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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    351 smoking, valve guides or piston rings video of rev after idling for about 3 mins, engine still not at operating temp. ill have other vids up soon, after this rev once the smoke cleared it wasnt really smoking at all, 5 mins later i rev'd slightly holding it for a bit and i could see smoke...
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    advantages/disadvantages of X pipe?

    i've had prochamber's on my old 302 and now on my 351w and i love it
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    compression test numbers 1-130 2-145 3-140 4-125 5-150 6-155 7-150 8-147 as you can see one side of the engine seems pretty healthy the other not so much. i didnt get to try the tsp of oil as i ran out of sunlight. funning thing about cylinder 2, when i pulled plugs...
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    350z forum people...

    are absolute a-holes. talk about pretentious pricks these guys take the cake. in a couple months im looking to pick up a used z for my daily driver to replace the 01 v6. so i find this website called my350z.com some guys are looking to get financed and theyre having trouble and all the members...
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    basically i run the car get it nice and warm first, then i have to disconnect the tfi module or what do i disconnect? i found links that werent mustang or ford specific. after this i hold the throttle open, and crank the engine? on a side note i removed all the spark plugs and saw 2 that are...
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    what tool do i have to have in order to run this test and do you have any links on how to do the test itself?
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

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    Comparison Thread: '86 GT - '91 Lx. Whats the difference?

    i too love the 86' gt. :nice:
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    :shrug: how would i go about performing these tests? i was hoping i could figure out whats wrong without having to remove the valve covers or more. any help on how to do these tests would be greatly appreciated.
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    what can cause the piston rings to go bad, the motor was originally built in 04 with forged pistons and moly rings. could it be whoever put the motor together did a bad job, or improper break in? the motor was built by texas hot rods. also how long would you consider the car to be out of start...
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    replace valve guides, or new heads?

    well heres the deal, my 351w, has been having smoking problems for a while, i purchased the engine off of a friend. when he first got it the heads needed a valve job and that stopped the smoking, fast forward a couple years and its smoking again, and some of my spark plugs have heavy oil caked...
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    mystery engine 351w what does it make?

    yeah i kinda feel like the 70mm tb might hold it back, is there any tuning involved when switching TB's?
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    mystery engine 351w what does it make?

    ok i recently purchased a 351w from a friend and barely got the receipts for it however the receipt is really vague not alot of tech specs on it. it was built by Texas Hot Rods here in town, here are the listed components. 351w .40over forged pistons-doesnt say what kind or fly cut or not...
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    My Stang-O-Latern!

    is now my ps3's wallpaper
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    best heads 351w?

    unfortunately i don't have any specs on the engine, previous owner could only tell me it was .40 over, its got pro topline alum heads that seem to have valve guides causing smoke. from the little info i have found on the pro toplines, it doesn't seem like a quality head. i am thinking AFR 185s...
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    about to buy a fox

    turbines came on gt
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    strongest clutch cable?

    first of all don't generalize I DID NOT install it, the previous owner did. i follow directions. however that idiot didnt even put the pins back in for the quadrant!! But honestly, the aftermarket cable he had looked inferior compared to the oem one i had on my last '89
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    strongest clutch cable?

    just ordered thanks!
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    strongest clutch cable?

    thats what i thought, with longtubes should i go with the 94-95? i also have a D&Dtubular K, what would you suggest?
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    strongest clutch cable?

    just snapped mine, looked aftermarket. does a tremec need a different cable? looked the same to me. thanks
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