[Shotimes] I hope my bearings are right!

[Mike Murphy]

Seriously Kenneth I'm tired of arguing with you and hearing the name 
calling.

You go do your thing and I'll go do mine.

On rod bearings....if you do the math.  How many revoltions does that 283 
top out at?

If you think about the SHO and if its been driven like it was design to the 
motor/crank turns many more times than that of a V8 in its normal life.   
Thus much more wear on the bearings.

I really hope that you don't ever spin one....your white SHO is a nice car 
that I even tried to buy from the previous owner before you but at the time 
he got cold feet on selling.

Murph



From: "Kenneth" <_cajun_@myway.com>
Reply-To: _cajun_@myway.com
To: murphymike@hotmail.com, shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] I hope my bearings are right!
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:41:26 -0400 (EDT)



Once the bearings spins its usually bye bye motor.

If you are like me and like to run it up to 7k.....its good to err on the
side of caution.

Murph
Thats wrong and it sounds retarded.Usuallys are like mites they collect on 
birds asses.I've had several "Engines"that were abused I mean abused,redline 
almost every shift,hot rodding smoking the tires around every corner.Even 
ran with little or no oil because we had no money,spent it all on beer.A '67 
283 was the engine in question,took it apart 4 different times,sang the same 
old tune.Spun a bearing,dropped the pan changed out the bearings.Back to 
redline shifts again within the next weekend.And thats only one story of 
abuse of a engine and spun bearings.I still have the engine and its in the 
original truck my dad bought new in '67.Over 400k and still running.
And murph....not everyone shifts at 7k like you.There are a bunch of us out 
here that don't redline every shift.


  --- On Tue 08/10, Mike Murphy < murphymike@hotmail.com > wrote:
From: Mike Murphy [mailto: murphymike@hotmail.com]
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:39:59 +0000
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] I hope my bearings are right!

The majority of SHOs on the road are clicking at 130-160k miles on 
them.<br><br>Even if there are no odd noises just to be sure its a good idea 
to change <br>the bearings.<br><br>Once the bearings spins its usually bye 
bye motor.<br><br>If you are like me and like to run it up to 7k.....its 
good to err on the <br>side of 
caution.<br><br>Murph<br><br><br><br><br><br>From: "Ron Porter" 
<ronporter@prodigy.net><br>To: "'Mike Murphy'" 
<murphymike@hotmail.com>,<shotimes@autox.team.net><br>Subject: RE: 
[Shotimes] I hope my bearings are right!<br>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:28:53 
-0400<br><br>That's a bit severe. Granted, if you buy a used SHO and don't 
know the<br>history, it may need them. My "questionable history" '95 with 
86K miles<br>trashed the bearings, but the '89 that I owned since new is 
still fine after<br>200K+ miles with the new owner. My current '94 with 186K 
miles that had two<br>previous SHO enthusiast owners also is fine (no odd 
noises).<br><br>But, if I bought a used SHO, I would consider it. The best 
time to do them<br>is if you are removing the Y-pipe for any reason. It's a 
piece of cake with<br>the Y-pipe off (speaking from experience with a 
snow-belt car that broke 3<br>exhaust studs upon removal!!).<br><br>Ron 
Porter<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: 
shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]<br>On 
Behalf Of Mike Murphy<br>Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:10 AM<br>To: 
shotimes@autox.team.net<br>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] I hope my bearings are 
right!<br><br><br><br>Pretty much every SHO on the road right now needs to 
get their rod bearings<br>changed.<br><br>If a bearing spins the motor is 
done or will need a 
rebuild.<br><br>Murph<br>_______________________________________________<br>Shotimes 
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