6 blow its motor this morning

Originally posted by Spritle
Chevy people don't have a sense of humor.

Yes we do. Some of us are just dingleberries.:smmon:

 

[roushraven]

What's the BFD if it was a blown motor :shrug: ??? All cars are subject to blown engines even the mighty terminator Cobra on stock boost.

 

[monkeyspunk79]

Mechanical over-rev from a downshift into the wrong gear?

KaBOOM!!!