Thread: So..... The gtp has died... =[

i don't understand why you want to take the pan off, your doing all this work for nothing... put those bolts back in and try cranking the motor by hand, if it dosen't move the motor is seized period. If it does crank then do a leak down test and compression test check your spark plugs, coils etc... did you check to see if any plugs butterfled? Do u have a magnetic pan bolt?

Yup...bolt that pan back up its pointless to take off...drain your oil though IMO...that'll tell ya too. Take your plugs out and if any of the tips of them are bent then you have metal flying around in that cylinder...what all mods do you have? Were you knocking? Beating the crap out of it? That might be why...

cant crank over by hand.....

these cars dont have timing belts...

yeah bro no timing belt on grand prixs... got the pan off anyways GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS GUYS.... good news is that the crank and everything is salvageable and reuseable not scored or out of round... anyways a connecting rod shattered in half and locked the motor. earlier when i said i couldnt turn the motor over by hand i wasnt trying hard enough in fear of breaking more but i freed the engine and its no longer frozen. im looking at a piston maybe? new gaskets head bolts 'random oem vaccum hose "long story" connecting rod and maybe a journal and we hope thats it. So tomarrow i have a interview at a chevy dealership =] but after im to rip the exhaust "manifiolds" blower valve covers and odds and ends stuff so we get down n dirty next week hopefully and get this bad girl up and running again. my dads buddy who works for ford said im a lucky %)$( that it didnt score or take a chunk out of my crank. man that oil pan sucked but got her done in about a hour all we used was wood and a jack no expensive toys here =]

god damn it i wish i had money i so would put a cam headers smaller pulley and other goodies =[ well atleast ill know how to rip her apart for next time when i have cash? LMAO

its still probably easier and safer for you to swap the block out...

yeah but o well it broke at the base

swap the block. You can get a L36 cheaper than if you were to play fix it with your busted l67. Your going to have to pull the motor anywayz...

joe..........did you have any mods done to it when it broke?

no mods other then filter and thats bout it... anyways guys i got the blower off =] all wiring dc and the valve covers off imma call it a day soon =] i feel so good lol

Glad to hear uve got it figured out joe. good luck with the tear down

good luck on the "rebuild" even if you can't afford to upgrade it.......hopefully it doesnt cost you too much money........

thanks fire and yeah sucks i have no money for upgarde stuff =[ all i know is the exhaust is gonna be a BIT$H lol

the exhaust is a walk in the park compared to what your going to have to do...

your right cuz im done with exhaust =] im hauling ass and takin names guys haha almost down under the heads =p

i gotta admit this all sucks what happened but this is really fun and a yet another learning experiance im tackling it head on and not giving up =]