My engine is officially toast, take a look..lots of pics

[Roland69]

Nice car I bet Foxfan will trade ya.

 

[Roland69]

And his even runs.

That sux about your motor.

 

[Mike92GT]

I finally got the balancer off, and the timing cover and timing chain have been removed. I'll have more pics up tomorrow. I'm gonna be buying new lifters, but re-using my rockers / pushrods. Do I still need to keep them organized, or can I just box them up?

 

[Rick 91GT]

You can just box them up, keep them oiled so they do not rust, then throughly clean them before re-installing. Get a pushrod cleaning brush, you would be surprised what gets in them.

If the crank is -.010 currently you can go -.020 but with the blower I would really be hesitant to do that. I have some factory cranks if you need one...

 

[Mike92GT]

NEW PICS

Anyone want to buy my cam?
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Cam bearings look OK
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Upper thrust bearing looks fine, but the lower is completly gone. Also the upper rod bearings wer showing some copper, but not the lowers

Brown spot is a reflection

 

[Mike92GT]

You can just box them up, keep them oiled so they do not rust, then throughly clean them before re-installing. Get a pushrod cleaning brush, you would be surprised what gets in them.

If the crank is -.010 currently you can go -.020 but with the blower I would really be hesitant to do that. I have some factory cranks if you need one...

It looks like my old crank was already at .020, so it's finished. I've heard that using head studs on a stock block can distort the mains. Any truth to this?

 

[Black1987Stang]

It looks like my old crank was already at .020, so it's finished. I've heard that using head studs on a stock block can distort the mains. Any truth to this?

ive never heard about that ^^

if u r going to put in new bearings, crank, cam etc. i would spend the little bit extra and get new cam bearings installed too, im sure theres a place that will loan u the bearing installer tool if u can do it yourself, i did mine in about 10 minutes total

 

[Mike92GT]

Yeah, if I decided to rebuild this block it will get new cam bearings for sure. I'm not leaving anything to chance

 

[Aliate X]

Okay so you blew up a DSS? and then bought ANOTHER DSS?


DSS sucks ass btw.

 

[Rick 91GT]

It looks like my old crank was already at .020, so it's finished. I've heard that using head studs on a stock block can distort the mains. Any truth to this?

So you got the motor with a .020" crank from them?

Never had a head stud issue on a stock block, for distortion.

 

[Mike92GT]

Okay so you blew up a DSS? and then bought ANOTHER DSS?


DSS sucks ass btw.

No, I didn't buy a second one. I haven't bought anything yet, except an engine stand

 

[Mike92GT]

So you got the motor with a .020" crank from them?

Never had a head stud issue on a stock block, for distortion.

It looks that way. When I pulled out the bearings they are marked u-020 on the bottom.
Any opinion on what may have caused this? Is it unusual to only have one have of the bearing worn and the other half be OK?

 

[Mike92GT]

Hey Rick, when using a main support, does the block have to be line-honed with the support bolted in place prior to assembly? I installed mine after the fact. Could this have led to this problem?