I started with an 97 RS shell and i got the motor assembled at NRGTech in LI, NY. MY RS shell was shot so i bought a 96 LS SE shell took as much as i could from the RS and then junked it. Thanks to NRGTech and their patience my car was out om SEP 07. Since money was tight no mods were done to it besides the motor. Car ran fine was tuned by Miller and it made 368hp at 10psi. Well to make a long story short i just blew my head gasket, i will me changing it and making mods to the car as time goes along, so here it is:

I run a chain through the hood and under the car and chain it to the floor (IM paranoid, )








Here is a small clip of my car at the dyno:

 

Oh ****, that car means business. Get in how you fit in bro.

 

Took the head out today to change the head gasket and saw this:





It seems to me my car was only running on three cylinders, posted this on the FI forum, wtf the car ran fine before I blew the gasket

 

melted pistons looks like...

 

can the car still run with melted pistons. I cant really see the detail but, how can i really tell if the pistons are melted

 

the one piston looks like it never even hit once. and you made 368 like thaT?

 

Figured the problem out, apparently when the headgasket blows the coolant steams cleans anything in its path, that is why the piston looks so clean. I was told this by the shop i got my block build at, and the FI forum.

 

By the way i did some research as to what to torque the ARP studs to. Is it 70lbs for the LS head and then after the first heat cycle re-torque again? What would be the correct way to install ARP studs on the LS head.

 

damn i guess its hard to tell from the pictures man, but it looks like melted pistons.