Almost Had to Buy Another Motor Last Night

[Jamest]

Well, I almost had to buy another motor? Running hard on the street and bumped the shifter into neutral. I watched the tach rev b/w 5500 and 6000. I thought I was going to spin a bearing or watch a piston fly out of the hood. Did I mention this truck has a turbo? Yeah, when I let off it was hitting 4 PSI on the down slope. I ran the motor later on and it seemed to run fine. I guess I just got lucky! I know not to do that any more.

Jamest

[bud8fan]

i did almost the same thing the other day showing up some ricer with dual fart cans accept i dropped it down into 2nd cause it will spin 1,2 and up into 3rd if i dont watch it...anyway i took off around them and it hit 2nd gear and slammed off the 6400 rev limit twice before i got outta it scared tha schitt outta me but i still kicked their ass i got new tires now so it shouldnt be so bad...for a couple of weeks anyway

[Tim Z]

good kill bud8! thats defintley a scary thing when you free rev your engine like that, glad all is well!

[Jamest]

Scary, nothing I hate more than a motor to free spin at 6000 rpms. I hate to say it, but I had an old Muuustang 67. I did the same thing with that motor on the track and was less fortunate. I had to rebuild. Did get a 13.5 out of it. 289 s are strong motors when built right. They rap up so fast, but not much on the top end. Anyway, the 6.0L is good as far as I can tell. Doesn't miss and idles smooth. I guess I was just lucky

jamest><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tim Z &#064; Feb 15 2006, 09&#58;12 AM) [snapback]44503[/snapback]</div>

good kill bud8&#33; thats defintley a scary thing when you free rev your engine like that, glad all is well&#33;
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[farmtruc]

This isn&#39;t very good, the engine should have blown so you&#39;d have an excuse to build a built engine, LOL, jk, glad everything is ok&#33;

To be honest, 6,000rpms isn&#39;t very high at all. When I had my 6.0L in my truck, I&#39;d hit the limiter very ofter at 7,000rpms towards the end when the trans would randomly slip on the topend end, never missed a beat. The yellow truck that is always getting stuff, has a high shift point as well, it&#39;s all stock. Another HD just left here with 10psi sts we setup and it shifts at 6,000rpms, still running strong.
I bet these engines can take 7500rpms and not break. Ask vv8 hahahaha&#33; I&#39;d put money down on it that 8000rpms is possible, I don&#39;t know how many times, but at least once and live.

Anyone want to try it out LOL?

[vv8]

yep allen was in the truck tuneing i told him the wrong mph and we hit like 7400 to 7500 twice on that run, now the motor didn&#39;t like it but it did it lol.

[bud8fan]

yea it&#39;s scarry as shit when the tires break loose or tranny slips and you bounce off the rev limiter thou

[Jamest]

If I had blown it, I have my eye on a 6.0L out of an Esc. Caddy. A guy at work has one and is thinking of selling it to me. 345HP stock. It has less than 10,ooo mls on it. I bet Allen could really make this baby run. Maybe I&#39;ll put it in a old 69 Camaro or 60&#39;s stepside pickup. The possiblities are endless.

Thanks,
Jamest<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jamest &#064; Feb 15 2006, 10&#58;09 AM) [snapback]44512[/snapback]</div>

Scary, nothing I hate more than a motor to free spin at 6000 rpms. I hate to say it, but I had an old Muuustang 67. I did the same thing with that motor on the track and was less fortunate. I had to rebuild. Did get a 13.5 out of it. 289 s are strong motors when built right. They rap up so fast, but not much on the top end. Anyway, the 6.0L is good as far as I can tell. Doesn&#39;t miss and idles smooth. I guess I was just lucky

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