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Old 01-07-2013, 12:41 PM
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Here's a short video of my 2009 Z06 dropping a valve. I am taking a girl for a ride and we are just pulling out on the track...


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Old 01-07-2013, 12:52 PM
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That sucks, hopefully you've still got some warranty left.
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sorry dude.. has it been torn down yet to see what exactly went wrong?
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sorry man, that sucks. Any plans yet on what you are going to do next? Rebuild stock, rebuild modded, sell, warranty?
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That blows...

Her face explained it all.

Hope you get it all resolved. Sorry man.
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Originally Posted by fmcokc
Here's a short video of my 2009 Z06 dropping a valve. I am taking a girl for a ride and we are just pulling out on the track...


http://youtu.be/NLcNkJDadvk
Miles on Z, Mods if any, how much track time, Are you first owner? Very Very sorry this happened to you. It makes me sick to watch..
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Is this a follow up video to a previous failure in November 2012?

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-z...its-clogs.html


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YEAH!!!

Just got my car back from the dealer...

New engine
New oil lines and oil cooler
New oil lines and cleaned out oil tank
New intake manifold
New power steering line
New coolant
New oil and filter
New Clutch (I paid for since it was apart $396)

Total ticket on the engine (under warranty) was $18400 plus rental car

Wow, that's a big'a meatball.
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Old 01-07-2013, 01:37 PM
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Yikes, that sounded awful. Lots of metal on metal.

Sorry bud.
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Let's just say that I wanted to make sure that everything got resolved with the warranty and motor replacement before I shared this video.
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Let's just say that I wanted to make sure that everything got resolved with the warranty and motor replacement before I shared this video.
Why? What did you have to hide?
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Miles on Z, Mods if any, how much track time, Are you first owner? Very Very sorry this happened to you. It makes me sick to watch..
39K, no mods other than my super-duper delrin shift **** and fuzzy steering wheel, not much-maybe 10 sessions, 2nd owner-but purchased from 1st owner with 4K miles in perfect garage queen condition.
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Why? What did you have to hide?
Just never sure how people are going to react to taking a car on the track.
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Here is the session just prior to the blow-up:

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That sucked!! Glad you got it all repaired!!

Thanks for sharing the video!!

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Pretty funny. Which track is she looking at?? lol
Glad you got everything resolved under warranty!
I guess they gave you no problems?

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Makes me want to sell mine...
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Originally Posted by fmcokc
Here's a short video of my 2009 Z06 dropping a valve. I am taking a girl for a ride and we are just pulling out on the track...
Assuming you are going to continue tracking the car, do you plan on refreshing the heads?

I have 30K and about 15 track days on my current motor after blowing the first one on the track.

I have heads being upgraded at WCCH as we speak


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Originally Posted by Dirty Howie
Assuming you are going to continue tracking the car, do you plan on refreshing the heads?

I have 30K and about 15 track days on my current motor after blowing the first one on the track.

I have heads being upgraded at WCCH as we speak


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Have they found anything wrong with the heads on the new motor?

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Originally Posted by fmcokc
Here is the session just prior to the blow-up:

http://youtu.be/4romJUKAOVc
Nice driving
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Originally Posted by Dr.Ron
Pretty funny. Which track is she looking at?? lol
Glad you got everything resolved under warranty!
I guess they gave you no problems?

Ron
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Yep, everything's cool. In fact as we were walking around under the car while it was on the lift the service manager was making comments about the "unusual wear" on the tires, rolled up bits of rubber everywhere and the large amounts of brake dust on the wheels. He then followed it up by saying " I don't care if you track the car just as long as it is stock, I can't do anything if it's not stock".
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