Recent content by KaBoom

Re: How much money invested in your syty? I bought my Sy about seven years ago for $19,000. It was running so bad that it needed $800 worth of work just to pass the state inspection. Since then, I have spent over $31,000 for repairs and upgrades. The good news is that I now have over 1000...

Re: what did u guy pay for your trucks? I bought my SY in 12/97 for $18K. It had around 26K miles on it. I have receipts for over $27K in upgrades and repairs. The current mileage is 41K. I will be selling the SY soon. On the other (happy) end of my vehicle buying experience, I bought a much...

I have been waiting for a chance to publicly thank Gilbert Driveline for their product and servive. I know that you will like the Gilbert driveshaft. I broke two factory units and one builtup local product before I had my Gilbert installed two weeks ago. This unit appears to be bulletproof. As...

Is tomorrow night still on for the Tower Shops? If so, what time and what location will everyone meet? Today is 55 weeks since I had use of my Sy and the motor is still out of the truck. I will be driving my '86GN. KaBoom

Today is one year since my motor broke (not counting the 45 minutes that the first rebuild ran back in October). A lot of this time was taken up finding out what the original engine builder was going to do about his faulty work (answer nothing). The machine shop work on my new block, crank and...

I would like to have my truck back for this get together, however, the motor is still out of it. As a matter of fact, two weeks from today is one year since the truck blew-up. I don't have a problem with any Friday that you guys choose but my past experience has been that parking spaces (in the...

I second the Tower Shops as a good meeting place. Easy to get to (just south of I-595 and University Drive) plus you get a free car show every Friday night.

Thanks for the supporting comments. It is a little comforting to hear that I am not the only one that has had this kind of bad luck. The pan is off and I'm trying to get the machine shop that did the block work to look at the motor while it is still in the truck. I hope that the block is not...

Since my last post, I have had the turbo pieces cleaned out of the intercooler, the blown turbo replaced with a larger one and a 3500 stall speed converter installed. The motor has no turbo lag, however it has only been run for 10 minutes during the last month. This is due to the fact that the...

Update! Several of you guys were right on target. My turbo was destroyed by a couple of nuts and bolts that vibrated loose from inside of the cold air box. One of the nuts was still inside of the turbo. The intercooler trapped the other turbo pieces and the rest of the engine is not damaged. I...

I won't have anything in the way of updates on my engine until it is torn apart later this week (I hope). I did want to offer my $0.02 concerning break-in since nobody else explained how important it is. Rather than going into the details of why almost every cam company supplies cam lube with...

Thanks to those of you that have shown a continued interest in my truck problems. I am located in the greater Ft. Lauderdale area. I'm not sure of the brand name of my fuel pump or the adjustable fuel pressure regulator, however, I believe that the fuel pump is rated at 255 lph. I can be...

Thanks for the reply, Sy769. The turbo and intercooler are stock. I was afraid to upgrade the turbo because the engine is running the highest output fuel pump that we could find and it still has a marginal fuel supply. I don't think that there was anything left in the intake because the engine...

My name is Mark and this is my first post. I have been following this site for over a year and have found the references to suggested modifications and equipment very helpful. I bought a bone stock Syclone (#651) several years ago even though it was in poor running condition. I found a local...