COCOAL's build/brag/progress thread...:)
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Lol, I don't think I'll be buying anything else, anytime soon...:rofl:
You guys just go ahead and celebrate for me:woott:
I don't know exactly how to feel about everything right now, I'm currently nervous, excited and anxious,
happy, go lucky and care free, just left the building...
sure that will pass as soon as I drive the truck again, then come back everytime I see my bank account...
It's a vicious cycle:spit:
Sorry to hear man, makes me nervous. But now comes the fun part
I say go all out. Girdle, oval pistons, Brodix heads
And go ahead and buy wehrli's triple kit for sale
Joking but it would be cool
I say go all out. Girdle, oval pistons, Brodix heads
And go ahead and buy wehrli's triple kit for sale
Joking but it would be cool
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Damn jason! That sucks to hear but I know this has been in the back of your mind that a motor build would be comin at some point.
Personally, I would bet you could pull the motor and install it, just take the motor somewhere to have it done.
If you gt any questions bud, you know my numba!
Personally, I would bet you could pull the motor and install it, just take the motor somewhere to have it done.
If you gt any questions bud, you know my numba!
ugh I hate to see threads like this, my truck just rolled over 200k miles and i have NO immediate plans to build the motor.
This makes me thing i should start considering it
This makes me thing i should start considering it
ugh I hate to see threads like this, my truck just rolled over 200k miles and i have NO immediate plans to build the motor.
This makes me thing i should start considering it
it sucks its such a crap shoot on these LBZ/LMM
Sorry to hear this news Jason Guess I know why I haven't seen your stock tune file yet... Really didn't count on you breaking it soo soon, that really sucks!
Guess I know why I haven't seen your stock tune file yet... Really didn't count on you breaking it soo soon, that really sucks!
Sorry to hear this news Jason
Id want to see the file he was running when it broke. Idk anything about Duramaxtuner but guys have made a lot more power for a lot longer time than him without issue on lbz's. Shoot there is a local guy running confederate diesel tunes with a modded vgt and I believe 100% overs and its been running strong for about 2 years now. And it gets ran hard too!
Yup, shoulda waited til I had your tunes maybe...Sorry to hear this news Jason
I didn't expect it to go so soon, or the way it did, either...
Oh well, pay to play, rolled the dice and, well...here I is
Mark, Larry, Carl-
Thanks for your time in answering all my questions and preparing me a quote, I had contacted/contracted Dustin/adrenaline to do my build and one thing led to another and I didn't hear back or talk to anyone there for a week and I got antsy and wanted to have another plan of action ready and in place for a worst case scenario, being you guys are like another 1800mi away, you were my worst case scenario, and as luck would have it, Dustin got me a core in line to be machined already and it's being prepped :angel:
Which is wonderful, as I need as quick as turn around as possible to get my truck back on the road
I would like to know what the tune file looks like as well, and was hoping to see if Rob would run it on the dyno and see what it made and looked like, even tho the engine is built now, changing a major variable, I'm sure there would be enough info gained to make an accurate assessment of the tune
The thing that's buggin me is, the engine was stil running off of a stock cp3, so maybe on a good day, that cp3 should only deliver 600-625whp....at the most...
and the tuning shouldn't have been too much more powerful, and didn't feel all that more powerful per se, than the old tuning and set up was, it just felt better until it didnt:spit:Thanks man, it was unexpected but I knew the risks involved I suppose, and as quickly as it happened, this was one of them....
Luckily
kisskiss:thankfully enough for my wife) we are capable of replacing the engine with a built one, and I believe I've got the best in the northwest for Duramax builds, working on making my dreams a reality:woott:Here's the short stack of the plan:
Carrillio's
16.0/1 Oval bowls
Billet inj. hold downs, main caps, girdle
New LB7 crank, keyed
SoCal 6480 AF cam, keyed
Welded h2o pump
New oil pump and oil cooler
Port and polish, SoCal springs, chromoly pushrods
ATP Motor mounts
PPE Dual fueler w/HSP wheel
Then have everything Dyno tuned by Rob to maximize the set up
I know a bunch a ya are sayin, you're :screwy: dude....
I'd say, nope, just :broke: most of the time, usually as a result of/due to poor decisions
:rofl::roflmao:
I'm happy to be doing work with Dustin and the guys at ATP, and want to thank him as well for his effort and time, and wish him well with school, he's a busy guy working on more than just trucks:angel:
And I hope you kick that cold buddy
Just try not to forget about me for a week at a time....
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Maybe I'm an ass, but am I the only one who LOL'd every time I read a post of the carnage followed immediately by the "proper prior planning..." Signature?
Should update that to "proper prior planning and an ATP block prevents..."
Sorry to hear about the bad luck my man. Mines about to get stripped down and tuned soon and I can't imagine having it die at a mellow 65mph cruise. Almost makes me second guess what I'm planning. Almost.
Should update that to "proper prior planning and an ATP block prevents..."
Sorry to hear about the bad luck my man. Mines about to get stripped down and tuned soon and I can't imagine having it die at a mellow 65mph cruise. Almost makes me second guess what I'm planning. Almost.
:roflmao:
:hello:
That's funny, and no you're not an ass for thinking that, as sometimes the hardest thing to do is practice what we preach, right? Yeah, I look at that statement in my sig and laugh at myself sometimes, when it comes to this stuff I so eagerly expel personal experience in trade for fancy parts, google searches and optimism
but planning only goes so far, I usually have "planned" all the failures I've experienced, they just happen much quicker in real life than in my plans....:rofl:
Not really but kinda, maybe:cool2:
but this is my experience, and thus far I'm pretty stoked, albeit broke and in the dog house with my wife for the last 3 years, but I'm always stoked about my truck:woott:Dustin gave me a real good price on a pretty extensive build that incorporates quite a few choice parts, there will be lots of labor and machining involved in my build that's not really necessary for the average build, as for cost, for the truck as a whole I can say this, it's cost me Too much...in many ways, too much
For the engine build, just enough...
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Damm LBZ's...
I had a customer crack all 8 pistons running PPE tune 2. It was still running though... Lol...
I had a customer crack all 8 pistons running PPE tune 2. It was still running though... Lol...
It was a full set of complete injectors from exergy, I got them very slightly used from a member here @ DD:thumb:
sucks!! good luck on the build! :thumb:
Thanks Russ, how's your new set up workin for ya?