[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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