[V8] Engine rebuild options

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

This was pretty much my motor exactly - if I idled after a long
decelleration, the motor would stall and then smoke like crazy after a
difficult restart.  This problem is totally gone with rebuilt heads
and new rings.  My oil consumption is now in line with a "normal
motor".  My plugs also look like they should.

I was
also always suspicious about the breather too.  An easy fix is to
re-route the "intake" of the breather system to a small filter
so it never sees any intake manifold vacuum.  The current design lets
the manifold pressure work pretty hard on the crankcase at WOT it seems to
me.

Dave



> I do know of two that have
rebuilt heads, and it didn't help. And mine,
> which smokes pretty
badly on long deceleration, doesn't burn anything
> appreciably.
BTW, that shows it's the heads, not the rings. Generally,
>
smoke
> on acceleration is rings, smoke on decel or at idle is the
valve
> guides/seals.
> 
> However, I think
there's something to Scott's theory about venting the
> heads
> at the back. I guess if every acceleration is a hard one, pushing
the oil
> inot the venting system could lead to a problem.
> 
>