So i didnt say anything about it becuase I wanted to find out what happened, but when I did the motor in the truck I actually bought a complete 'new' motor with all of the stuff I wanted in it. A Local, reputable guy (not MY guy, but another guy that is known around here) had built the motor and it was really exactly what I needed.
Fast forward about 800 miles later and I lost oil pressure on startup, thankfully in my driveway. Turned it off and parked the truck.
Well.. we finally got it apart last night and we did find that the top end was as advertised, heads where ported, studs where all there, new liftersall of those things where correct. As we broke into the bottom end is where things got a little murky. Oil pump and timing chain as advertised.. but when we started pulling out the rods/pistons/bearings etc we started to see some discrepancy. First off, the guy said it was a gen 3 motor, but as soon as I saw the rods I knew something was up. The rods are gen 4 rods. Now, im not complaining that the motor has a much better rotating assembly when I thought, but had he opened it up and redid the bottom end like he said, he would have know it was gen 4.
"new" bearings?
from january of 2004?
as we dug in a little farther.. you might need to blow up the pic to see the damage here
Yup, thats a spun cam bearing.. a stock.. unknown mileage cam bearing.
FORTUNATELY, the block wasnt hurt, wont know about the cam until tonight until we can get a closer look at it, but I guess at the end of the day I have a 300-800 dollar lesson not to buy a complete motor ever again.
After doing some talking with my motor builder (im going to rebuild this motor myself, just like I did the TA, but I still need a little help.. dont judge me!) even if the 228r cam survived, I am going to go ahead and do a new cam.. trying to decide between something like a torquemax v2, a polluter v2.. something like that. Bigger overlap and more power. I mean, **** it. Who the hell tears up a motor and doesnt put it back together with more power? Not me~