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[kingpablo]

Yeah.. I know Jeff. They installed a clutch in my 92 a few months ago, and I was supposed to have this in the shop anyway. IPS will be getting this car by tow truck monday, as i'm not starting it until I know to save any additional parts or pain... I've got three of RT/TT's, so you all know the pain as well as I. If it is spun, then 2/3s of my fleet is down with the bearing issue, as I've been shopping another engine for my 93...so i'm already a sad but recovering member of the SBC club. Makes me crazy, as this '92 car was built to be bulletproof and I was going to do another "bulletproof". I'm in OHIO. Thank god I have my 91 running well, and a Charger RT I can scam from the wife.

I've been mentally going nuts all night. I've spun a bearing before, but this sounds very different up close, and different than the 93... I would have guessed a sticky valve/lifter by the noise, as it's not as clunky sounding as all the bearings I've heard before in this car and others. It just sounds like its in the top of the engine rather than the mid/bottom. I actually drove it like this yesterday, and it clicked, then stopped then clicked again. I was actually scheduled to take the ARC2 unit out next week and switch to an EMANAGE system as it's been running rich, and I was going to DYNO it and check the injector cap and see if I could switch to E85 without a fuel injector swap. Anyhow, it clicks at 2800 but stops again after mid 3's. It just seems too arbitrary to be a bearing, and way to narrow of a band. I've been watching the gauges like a kid texting his buddies, and I see no spikes. I check the oil like it was religion. Because the body is new, the hoodpins (scheduled install in 10 days) haven't been installed, it hasn't been over 85mph yet. I didn't even get a chance to hammer on it yet.

I am curious to see the oil pan and look for dings. It sits so low I don't really have the tools to deal with it at home vs. the office, so I can't do a simple lift at the house and just see what the filter looks like or if there's a big dent in the pan, which might explain a spun bearing. I wish these things had a dry system.