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From: Hartland, MI

well as title says, early this year I changed oil which looked a little metaliky, ran mobile one instead of my normal Amsoil -

been chasing high IAT temps- power drop since different pulley, 6degrees of timing 11.4 afr.

Any how did a low rpm high boost pull earlier on the way to store and lost oil pressure 3200rpm @10 lbs

truck shook pretty good let out to notice 20lbs oil pressure - within 4 miles it was down to 10lbs

at 2000 rpms

silver metal flakes on dipstick when I checked at store- got towed home - hoping to save the cam shaft- doubt it though

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From: Arlington, TX

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From: Hartland, MI

for only putting down 407 whp @ 8psi

im thinking I could make a fun lq9/243 heads decent cam make similar power with it being all motor-

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you can make that power NA with an LQ9/243 combo. I made 403hp/419tq. With baby cam in my motor and a 60e 4 years ago

im sorry to hear that the motor crapped the bed, I hope you can salvage all your parts

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From: Hartland, MI

thanks man, me too

just undecided on cam selection now- if the tr220 didn’t die with it I may use that

good to know lq9/243 will put me in similar area, what size cam?

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From: Arlington, TX

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From: NJ

I had a tsp 224/228 .581/.588 114 lsa
I also picked up a bunch of power after I went from a single 3” to a dual 3” setup that dumped before the axle

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From: Hartland, MI

been thinking about it but I don’t have the 317 heads anymore, just the 243 and if I recall the comp was 11.1:1 or close to that- I’ve read some have ran boost with it being that high on ls2 cars

curoius to what really failed- hoping to dig into it within the week to see -

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From: Hartland, MI

i was looking at that tsp 228
you gained a lot ? From exhaust change, I’m LT W/ORY to single stock 2.75 to 3” again over axle

never changed it from my old n/a setup but had plans to put a 3.5 duramax exhaust on just never had time to install it