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<blockquote data-quote="grimreefer" data-source="post: 2648874" data-attributes="member: 19205"><p>Took the car to Lamotta and he found some problems with it. Looks like it could have some bad rings as the crankcase pressure is blowing lots of oil up into the intake track which is causing it to ping slightly with only 9 degrees of timing! Dynoed it once and it only put down 385 hp. Also got more history on the car and it's not good. I bought the car because it was supposed to have forged internals. Well it turns out the connecting rods are still stock. The Vortech was originally installed incorrectly on a stock engine. No flow through the aftercooler made it eat a couple pistons. Another shop fixed the botched s/c install and tore the motor down. They only replaced the pistons though! and with J&E dishes instead of flat tops which lowered the compression ratio to 9.3:1, which in turn made it run like a turd. Who the **** takes an engine down to parade rest without throwing in better rods??? In short, it'd take about another $6000 and about 3/4 weeks to forge the motor THE RIGHT WAY. Anyway, the dealer was unaware of all this and even though I bought it "as is", they're stepping up and letting me trade back. Only problem is... they already sold my black Mach1. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> So........ they've given me an '03 GT to get around in while we're waiting for an '03 silver Cobra to be trailered in from out of state for me to look over. I'm feeling pretty sh!tty that I ever let my '04 black Mach1 go :bash: ...and no offense, but stock GT's are fuggin' slow as hell... :cuss:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grimreefer, post: 2648874, member: 19205"] Took the car to Lamotta and he found some problems with it. Looks like it could have some bad rings as the crankcase pressure is blowing lots of oil up into the intake track which is causing it to ping slightly with only 9 degrees of timing! Dynoed it once and it only put down 385 hp. Also got more history on the car and it's not good. I bought the car because it was supposed to have forged internals. Well it turns out the connecting rods are still stock. The Vortech was originally installed incorrectly on a stock engine. No flow through the aftercooler made it eat a couple pistons. Another shop fixed the botched s/c install and tore the motor down. They only replaced the pistons though! and with J&E dishes instead of flat tops which lowered the compression ratio to 9.3:1, which in turn made it run like a turd. Who the **** takes an engine down to parade rest without throwing in better rods??? In short, it'd take about another $6000 and about 3/4 weeks to forge the motor THE RIGHT WAY. Anyway, the dealer was unaware of all this and even though I bought it "as is", they're stepping up and letting me trade back. Only problem is... they already sold my black Mach1. :( So........ they've given me an '03 GT to get around in while we're waiting for an '03 silver Cobra to be trailered in from out of state for me to look over. I'm feeling pretty sh!tty that I ever let my '04 black Mach1 go :bash: ...and no offense, but stock GT's are fuggin' slow as hell... :cuss: [/QUOTE]
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