I thought he was saying "it was lucky it was not out in the middle of nowhere" rather than claiming it wasn't rebuilt. Original sentence sounded suss to me as well.
But a rebuilt wouldn't mean anything, as you say, would be rebuilt with the same shithouse parts. 60-100kms was usually when they went so it was just a ticking bomb. Hopefully the damage isn't too extensive
Still extraordinary they used the same crap parts even with so many failures. $19k for q rebuild so yep the same callaway rip off crap sold to hsv
Glad it was not too bad and good luck with the repairs and power upgrades.
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Thanks for the info Macca, I'll be following this.
Hope I'm not hijacking your thread (as it is in the same vein) but my VX GTS has only gentle 25k on it & is still bog standard, so I guess that I should replace the springs before they break. Any suggestions on what else should be done (not after increase in performance, it's just the wifes toy).
Cheers.
There is another thread on the callaway gts issues so lots of info on that. The metal or metal treatment is the cause. Springs crack, pushrods wear and the cam lobes pit badly. I have a photo in my photobucket somewhere (3000photos) of what the cams look like after the wear happens. Basically tiny pit holes all over the lobes.
Well the GTS has been moved to my new place, once i finish moving this week i have organised a few mates to come round and help me to start stripping the motor down to see if there is anymore damage.
The heads will be taken to a local shop to be machined, looking at taking about 0.070 off them
Cam am going with 216/226 .598" 112LSA
And hopefully just springs, lifters and pushrods as the motor only has 128XXXkms on it.
Cheers
Maccas
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Some good pics/info in here....
http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=101031
The one with 70k on the clock is somewhat scarey!
Well the motor is pretty much all stripped down now, this weekend the cam etc will be out.
So far so good on damage only minor damage to some of the rollers, will be interesting to see the cam condition. Pistons seem find no issues there.
Cheers
Maccas
It's Black , its waiting to pounce , the beast !! Soon to Awake
70thou is a lot off the heads, It may cause inlet manifold alignment problems and tight piston to valve clearences with a decent size cam.
I wouldn't take much more than 20 thou off.
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