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    Default MY VETTE = DEAD

    So yesterday i was driving my car at about 50 mph and 2k rpms. then all of a sudden i started to noticed this noise coming from the engine bay, didnt sound like a knock or a ping. Started to get louder and louder (sounded like a peice of metal in the dryer) i pull over to the beefobradys parking lot off of old atlanta. The fucker pretty much died on me before i could make it all the way into a spot. So I'm thinking fuck, what did I (me personally do wrong). Called GM roadside assistance, they got it up on the tow truck with no problems and off. which i parked it on the street between gwinnett place honda and gwinnett place chevy. Couldn't sleep all fucking night last night, got up at 6:40 a.m. to ride over the dealerSHIT to tell them what happen and what went wrong. We told them the truth which i was driving and so they jumped to conclusion that I fucked it up being 18 years old. My dad had to sign a form saying that they could tear apart the block and if they found anything that had been tampered with it would cost him (meaning me) 1300 dollars. They found out that a peice of metal some how got into the first piston on the driver side, it scarred the piston wall, made the cylinder head look like a dog chewed it up like a peice of wood, and the top of the cylinder is fucked. Now we are in the process of getting a new motor. My dad's friend is head of N.A. operations for GM so he is going to try to get a new LS3 and if not they will ship out a new LS2 with some ambassidor (sp) plan that my dad's friend can use to get parts faster to him, friends and/or family. Later on in the day say 6:00 p.m. Chevrolet called us and told us that the catalytic converter had come apart and went back up into the exhaust valve and basically thats the noise i heard when it first started to fuck up and thats what screwed my up my motor

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    edit : btw they gave me a sweet red 2008 grand prix to drive
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    if there are any gramatical errors please ignore them i did not look this one over after i wrote it.

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    The new LS3 is awesome. Hope you're able to get one.

    That sucks about the motor but a new, free motor is always nice.

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    that sucks dude, damn. shit like that happens when you least expect it. Good luck getting it fixed man. Keep us updated. And whats an LS3? Heard it somewhere before, can't remeber where...
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    new LS3 is from what i've heard is different heads, and 440 hp or something like that

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    That sucks.

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    Sweet, you'll be quicker. lol. Hopefully everything turns out ok..
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    got damn warranties are good





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    ^lol they dont cover understeer issues. sorry to hear about the car man hope everything gets worked out... just take the muffle off the grand prix lol

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    as long as they still make the ls2 thats what u get dont care who u know.
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    i say you get original with it and drop in a KA24DE just like they drop in ls1s and 2s

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leadfoot_mf
    as long as they still make the ls2 thats what u get dont care who u know.
    well thats the thing for the 08 corvettes they dont MAKE the ls2 anymore but i know i will end up with the ls2 most likely but theres a nice small chance i could get the ls3


    ha ya that would be very orginal..
















    and slow lol

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    lol or you could be even gayer and put a sr in it.

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    Put a 2.0l in it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LS2_KID
    new LS3 is from what i've heard is different heads, and 440 hp or something like that
    436 hp with the optional $1200 tuned exhaust. The mufflers are just like the Z06 with the doors on them. It opens around like 2800 rpm and gives it the rumble it's supposed to have, along with 6 additional more horses to play with.

    Dude, that really sucks fat horse testicles, man. I know you can't wait until you get your car back.

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    all i know is, 2009 Corvette SS is going to be BAD AS FUCK





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    That really sucks for your car, which one in your sig is it???

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    at least your getting new engine. good luck man.

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    18 with a vette lucky guy hope u get it fixed gl

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    Sux 'bout the motor.

    Now I know I'm not real bright, but splain somthin' to me. How in the phuck does a piece of metal from a cat travel UP stream against the exhaust flow/turbulance, UP through the header/manifold .... make the turn UP hill into the UP stream side of the chamber and enter the cylinder at the exact nano second the valve was open..... ?

    Sounds like either God made that shit happen or your dealer dude is trippin' hard

    Tell him I'd like a bag of that shit

    Never heard of anything like that before Sounds more like a valve seat let go and bounced around inside the chamber. I have seen that happen....

    Anyway.... good luck on the new motor-
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    Quote Originally Posted by Revmaynard64
    That really sucks for your car, which one in your sig is it???
    its the red one
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    Dude the EXACT same thing happened on my dad's 2000 impala... There was/is a recall out on the cat in that car (3.8 v6) because of some issue about the header to cat coupler is plastic, and it melts (durr), and causes some sort of reverse suction to occur, which will suck anything in the cat up the header... generally it incinerates in the high heat of the header before doing any damage, but on some of them, my dad's car included, a chunk of carbon and metal mesh made it all the way up and ate the shit out of the head. Luckily it was a warranty/recall issue, so it was fixed free... but that sucks that it happened to your vette!

