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[ViPER1313]

Dropped Y-Pipe (literally - I dropped it and it fell to the garage floor )


Removed Starter


Where starter should be


First sight inside oil pan


Oil pickup tube


Oil pump


Metal and RTV stuck to oil pickup tube screen. Maybe I should check the oil pan.......


Lovely, just what you want to find ::x:


Crap chilling in the oil pan - some metal shavings and some RTV from me pulling the pan off.


Girdle covering bearings


Rod caps exposed.


Close-up of crank and caps.


Heart of the engine. After 133k miles you can still see the crosshatch pattern on the sides of the cylinder walls.


Old rod bearings - top row is the bottom bearings and the bottom row are the top bearings. The tops always seem to take more abuse (most likely from the forces exerted on them during acceleration.


Typical wear for rod bearings on the SHO (this one was 115k)


Other than the metal in the pan all signs indicate the engine is in great condition. I was surprised at the shape of my bearings - most show significantly more wear than mine did. Took me longer to clean up the oil pan than it did to replace the bearings (removing gaskets / RTV sucks.) Waited overnight for new RTV to dry, engine stated right up and everything seems to be done right. Engine seems smoother at startup too (it used to knock a little.