It's on! Finally swapping the engine!
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JAMMAN
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Nice 
What happened to the original motor? Didn't look too bad for 217...
What happened to the original motor? Didn't look too bad for 217...
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Yea and what's up with this new one? Any upgrades to it or just a stock motor going back in?
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jotin
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Original motor just had some light smoke and burned a little bit of oil. Still ran great. As far as the newer motor. It's an 06 Rt charger longblock. I put the 6.1 springs and pushrods with a comp 268 cam . I found out also. There is a small spacer in the end of the crank that HAS to be removed before installing into a truck because the rt nag converters input shaft is smaller. The truck converter would not fit. I ended up having to pull the transmission to find that out. Lol
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. I found out also. There is a small spacer in the end of the crank that HAS to be removed before installing into a truck because the rt nag converters input shaft is smaller. The truck converter would not fit. I ended up having to pull the transmission to find that out. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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You can finish that by tomorrow morning easy.
get on it!
get on it!
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Never doubted you, fam.
Where's our video?
Where's our video?
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jotin
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I'll upload it tonight. My connection here at my work sucks. And our wifi in the shop sucks even worse lol.
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Awesome dude!!
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https://vimeo.com/185164857
In all it's glory. The tune isn't in the truck yet. I'll do that Monday. Ran out of time today.
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In all it's glory. The tune isn't in the truck yet. I'll do that Monday. Ran out of time today.
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Sounds great. It was a Comp 268 you installed right?
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jotin
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jotin
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Anyone out there know a good tuner that will do work on the side. My guy is taking. FOREVER to get bAck with me and I'm getting frustrated. I just don't have a lot of money to spend. And I understand yes tuning is a pain but I really could use some help. My guy charges me 100 bucks, he's tuned vehicle for me before Wich is why he's so cheap for me. But please let me know if u guys know anyone. I'd appreciate it. Thanks
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I'm curious to see how well that 268 gets tuned on that 03 PCM lol.
CorDog009
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Do you think the old motor had bad rings? Could have just been valve guide seals for like $20-30.
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jotin
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It's been a pain so far this thing does NOT like to idle lol. But we are getting there. It idles normally now, it dies every so often at a stop sign mainly if I'm turning. It's been interesting to say the least. Doing some more logging tomorrow. The only issue I'm having besides the dying at a stop is having a "system too rich" code from the PCM.
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jotin
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I don't think the rings were bad, it ran perfectly, just smoked a tiny bit when it started up. I'm gonna end up just selling the motor that came out of it. I have some gaskets for it and some valve seals. But at this point it could just use a good refreshing and cleaning.
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