Not much fun
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From: Palm Coast, FL
Not much fun
Hey guys, Sal here. Well, I pulled the head off the truck today at work. I didn't really want to put the third motor in until later in the year when I wasn't using it, so I was really hoping for my dead cylinder to be head related. Thankfully I've already had the motor out and partially apart, so I went in knowing most of what I had to do. Nice part was the drivers head came off with the Bassani header still attached. Made life much easier 
. Pulled the head, and checked the piston and cylinder first. No signs of damage. Whew. Checked the head, and there it was, a bent intake valve. At least it was that simple and I don't have to yank the motor yet. Looks like when the spark plug exploded part of the electrode jammed between the valve face and seat, and bent it. No doubting that, these valves are really tiny and thin. All other chambers looked good, nice and light brown, no signs of running lean. Just gotta order up the parts to put it back together, and hopefully if they come this week, I'll be back at the track testing more stuff
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SAL - TEAM PSP
Best ET 13.09 Best MPH 104.58mph Best 60ft 1.87
Power Surge Performance 99 Lightning Chip and Filter Kit, full Bassani Exhaust, M/T ET Streets PowerSurgePerf@aol.com
. Pulled the head, and checked the piston and cylinder first. No signs of damage. Whew. Checked the head, and there it was, a bent intake valve. At least it was that simple and I don't have to yank the motor yet. Looks like when the spark plug exploded part of the electrode jammed between the valve face and seat, and bent it. No doubting that, these valves are really tiny and thin. All other chambers looked good, nice and light brown, no signs of running lean. Just gotta order up the parts to put it back together, and hopefully if they come this week, I'll be back at the track testing more stuff ------------------
SAL - TEAM PSP
Best ET 13.09 Best MPH 104.58mph Best 60ft 1.87
Power Surge Performance 99 Lightning Chip and Filter Kit, full Bassani Exhaust, M/T ET Streets PowerSurgePerf@aol.com
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Joined: Mar 1999
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From: New Orleans
Sal, you sure have had bad luck with your 99, and you seem to take it in stride. i wonder what the posts would look like, if the same thing happened to one of our more "vocal" members here 
hang in there, good things await you.
hang in there, good things await you.
