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Recent content by corunna bird

  1. corunna bird

    i am a new member in london ont hello

    Greetings from just south of sarnia.
  2. corunna bird

    Let's talk crate Hemis

    Hey, yeah this one is special dumb crap top to bottom
  3. corunna bird

    Let's talk crate Hemis

    Sounds like you guys have had great success with yours they must have never been where mine came from
  4. corunna bird

    Let's talk crate Hemis

    Well I know this one would of had a very short life.
  5. corunna bird

    Let's talk crate Hemis

    Yes I agree, Tim is the man for sure, just cant believe someone knowingly sent that garbage out the door.
  6. corunna bird

    Let's talk crate Hemis

    his e mail to me. im pissed. Hi Bruce, sorry to ruin your vacation. Not positive, but guessing the hard cranking is lifter related, as all of them are collapsed, which makes the cam timing really short. Builds a ton of cylinder pressure. That is the least of your problems however. Not completely...
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    Let's talk crate Hemis

    Well this is a timely post, I bought a 572 crate hemi for the challenger. installed it and tried to fire it up and there was some issues. so I pulled it took it to tim banning (forhemiesonly) and when he took it apart it was the worst one he has seen yet, unbelievable is what he said, here is...
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    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    Hey guys yes motor has been run.and no Tim did not build it but I may take it to him to get him to go through it. I was just thinking it could be something stupid but so far I have know idea. thanks for the help on this issue
  9. corunna bird

    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    Yeah probably the best thing to do.
  10. corunna bird

    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    LOL. thanks, well that gives me a good feeling knowing yours is hard to turn over maybe I will investigate the bell/starter flywheel. I can put on a stock bell and try a couple starters. Not sure as not may starters will fit the 2-1/4 tti headers. I know there is one company that makes the best...
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    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    Hey, I think it's like 10.5 to 1 so not crazy. Yeah it was for sure run and like I said I did not touch a thing that's the strange part. I have been very carefull in my investigation of this. with all the plugs in it is pretty much all under compression all the time wait just a second and it...
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    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    had the pan off and all looks real nice. absolutely no mech interference just builds pressure.
  13. corunna bird

    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    motor is out so that's possible.
  14. corunna bird

    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    can I do a compression test by hand ??
  15. corunna bird

    strange 572 crate hemi issue

    warranty for 90 days which has passed. I will give the vacuum a try. exhaust was all tapedal up.
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