Ok shoot me this is more 4.6 related than it is sn95. BUt i do own one so dont hate to much. ANYWAY. I had my 95vert for a little over a year. LOVED IT( some mods done previously) so when i got married, my wife decided she wanted one too but auto. So i agreed just to get rid of the malibu she had that had already been through a motor or two. We found an 03 gt convertible at a great price. Took-er home blah blah. Made a few passes at the local strip to see what-up....14.6 at 91mph ok..so lifes just PERFECT? right?? WRONG.
exactly 90 days after we purchased the pig we were headed home from the bank after dropping 3k on our loan from the sale of the malibu when.....all of a sudden! BOOOOOOOM . It took a major SHIT. Popped the hood, to find an entire coil missing with pieces everywhere and not a drop of coolant in 'er. well, come to find out, the crossover on the intake, where it bolts from underneath the intake, had split on the 1/4 inch of composite intake material and lost all the coolant, but it never ran hot? sensor is in the crossover-there was no coolant temp to sense! TRASH. So the teardown begins, found #3 combustion chamber split..(how the coil shot out) ordered two new heads, gasket kit and a pro products aluminum intake, plenum, and tb. And a full set of msd coils and new plugS and timing chains. Installed...... cranked...it was missing. BAD like i didnt change anything.
pissed of at the money i wasted, it was time to delve furthur into this whore. motor came out, found #3 piston ring lands smashed together. After much digging into my now shallow pockets i managed to find a low mile used 98 long block. my idea was to retro fit the short block, use my PI heads and make a few more horsies. well i got lazy and this project moved to the side. I bought my wife a beater to drive while i fixxed the stang- a 2nd gen SHO lol. More story too come later im hungry and headed for TEXAS-ROADHOUSE!
exactly 90 days after we purchased the pig we were headed home from the bank after dropping 3k on our loan from the sale of the malibu when.....all of a sudden! BOOOOOOOM . It took a major SHIT. Popped the hood, to find an entire coil missing with pieces everywhere and not a drop of coolant in 'er. well, come to find out, the crossover on the intake, where it bolts from underneath the intake, had split on the 1/4 inch of composite intake material and lost all the coolant, but it never ran hot? sensor is in the crossover-there was no coolant temp to sense! TRASH. So the teardown begins, found #3 combustion chamber split..(how the coil shot out) ordered two new heads, gasket kit and a pro products aluminum intake, plenum, and tb. And a full set of msd coils and new plugS and timing chains. Installed...... cranked...it was missing. BAD like i didnt change anything.
pissed of at the money i wasted, it was time to delve furthur into this whore. motor came out, found #3 piston ring lands smashed together. After much digging into my now shallow pockets i managed to find a low mile used 98 long block. my idea was to retro fit the short block, use my PI heads and make a few more horsies. well i got lazy and this project moved to the side. I bought my wife a beater to drive while i fixxed the stang- a 2nd gen SHO lol. More story too come later im hungry and headed for TEXAS-ROADHOUSE!
