Well here is a little history before the Nice Juicy E-mail. Well it started when I changed cylinder heads to to Patroit Stage II's. Within 2 months the right Cam gear parted it self from the Cam. Hense the cam desimating the Intake and exhaust Valves. So I was told that we need to replace the Gear adn the intake and exhaust valves . . . or so I thought. Anways, I ask the mechanic to give me an update and here is the answer he gave me:
For starters when I got your engine broke down I discovered that you had holes in two of your pistons. I had to make the decision to replace them. While replacing them I found that your rod and main bearings are severely damaged and grooved down to the aluminum part of the bearing along with other internal engine damage due to when you accidentally ran the motor without oil. The crank shaft is also grooved badly. I was unable to fix the problems with the bearings or the crank due to lack of funds. I finally got the motor back together started it and for the first two minutes it made lots of knocking noises then got quiet. After about 30-40 minutes the motor started knocking again, just as I went to shut it off it stopped knocking. After about 10 more minutes it started knocking again and started running real rough. It smelled very lean out of the tail pipes, I shut the vehicle off and went to check the program that was currently installed in the PCM. It was running on the factory tune. I plugged in the SCT, and proceeded to program the PCM, just then the SCT programmer did like it was supposed to and stored the factory tune in the SCT module and went to write the new custom tune to the PCM, just then the SCT programmer crapped out. It has erased the factory tune out of your PCM and is unable to install a new tune. So basically the PCM has no tune at all and is unable to even start the vehicle because the SCT programmer crapped out which seems to be a common problem. So now, we basically have a Mustang GT that makes knocking noises when it runs but currently can't run because the factory PCM has no tune. I have to replace the pistons as they needed to be replaced, the bearings on both of those journals, and the necessary gaskets to perform the repair. ( I had to lift the Engine to do this) Because of this I did not install the Torque converter, and currently can not sell/install the MAF and injectors because that money went to the extra repair needed for the engine.
Clearification to the Oil thingy. When we installed the New Valve covers to the Patriot heads and using the flimsy gaskets provided apparently the pressure was to great and the gaskets allowed oil to seep out and when we cougth it there was about a qurt of oil left in the engine.
Well now based on the above reply what am I looking at to get my GT running again. BTW I was having him change the stall convertor to a 3600 stall.
Personnally, I think A Whole new engine is required but hopefully just a entire engine retro fit.
Well any replies would be nice.
For starters when I got your engine broke down I discovered that you had holes in two of your pistons. I had to make the decision to replace them. While replacing them I found that your rod and main bearings are severely damaged and grooved down to the aluminum part of the bearing along with other internal engine damage due to when you accidentally ran the motor without oil. The crank shaft is also grooved badly. I was unable to fix the problems with the bearings or the crank due to lack of funds. I finally got the motor back together started it and for the first two minutes it made lots of knocking noises then got quiet. After about 30-40 minutes the motor started knocking again, just as I went to shut it off it stopped knocking. After about 10 more minutes it started knocking again and started running real rough. It smelled very lean out of the tail pipes, I shut the vehicle off and went to check the program that was currently installed in the PCM. It was running on the factory tune. I plugged in the SCT, and proceeded to program the PCM, just then the SCT programmer did like it was supposed to and stored the factory tune in the SCT module and went to write the new custom tune to the PCM, just then the SCT programmer crapped out. It has erased the factory tune out of your PCM and is unable to install a new tune. So basically the PCM has no tune at all and is unable to even start the vehicle because the SCT programmer crapped out which seems to be a common problem. So now, we basically have a Mustang GT that makes knocking noises when it runs but currently can't run because the factory PCM has no tune. I have to replace the pistons as they needed to be replaced, the bearings on both of those journals, and the necessary gaskets to perform the repair. ( I had to lift the Engine to do this) Because of this I did not install the Torque converter, and currently can not sell/install the MAF and injectors because that money went to the extra repair needed for the engine.
Clearification to the Oil thingy. When we installed the New Valve covers to the Patriot heads and using the flimsy gaskets provided apparently the pressure was to great and the gaskets allowed oil to seep out and when we cougth it there was about a qurt of oil left in the engine.
Well now based on the above reply what am I looking at to get my GT running again. BTW I was having him change the stall convertor to a 3600 stall.
Personnally, I think A Whole new engine is required but hopefully just a entire engine retro fit.
Well any replies would be nice.