Bah. Anyone got a short block for sale?

[LawrenceF]

As mine sounds a lot like its rattling its ends. Stock or modified, I just need to get it back on the road ASAP as it's my daily.

[tinker-27]

rebuild it, it does not take that long and it might be cheaper,

[ringram]

1 Word.

"Stroker!"

[LawrenceF]

Surely you mean FI Rich? LOL

[ringram]

FO maybe, but not FI
Though a Stroker is valid even for those with faulty logic

Edited by ringram on Friday 8th January 12:23

[S800VXR]

tinker-27 said:

rebuild it, it does not take that long and it might be cheaper,

Maybe if you did it yea!!

[monkfish2]

S800VXR said:

tinker-27 said:

rebuild it, it does not take that long and it might be cheaper,

Maybe if you did it yea!!

If parts are in atock, should be quick, we turned around an engine rebuild on a VXR8 inside a week.

[Boosted LS1]

What's rattling, shells or lifters? Does the rattle happen at certain times or is it constant?

[LawrenceF]

Was pretty convinced it was lifters, so did an oil change to see if it quietened down. It still sounded like lifters, so I drove it home and my oil pressure started dropping, and now sounds rattly under load. I'll hopefully find out what the damage is this week when it gets stripped down.

[Boosted LS1]

You may be lucky and just need to drop the sump and replace the shells. Is it high or low mileage?

[LawrenceF]

40k, so it's not that high. Fingers crossed...

[stevieturbo]

I'd be more worried as to why at 40k it's having such a problem !

[Boosted LS1]

That was my thought to. I had thought of piston slap as another possibility but the OP reported an oil pressure drop. So shells, pump, pickup etc.