[V8] Motor issues- motor wanted- 4.2....well, maybe.
J123fs at aol.com
J123fs at aol.com
Fri Feb 5 13:05:23 PST 2010
Hey Folks,
Another plea for parts- seems my 91 finally is grasping it's last breath,
well at least the motor.
Blown head gasket (white smoke, water out the exhaust pipe, oil in the
coolant, and a piff, piff, out of the block to head junction, missing at idle)
which is too bad as I did the TB last fall. Oh well.
Redoing the existing motor would not make too much sense as the car needs
rings and the heads rebuilt (leaky valve stems) as it sits now with low
compression in all cyl with milage about 165K....the readings all go way up
with some oil in there, so I know it would need fixing too. I'm not up for
that. I have two race cars needing the same thing = lots of work + no time =
not happening.
The body is great, and the car has a big brake kit, dialed suspension,
rebuild trans, ect. so I may look for motor for it.
If I cannot find a reasonable solution then possibly a car with a nice
motor/body would be called for, and I would switch all the go fast stuff
onto...then just sell it for parts or to be junked- oh well.
Not sure I would go through the effort to transplant another 3.6 unless it
was low milage and perfect condition, but maybe a 4.2...how much more
torque?
Chris up at Force Five has couple, but I wonder if any listers have a good
motor for short $$ they want to part with?
Lately it's been one thing after another, but maybe it's time for it to
have Viking Funeral??
Let me know, and thanks in advance,
-Jack
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