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94cobra69ss396 · 01-29-2018, 02:55 PM

So updates to this thread. This build always burned oil, I'm not sure why but it did. Well after a couple of years it started to get blowby as well so I decided to pull it apart to see why. I couldn't really find a reason for it but I think the intake gaskets have been leaking the entire time. I was just going to re-ring it but I found a couple of cracks in the block so I started all over with another block that I already had.

The build is the same as before just with the custom cam that I had done before instead of the Comp cam I'd been using. Since I was doing it all fresh I let my kids pick the color for the engine and then we did a raffle to see who won. My younger daughter Mya won with VHT Burnt Metalic Copper. So I took my time and cleaned and painted everything. I only have 50 miles on it but it doesn't have that burnt oil smell it used to. I need to pick up a new harmonic balancer for it because the one on it is bad so it's just sitting until I can get that.

01-29-2018, 02:55 PM	#286
94cobra69ss396 Fast & Filthy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,840 Tweet	So updates to this thread. This build always burned oil, I'm not sure why but it did. Well after a couple of years it started to get blowby as well so I decided to pull it apart to see why. I couldn't really find a reason for it but I think the intake gaskets have been leaking the entire time. I was just going to re-ring it but I found a couple of cracks in the block so I started all over with another block that I already had. The build is the same as before just with the custom cam that I had done before instead of the Comp cam I'd been using. Since I was doing it all fresh I let my kids pick the color for the engine and then we did a raffle to see who won. My younger daughter Mya won with VHT Burnt Metalic Copper. So I took my time and cleaned and painted everything. I only have 50 miles on it but it doesn't have that burnt oil smell it used to. I need to pick up a new harmonic balancer for it because the one on it is bad so it's just sitting until I can get that.