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12-20-2010, 07:49 PM | #1 |
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Houston...... We have a big...big problem
I copied this from my earlier post. I started off just looking at the cost of a new motor, by the end of the day I need a new motor
Original thread post-- Well she died today, RIP, noise got terrible then it turned off. Got it restarted and had faint smoke coming from the top of the engine, centered, back by the firewall. I'm going to pull the plugs and hopefully do a compression test. What a time a year for this. Thanks everyone for your continued support.
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12-20-2010, 07:53 PM | #2 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Well I pulled the plugs... #4 (pass, closest to firewall is very black) all the rest look the same. I will post pics in the morning
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12-20-2010, 08:29 PM | #3 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
man sorry hear of your problems, kinda what mine did but smoke from a different spot. i cracked my head though, sorry though pictures would be great
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12-20-2010, 10:06 PM | #4 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
that sucks, sorry bro. hopefully its just a head gasket.
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12-20-2010, 10:54 PM | #5 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
How can I tell if it's a head gasket?
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12-20-2010, 10:56 PM | #6 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Oh shiit....i read your post earlier this morning. kinda hoped you'd get the next one lined up before this one let go on ya. go for a crate engine from Ford unless you are absolutely sure of an engine builder. been alot of us get screwed by people who claim to know what the F they are doing when they really don't. Good luck bro.
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12-20-2010, 11:42 PM | #7 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
comp test, ive never really had to test one, the last head gasket i had blow it was puffing coolent out through the tail pipes, so it was kinda a no brainer. since your in houston there are lots of great engine builders, id recomend houston performance in tomball or psi in webster.
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Sorry to hear about the motor. PM me for info on your motor build if you are interested.
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12-21-2010, 12:25 AM | #9 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Thanks guys again. I of course can't sleep, my brain seems in thought for some reason....haha
Head gasket?-- would any wicked noise be associated with that prior to the smoke? I didn't see the smoke till after I got it towed home and tried starting it again.
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12-21-2010, 12:31 AM | #10 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Hopefully this is a picture from the passenger head. (Right is front)
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12-21-2010, 02:35 AM | #11 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
when i blew the head gasket on my 390 it blew up like a bad detonation then gurrled like a jake brake, or a fast decel in a mustang with a catless x pipe. mod motors are pretty stout, my buddy phil had 161k when his head gasket blew on his 98 cobra, a 75 shot caused it too. lol
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
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12-21-2010, 11:54 AM | #13 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Birdman-- is that the lower compression version? After all this hell, why not throw a blower on.... I have no clue how I'm going to get this motor out, but gotta learn one way or another lol
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12-21-2010, 12:01 PM | #14 |
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that's a n/a 10:1 engine but it's got the good internals. basically can't run as much boost on pump gas as the lower compression ones.
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12-21-2010, 02:18 PM | #15 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Is there a price difference for the FI version? I def want to go that route. Thanks
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12-21-2010, 02:35 PM | #16 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
I believe the s/c and n/a are the same price. If they are different, it will not be much. The only difference I know between the two is the pistons and timing covers.
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look at the guys mods. he just needs a head gasket or a simple rebuild. unless he has a mod addiction like we do.
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12-22-2010, 07:23 AM | #18 |
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Here is where I got to on day 2
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Re: Houston...... We have a big...big problem
Sorry for some reason its rotating my picture....too sleepy, back to bed for me.
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