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    not a big chevy person but thats gotta suck man,GL on it tho..

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    Quote Originally Posted by LS2_KID
    new LS3 is from what i've heard is different heads, and 440 hp or something like that
    its a 6.2l rated at 436, that would be awesome if they did that for you, probably be one of few 07's runing around with that, gives you a jump in base hp when it comes to adding mods, wonder if the ls2 bolt ons will match up to it, bc it would suck to have to wait around for new stuff to come out for it

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    Quote Originally Posted by xPhantomSolx
    Dude the EXACT same thing happened on my dad's 2000 impala... There was/is a recall out on the cat in that car (3.8 v6) because of some issue about the header to cat coupler is plastic, and it melts (durr), and causes some sort of reverse suction to occur, which will suck anything in the cat up the header... generally it incinerates in the high heat of the header before doing any damage, but on some of them, my dad's car included, a chunk of carbon and metal mesh made it all the way up and ate the shit out of the head. Luckily it was a warranty/recall issue, so it was fixed free... but that sucks that it happened to your vette!
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    same thing happened with my suspension at the fucking hyundai dealership. lower control arm broke and they blamed it on "aftermarket bolts" and shit.$1,600.

    fags.


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    Nissan had a similar recall on V6 Frontier trucks for the same thing.

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    I dont know where yall are getting your numbers from but everything I have read about the ls3 is that its 450hp. I may be wrong but thats what I have read about the camaro. I kind of doubt that GM would stop making the ls2 just yet. I am sure you can buy a crate motor all day long. I am sure you could go to the dealer and buy a ls1 or ls6 if you wanted, neither engine is any production Gm at this time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
    Now I know I'm not real bright, but splain somthin' to me. How in the phuck does a piece of metal from a cat travel UP stream against the exhaust flow/turbulance, UP through the header/manifold .... make the turn UP hill into the UP stream side of the chamber and enter the cylinder at the exact nano second the valve was open..... ?
    I called GM's technicial department and asked this very same question. They said it can happen because their cars suck. LOLOLOLOLOL

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    How in the hell did he get a new vette at age 18?
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    Quote Originally Posted by josh green
    I dont know where yall are getting your numbers from but everything I have read about the ls3 is that its 450hp. I may be wrong but thats what I have read about the camaro. I kind of doubt that GM would stop making the ls2 just yet. I am sure you can buy a crate motor all day long. I am sure you could go to the dealer and buy a ls1 or ls6 if you wanted, neither engine is any production Gm at this time.

    Your source is innacurate. The new LS3 motor is 436max with an upgraded exhaust option for the '08 C6 coming out in November.


    There have already been 506rwhp LS3 C6's coming out with a cam and bolt ons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Badger
    Nissan had a similar recall on V6 Frontier trucks for the same thing.
    The first release of the Nissan QR25DE had the same recall. Disintegrating pre-cat was getting sucked back into the engine and scoring cylinder walls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
    Sux 'bout the motor.

    Now I know I'm not real bright, but splain somthin' to me. How in the phuck does a piece of metal from a cat travel UP stream against the exhaust flow/turbulance, UP through the header/manifold .... make the turn UP hill into the UP stream side of the chamber and enter the cylinder at the exact nano second the valve was open..... ?

    Sounds like either God made that shit happen or your dealer dude is trippin' hard

    Tell him I'd like a bag of that shit

    Never heard of anything like that before Sounds more like a valve seat let go and bounced around inside the chamber. I have seen that happen....

    Anyway.... good luck on the new motor-
    I was wondering the same thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobbieDB
    I was wondering the same thing.

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    Just kidding.

    Acura torque

    Just joking too...sort of.

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    Sucks that you had the problem but, it sounds like you may be getting upgraded

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    Quote Originally Posted by Z28
    Acura torque

    Just joking too...sort of.
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    well today i think i am going to go to chevrolet and post pics of the motor, just so yall can see the damage, my dad told me its the deepest scratch on a piston wall he has seen on a street car and back in his day (the 60s) he used to be big into dragging, so i guess that is pretty deep..

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    I'm still curious as to how you own a Vette at age 18...
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