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02-12-2016, 11:00 AM | #45 | |
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If you've had a rod bearing let go, the least you can do is a crankshaft kit, which isn't too costly compared to other options. Next step up is a short block, but you need to have the existing head checked very carefully to make sure there's no bearing debris in any of the oil galleries or the variable cam-timing equipment, since they're driven by oil pressure. A long-block rebuild is going to be expensive, but you may be able to get by at $10K if you choose a non-Dinan rebuild. As long as it's all done with OEM-quality parts or better, it should be ok. Might depend on whether you can re-use your existing turbos or if you need those replaced as well (thinking about turbo bearings here - if the oil was contaminated, it could cause issues in this area).
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02-13-2016, 10:10 AM | #46 | |
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For $10k you can buy a refurbed engine and a single turbo kit and make way more power reliably than a Dinan engine. |
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02-13-2016, 12:06 PM | #47 |
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I'd get exact details from Dinan on what their rebuild service consists of. When I was involved with the GM F body crowd, the same was being said about Lingenfelter. I just know that a LPE 383 was a victim of a nitrous malfunction. A solenoid malfunction resulted in tons of nitrous being injected into the engine. Normally, an engine would be toast from this; I know first hand about this. But the engine just shut down. He pulled over. Let the car sit for a bit, resolved the nitrous leak, and fired the engine right back up.
Also, when some of the car mags were doing tuner shoot outs, companies like Vortex, Paxton, Callaway, etc were trailering in their cars. Lingenfelter drove his car (sometimes it was a customer's car) to the shoot out. The reviewers beat the piss out of the cars. And Lingenfelter drove the car back. Talk about producing power AND reliability. |
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