I finished up the camaro 2 nights ago. fires perfectly on the first turn even with thet huge cam. I got a ride home from work today and I was showing him the car. I turned the key and it wouldnt fire. I had set the rockers perfectly.....but I pulled the socket out and went to loosen them up a bit....they were TIGHT. It didnt hit me..btu that was really strange. I got back in the car and it fired after the 3rd crank. then it started to miss and it shot a flame out the TB. I heard a knockn under the car. I was pissed, and feared that the engine was blown. :angry:
after 2 hours of contemplating what to do with this scrap. I decided to go out and tear it down to bare block and have the engine re-built. I had the valve covers off do to the fact that I have to heavily modify them to fit. I began taking the rockers off one by one passenger side then the drivers. when I got to cylinder number 7 (drivers rear) I noticed that my pushrod was missing. I'm like WTF. I call some friends over and we tear the intake manifold off it thinking that it fell in the valley. We look...nothing..no specs no nothing. Then it hit me. some one tampered with my car.
It didt make much sense until I remembered last night, my mom said she heard a deep rumble in front of the house around midnight. I went to the front window..the driveway light was on...but no one around. I looked at the camaro..didnt see anything out of the ordinary. We were looking all around the engine bay, under the car, in the grass nothing. then it hit me. the noise was coming from under the car when it tried to run. I had my buddy slide under the car and look at the torque converter. I dont have a plate that will fit around it..so it is open. he felt around and pulled out my missing pushrod.
Someone decided to tamper with my car last night. I have a person in mind that was not seen last night......which is wierd. I'm told from my mom it sounded like a dodge exhaust...which also helps this person being the culprit. :angry:
I kow I have some races setup..I know they dont want to see my car done. I never realized they would go so far. I am putting up cameras this weekend.
this just made me mad, I needed to vent. I should have this car back together by this weekend. just a minor setback. just erks me
after 2 hours of contemplating what to do with this scrap. I decided to go out and tear it down to bare block and have the engine re-built. I had the valve covers off do to the fact that I have to heavily modify them to fit. I began taking the rockers off one by one passenger side then the drivers. when I got to cylinder number 7 (drivers rear) I noticed that my pushrod was missing. I'm like WTF. I call some friends over and we tear the intake manifold off it thinking that it fell in the valley. We look...nothing..no specs no nothing. Then it hit me. some one tampered with my car.
It didt make much sense until I remembered last night, my mom said she heard a deep rumble in front of the house around midnight. I went to the front window..the driveway light was on...but no one around. I looked at the camaro..didnt see anything out of the ordinary. We were looking all around the engine bay, under the car, in the grass nothing. then it hit me. the noise was coming from under the car when it tried to run. I had my buddy slide under the car and look at the torque converter. I dont have a plate that will fit around it..so it is open. he felt around and pulled out my missing pushrod.
Someone decided to tamper with my car last night. I have a person in mind that was not seen last night......which is wierd. I'm told from my mom it sounded like a dodge exhaust...which also helps this person being the culprit. :angry:
I kow I have some races setup..I know they dont want to see my car done. I never realized they would go so far. I am putting up cameras this weekend.
this just made me mad, I needed to vent. I should have this car back together by this weekend. just a minor setback. just erks me
