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Offline FearThisGTA

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It finally happened...
« on: May 29, 2010, 07:21:00 PM »
Today at 4:07pm in Stockbridge, Ga. with 305,231 miles on the clock. The motor in the bird died.   :what:Well, it might as well be dead. It has a really bad knock, and squeal coming bottom end of the motor.  A moment of silence for such an outstanding motor....  :(   :'(

Now that I have the time( not the money,lol),  :hrmm: I will have more than enough time to build a new motor the way I want.   >:D  :w00t:
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Cliff Jones
1991 Trans Am GTA
5.7L TPI w/ 305,231 MILES
ON THE ORIGINAL MOTOR!!!
Time of death on motor 4:07pm on 05/29/2010.
Hp;211.2@4200rpms/Tq;328.5lb of tq@2700rpms.
Best et: 13.959 @ 97.05mph
Best mph: 98.39 mph
Best 60' : 1.875
Best RT: .039

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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2010, 09:31:34 PM »
...and I've got it recorded too...it looks like on the first dyno run, there's a puff of smoke right before the rev limiter and then it pours smoke out the tailpipes on the deceleration.  You can hear it's not running quite right before the pull.  I got a glipse of the tailpipe on the 2nd pull too, and there's more smoke coming out.  I was at the front of the car on the 3rd pull and you can really hear that the motor isn't right when you listen closely to the recording.  None of this was obvious at the time, but the tape really shows what happened...

It was knocking VERY badly when we got to Stockbridge.  I pulled into WalMart to wait for Cliff and I could hear how bad the motor sounded from 50 yds away...

RIP to the L98....good luck with v2.0!
« Last Edit: May 30, 2010, 11:39:50 AM by BandDirector »
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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2010, 10:04:35 PM »
RIP!
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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2010, 11:14:56 PM »
sorry i missed your call cliff.  your number has been changed since i got it last and it always comes in "restricted" or whatever so i can't see your number.  let me know what i can do to help.
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Offline NXZ28

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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2010, 04:51:46 AM »
300K+!!  Wow!  That engine deserves a head stone and a 21 gun salute.  I thought my truck had alot of miles on it.  200K and still running.
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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2010, 05:40:04 AM »
Quote from: thirdgenbum on May 29, 2010, 11:14:56 PM
sorry i missed your call cliff.  your number has been changed since i got it last and it always comes in "restricted" or whatever so i can't see your number.  let me know what i can do to help.

No biggie. As soon as I rejoin the work force, I will be getting with you, to build a monster. (I hope).
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Cliff Jones
1991 Trans Am GTA
5.7L TPI w/ 305,231 MILES
ON THE ORIGINAL MOTOR!!!
Time of death on motor 4:07pm on 05/29/2010.
Hp;211.2@4200rpms/Tq;328.5lb of tq@2700rpms.
Best et: 13.959 @ 97.05mph
Best mph: 98.39 mph
Best 60' : 1.875
Best RT: .039

Offline j99fbody

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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2010, 08:42:49 AM »
that sucks but to get 300K miles out of it is pretty amazing. It was good to meet you guys earlier at the dyno.
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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2010, 08:43:29 AM »
Yeah, it was. We had a good time.
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Cliff Jones
1991 Trans Am GTA
5.7L TPI w/ 305,231 MILES
ON THE ORIGINAL MOTOR!!!
Time of death on motor 4:07pm on 05/29/2010.
Hp;211.2@4200rpms/Tq;328.5lb of tq@2700rpms.
Best et: 13.959 @ 97.05mph
Best mph: 98.39 mph
Best 60' : 1.875
Best RT: .039

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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2010, 08:50:48 AM »
sorry to hear that cliff...but glad you got 305,000 out of it!

good luck with version 2.0
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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2010, 09:45:51 PM »
i have 147,000 on my bird, can only dream it would go that far. sry she died on you man.......................................................
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Re: It finally happened...
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2010, 08:02:41 AM »
wow, that motor had a long productive life..
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