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Originally Posted by rhipsher
Really? I did'nt read anywhere in this thread that he'd checked the fireing order of the pluge wires. It's an easy mistake to make. I hope you geniuses get it figured out for Pauls sake. I feel your pain Paul. Hope you get it running right buddy.
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I suspect by now this wasn't the ol girl's first dance - one melted valve and one bent one was discovered on the initial head- work.
Perspective: My other hobby is competition rifle shooting. Even after 45 years of handloading, machining cases to exact specifications, weighing bullets, powders, primers, spinning bullets to check for internal concentricity, lead lengths, throat angles, seating depth, bedding, Jewell triggers, rebuilding triggers...even then sometimes something comes out of left field. And, so it is with LT5s. If it is what we think it is, I can tell you I ain't the first this has happened to: it haz happened to some of the best in the biz (so I'm in good company!)
It "could be this and it could be that"...I'd rather not speculate until we have the issue "to ground". Once she' running again, at that time we'll write it up: what happened, how to check for it, how to fix it - before going back in the car!
Let's just say it isn't wiring - at least not at the moment. (But! I can now pull my intake plenum in under 15 minutes - and I have the coil-pack wiring memorized!) Hotrodding SBCs was all I knew before the ZR-1. The unfamiliarity with the LT5 engine, coupled with the computer aspect of it - was (for me) intimidating, initially. It still has its mysteries, and I'll be on the learning curve for some time yet. But, as anyone that has followed his wrenches (no, I didn't say "wenches"...Pete) knows, the "shadows" give way to the comfort of familiar territory.
At 7:45AM yesterday morning I took a wrench to my 100% assembled Z. By myself, working off of jack stands (no lift) and cardboard, and all the tools I collected on the first go-round, I had the engine out just after 5PM. The exhaust is up against the wall, trans on a floor jack under the car, clutch over here, plenum over there...looks like a disaster again. Hopefully, once back together, it will be the last time for a while. But, if I have to pull the motor again for some reason, other than the time to do it, it falls into the "no big deal" category; and that's a good thing. I feel like I'm learning about this one of a kind Corvette, and in spite of the setbacks, each has been a learning experience, and it would be a lie to say I wasn't enjoying the learning part at least.
However, I wanna drive it so bad I can taste it! So there's that aspect burning in me as well!
Stay "tuned"...
P.