Competition Duramax engine issues

[Yo Hoot]

Those pictures are of the 2004. 5 600 engine. I took them. I guess they changed to cracked rods just sometime in 2005?



I personally saw the process of cracking Duramax rods at the Dmax plant a while back. The castings are scored at the break point, frozen and than simply snapped in a press. We weren't allowed to take pictures there.

 

[CHolman]

It's a beautiful sight!!!

 

[zstroken]

Yea I don't come from an engine manufacturing, but I was at a place that builds the machine that cracks the rod. They handed me a cracked rod, that wasn't even bolted together. It was neat that rod took some effort to get it apart with no bolts in it.

 

[Yo Hoot]

It's a beautiful sight!!!

A picture is worth a 1000hp. It quiets up the competition too :-laf

 

[JFaulkner]

A picture is worth a 1000hp. It quiets up the competition too :-laf

The real competition isn't wasting time on the internet, they're working on their trucks.

 

[Yo Hoot]

The real competition isn't wasting time on the internet, they're working on their trucks.

Many of them sell products on the internet. The trucks they build are test beds in many cases.

 

[jwilliams3]

Those pictures are of the 2004. 5 600 engine. I took them. I guess they changed to cracked rods just sometime in 2005?

No they changed back in 2002.

 

[Timbeaux38]

Zingers, double-entendres, and pointed barbs, when clearly humorous, are generally OK because they are generally friendly banter. A personal attack is not meant to be humorous, is not intended to be easy-going chatter; worse is when banter is indistinguishable from a personal attack.

For example, telling Timbeaux that his Check Liver circuit might be malfunctioning is humorous, whereas telling him that Rebs like him are effetes who just can't hold their liquor would be much closer to a personal attack. I chose the former, even though the latter *is* couched in a tiny bit of Irish Diplomacy.

Another example of humorous ribbing would be me telling Neal that not only can I outdrink him, but I am better looking, and possess far superior intellect than he or any of his northern bred cohorts. You see, Neal is such a lightweight that he has never come anywhere close to setting a check liver light. :-laf

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Another example of humorous ribbing would be me telling Neal ... ... , but I am better looking,... ... ... possess far superior intellect than he... ... . or any of his northern bred cohorts... ..... Neal is such a lightweight :-laf

Now see, those items are actually personal attacks, a little in the gray area but still kinda personal, maybe if it was something like, "My dog could drink Neal under the table, or my dogs behind is better looking than Neal, or my dog is smarter than Neal!" :-laf

No, I guess those are still personal attacks, never mind go back to what you were doing

 

[JasonCzerak]

Another example of humorous ribbing would be me telling Neal that not only can I outdrink him, but I am better looking, and possess far superior intellect than he or any of his northern bred cohorts. You see, Neal is such a lightweight that he has never come anywhere close to setting a check liver light. :-laf

The better looking and superior intellect... . I recall making a comment about ones intellect; more so the spelling an grammar aspect of intellect and my comments got booted.

 

[Timbeaux38]

The better looking and superior intellect... . I recall making a comment about ones intellect; more so the spelling an grammar aspect of intellect and my comments got booted.

Well, if it were anyone else but Neal, they would probably get booted..... But the mods know about Neal's intellect already, so fire away :-laf

 

[GIT-R-DONE]

Banks who?



Comp, good luck on your new ride. Cant wait to hear the excuses later when Banks isn't at the top of the time slips. Didn't someone else drive that old Dr. Perfomance truck faster than you on their first try?



You don't even own a diesel Comp? So many questions, so little for answers.



Who is Banks again?

 

[fest3er]

Another example of humorous ribbing would be me telling Neal that not only can I outdrink him,

you have the advantage of youth

but I am better looking

Your Mom has to say that

, and possess far superior intellect than he or any of his northern bred cohorts. You see, Neal is such a lightweight that he has never come anywhere close to setting a check liver light.

Sucks being half Irish and half German; when I drink, I do it efficiently (soothes the German in me) and I enjoy it (elates the Irish in me). I just don't give the circuitry the time it needs to work. I've been known to chug a 5th of whiskey and still be sober.



But we digress from this thread's topic, which seems to be that the Duramax can be hurt with ... mmm ... enthusiastic injection timing. Though, to be sure, I'll bet the CR Cummins could be hurt by injecting fuel far too soon, too.

 

[fest3er]

The better looking and superior intellect... . I recall making a comment about ones intellect; more so the spelling an grammar aspect of intellect and my comments got booted.

Ah. I see the problem. If your name was, perhaps, Kinsella or Mahoney or Sullivan or some such, you'd know the concept of Irish Diplomacy, which is the art of convincin' a man to embark on a trek to the Other Place in such a way that he looks forward to the journey with great anticipation; when you do this, the moderators are so bedazzled by the lilting prose, they forget what you meant, and the personal attack slides by. There's a lot we Irish can teach you Continentals.



(This post should pass scrutiny, because it is helpful, informative, and entertaining, thus meeting all of the guidelines at once. )

 

[JasonCzerak]

Ah. I see the problem. If your name was, perhaps, Kinsella or Mahoney or Sullivan or some such, you'd know the concept of Irish Diplomacy, which is the art of convincin' a man to embark on a trek to the Other Place in such a way that he looks forward to the journey with great anticipation; when you do this, the moderators are so bedazzled by the lilting prose, they forget what you meant, and the personal attack slides by. There's a lot we Irish can teach you Continentals.



(This post should pass scrutiny, because it is helpful, informative, and entertaining, thus meeting all of the guidelines at once. )

LOL that's funny

 

[LPreston]

Your Mom has to say that

Oh snap! And I don't mean the fractured rod.

 

[GIT-R-DONE]

Ah. I see the problem. If your name was, perhaps, Kinsella or Mahoney or Sullivan or some such, you'd know the concept of Irish Diplomacy, which is the art of convincin' a man to embark on a trek to the Other Place in such a way that he looks forward to the journey with great anticipation; when you do this, the moderators are so bedazzled by the lilting prose, they forget what you meant, and the personal attack slides by. There's a lot we Irish can teach you Continentals.



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Sounds like you been hanging out with Fletcher... . :-laf :-laf

 

[fest3er]

Ah. I see the problem. If your name was, perhaps, Kinsella or Mahoney or Sullivan or some such, you'd know the concept of Irish Diplomacy, which is the art of convincin' a man to embark on a trek to the Other Place in such a way that he looks forward to the journey with great anticipation; when you do this, the moderators are so bedazzled by the lilting prose, they forget what you meant, and the personal attack slides by. There's a lot we Irish can teach you Continentals.



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Sounds like you been hanging out with Fletcher... . :-laf :-laf

I've never been so insulted in my whole life! ... Oh, wait. ... Yes I have. Is that all the better you can do?

 

[GIT-R-DONE]

I've never been so insulted in my whole life! ... Oh, wait. ... Yes I have. Is that all the better you can do?

Talking with all them der big wurds makes a fellas head spin sometimes... . :-laf :-laf



Could be thee likour too... . :-laf :-laf

 

[Timbeaux38]

Your Mom has to say that

You see, this is a perfect example of ribbing taken right up to the line, but not over. All responses I can use would no doubt cross said line as they would make refrence to Neal's family (i. e. Mom, wife, dog, etc) Good Job Neal. You beat me to the line. And fore the record, I asked my Mom, and she told me she really means it :-laf