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Uncle Paul
02-01-2006, 08:47 AM
And go into 2nd gear?
You tell me. LOL!
(Thankfully this was not my car.)
Fenster
02-01-2006, 03:11 PM
Here is a better one...
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=439293
Uncle Paul
02-01-2006, 03:23 PM
There you are!
It just amazes me that the LS1 can take that kind of beating and still run strong.
Brings a tear to my eye. :D
RedBullZ
02-01-2006, 09:35 PM
I did that in a 305 and all it did was throw the water pump/fan belt.
Fenster
02-02-2006, 09:09 AM
The pushrods in these cars are weak as shit. Way too many guys have bent them on just hitting the rev limiter etc... Should have had hardened from the factory IMO.
Chris 96 WS6
02-02-2006, 11:02 AM
The pushrods in these cars are weak as shit. Way too many guys have bent them on just hitting the rev limiter etc... Should have had hardened from the factory IMO.

There's a reason they are bent. And the reason is the same reason the ONLY thing you damaged was the pushrods.

IMO it was pretty smart of GM to set it up that way. Pushrods are a lot cheaper than a lot of other things you could have broken.
Fenster
02-02-2006, 01:10 PM
There's a reason they are bent. And the reason is the same reason the ONLY thing you damaged was the pushrods.

IMO it was pretty smart of GM to set it up that way. Pushrods are a lot cheaper than a lot of other things you could have broken.


Very good point. B/c its a lot harder to change valves and more expensive also.
Uncle Paul
02-02-2006, 01:21 PM
That's the truth! Have you looked into what GM wants for the LS6 valves? Crazy money!
cyphur_traq
02-02-2006, 02:15 PM
if only more folks would realize why the pushrods are weak - and why to move to hardened pushrods when you move up to a bigger cam.
2MuchRiceMakesMeSick
02-02-2006, 11:41 PM
Yep, Its a hell of alot easier to replace push rods compared to valves
ls1geezer
02-03-2006, 12:39 PM
Push rods are fuses for your valves.
silver-mod-o
02-17-2006, 05:01 PM
pushrods are kinda like "crumple zones" for the motor... I have seen this before where they fail in avoidance of something else very major going wrong.
ss rally red
02-21-2006, 08:04 PM
Things break(LOL)
Phoenix 5.7
02-21-2006, 09:38 PM
i got hardened pushrods to install when i put my F13 in soon. hope i don't ever bend valves, but with an agressive cam and strong valvesprings, its a necessity
cyphur_traq
02-22-2006, 03:56 PM
i wouldn't put something like an F13 in my car w/o hardened pushrods.


oh wait - i already haver an F13 and chromemoly pushrods in my motor. DOH!!!