I had my ve ss Ute split exactly the same. It clean snaps the neck off the radiator loosing the chamfer. The hose pops off and it breaks that clean that it appears the hose is just loose. I had the hose blow off not realising it had snapped the chamfer off and reattached and it failed a second time. Took it to Natrad they pressure tested and bled the cooling system and bled it. Couple days latter it blew off again and I realised it was missing the chamfer edge and was shorter then it should be. Even the cooling specialists natrad didn’t big pick up the neck had snapped off lol. Really common problem on stock ve radiators.
Good work as for radiator problems a lot of Vfs have issues with the bottom tank rhs splitting/ cracking i was lucky enough to have mine replaced under warranty but I know of quite a few collapsed hoses faulty caps and radiators should of be a recall
Just wrote a huge novel in regards to parts and correct installation of said parts, it's totally important to research research research and get advice if still not 100% save up and pay someone reputable to do the work. Just a few things that can save a lot of money in the long run.
Sounds like a backyard cam job by some little kids "Big cam Bro". Had the same issue with my Calais VE radiator. Just wonder why you would remove the MAF with a E38 ecm car. I thought that would be detrimental to tuneability and less engine info
Car hadnt been tuned with the cam and would hardly run, so did hardly any rpm with cam installed. Sounds fine and has good oil pressure still so play ball 👍
I don't mean this in an inflammatory way. But if other customers were booked in before this guy, why does he get priority over other work that was booked before him? I would've thought that his job would just get pushed into your next most available time slot only if he agrees of course
In a perfect world this would be the case. This video was actually filmed over the course of around 5 weeks (had to send the heads to machine shop, waiting for radiator etc etc). So its not so much that he takes priority, but more so the fact that we are also trying to juggle some of these complete car builds (such as KingBarra). It's not like we can push any car that has issues back months and months to finish the long term builds, and then to get this shorter stuff done and out the door it eats into the time we would otherwise be working towards the long term stuff. Anyway, just an internal issue with our business due to our limits of space and time and manpower. We are being much more careful moving forward with scheduling as well as the type of work we take on so that we don't keep finding ourselves in this position.
This poor lad just wanted the chop chop and got given ALL the chop by the previous shop without the accompanying mods. Atleast now you have a lunati to put in the shop ute. 😈👍
Was the cam too big or not enough spring and floated? I've never played with anything newer than a 5.7 but the voodoo 2 is only 223/231 .607" .581" at 115 lsa. That's practically a btr stage 1 n/a?
Nah this voodoo2 was 251/263 .651”/.651” on a 114, it was heinously large, nearly solid roller territory. (Part no V302HR14) Valve drop test told the story.
@@BoostGumps Jesus haha. That's 5k converter territory for it to actually perform. I wonder why the lobe seperation was so wide what manifold would ya need to use all 8000+ rpm it'd want 😂
@@BoostGumps That had me tricked too a Voodoo 2 (stage 2) is a low lift cam for standard engine and converter..That thing is a flames out the pipes nitrous /blower cam...Did ya get to keep it?
@@davenorman8251 yeh Voodoo2 may not have been the correct naming to use, lunati’s naming convention for their cams is weird. But yeh its a monster stick! Would need a pretty decent valve pocket in the piston for it to run. Definitely not the sort of thing you want in any SBE setup 😅
Can you enlighten me a little bit You were going on about how it’s a big cam, the wrong cam etc etc, but then go to say it’s a nice little cam? And only made a lousy 350hp
The cam that was in it was way too big. So big that all the valves made contact with the pistons…. We fixed all the valves and swapped in a more suitable “nice little cam” for a car with a std converter. 350hp is hardly lousy for a streetable setup with a standard converter/exhaust/intake/diff gears. Hopefully that sheds enough light on the situation.
Good work saved it
My ve ss radiator split just up from there on the seam
My rad snapped off in the same spot.
I have no idea why people take a risk on buying cars like this...
Some people don't learn 😢
That guy is very very lucky you asked the right questions and didn't just go full send it on the dyno as was requested!
poor bastard spent all that money for 354hp
Great work man and good job on fixing all those stuff ups hope the owner is happy :)
I had my ve ss Ute split exactly the same. It clean snaps the neck off the radiator loosing the chamfer. The hose pops off and it breaks that clean that it appears the hose is just loose. I had the hose blow off not realising it had snapped the chamfer off and reattached and it failed a second time. Took it to Natrad they pressure tested and bled the cooling system and bled it. Couple days latter it blew off again and I realised it was missing the chamfer edge and was shorter then it should be. Even the cooling specialists natrad didn’t big pick up the neck had snapped off lol. Really common problem on stock ve radiators.
Good work as for radiator problems a lot of Vfs have issues with the bottom tank rhs splitting/ cracking i was lucky enough to have mine replaced under warranty but I know of quite a few collapsed hoses faulty caps and radiators should of be a recall
Just wrote a huge novel in regards to parts and correct installation of said parts, it's totally important to research research research and get advice if still not 100% save up and pay someone reputable to do the work. Just a few things that can save a lot of money in the long run.
Accidentally deleted the novel first time around LOL
I like stock cams as the engineers know more than me.
They knew a lot for fuel economy and emissions. Yes.
Glad I didn’t buy a ss that was already cammed 😂
Love your work as always fella's 👍
Love the LS vids mate keep them comin
I have an 09 ss and just had radiator crack in same location
Sounds like a backyard cam job by some little kids "Big cam Bro". Had the same issue with my Calais VE radiator. Just wonder why you would remove the MAF with a E38 ecm car. I thought that would be detrimental to tuneability and less engine info
My ve ssv ute done radiator in the same spot. Known issue with them radiators
Who ever did the cam swap should have had a blue apron on cause he's a not definitely isn't a mechanic 🤣🤣. Good job Max and Rex 👍😙👏
Smashing it brotha. Impressive work
Cheers mate!
Never sick of ls content
Good video 👍🏻
How do you go about deciding if the rod bearings are still fine after that much piston to valve interference?
Car hadnt been tuned with the cam and would hardly run, so did hardly any rpm with cam installed. Sounds fine and has good oil pressure still so play ball 👍
Had that split radiator happen to mine. Apparently, it's common....
I don't mean this in an inflammatory way. But if other customers were booked in before this guy, why does he get priority over other work that was booked before him? I would've thought that his job would just get pushed into your next most available time slot only if he agrees of course
In a perfect world this would be the case. This video was actually filmed over the course of around 5 weeks (had to send the heads to machine shop, waiting for radiator etc etc). So its not so much that he takes priority, but more so the fact that we are also trying to juggle some of these complete car builds (such as KingBarra). It's not like we can push any car that has issues back months and months to finish the long term builds, and then to get this shorter stuff done and out the door it eats into the time we would otherwise be working towards the long term stuff.
Anyway, just an internal issue with our business due to our limits of space and time and manpower. We are being much more careful moving forward with scheduling as well as the type of work we take on so that we don't keep finding ourselves in this position.
@@BoostGumps your decision makes a lot more sense now. Thanks for clarifying as I was just curious 👍
This poor lad just wanted the chop chop and got given ALL the chop by the previous shop without the accompanying mods. Atleast now you have a lunati to put in the shop ute. 😈👍
We gave it back to the owner, even for us we couldnt forsee any combo where we would want such a mammoth cam lol.
@@BoostGumps C'mon Max, your Dad's Statesman would've sounded epic with it. 😂👍
Hope you're all well down there. 🙏
Yewwww
Was the cam too big or not enough spring and floated?
I've never played with anything newer than a 5.7 but the voodoo 2 is only 223/231 .607" .581" at 115 lsa.
That's practically a btr stage 1 n/a?
Nah this voodoo2 was 251/263 .651”/.651” on a 114, it was heinously large, nearly solid roller territory. (Part no V302HR14) Valve drop test told the story.
@@BoostGumps Jesus haha. That's 5k converter territory for it to actually perform.
I wonder why the lobe seperation was so wide what manifold would ya need to use all 8000+ rpm it'd want 😂
@@BoostGumps That had me tricked too a Voodoo 2 (stage 2) is a low lift cam for standard engine and converter..That thing is a flames out the pipes nitrous /blower cam...Did ya get to keep it?
@@hayden6056 haha yeh you would want like 400ci at least to utilise that sort of cam!
@@davenorman8251 yeh Voodoo2 may not have been the correct naming to use, lunati’s naming convention for their cams is weird. But yeh its a monster stick! Would need a pretty decent valve pocket in the piston for it to run. Definitely not the sort of thing you want in any SBE setup 😅
Ok who put that cam in, show yourself 🤣
I got the Rona again, so no smartass comment from me today. Feels like the valves are making contact in my head.
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Get better soon dude. Spicy Cough sucks. Only just got over my first bout of it 9mths later. 👎
Can you enlighten me a little bit
You were going on about how it’s a big cam, the wrong cam etc etc, but then go to say it’s a nice little cam? And only made a lousy 350hp
The cam that was in it was way too big. So big that all the valves made contact with the pistons….
We fixed all the valves and swapped in a more suitable “nice little cam” for a car with a std converter. 350hp is hardly lousy for a streetable setup with a standard converter/exhaust/intake/diff gears.
Hopefully that sheds enough light on the situation.
350hp for an N/A all stock everything except cam 6L LS is pretty solid
they put a new smaller cam in and 350hp is more than enough for the street
@@BoostGumps my bad, pays to watch the video properly!
Didn’t realize you changed the cam,
Cheers for the clarification!!
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@@hmslc8289 I wouldn’t say that’s solid for a cam, my 6L with just an intake and exhaust and tune made 360hp.
Will easily make 350kw/470hp with a cam
there 12 year old rads now
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