She finally decided to let go on me and I actually thought it was going to be a simple fix
Just a short story to tell the problem:
On Tuesday (my birthday of all days) I was taking a friend to purchase Marks (Winters98gt) mustang. Just a few miles from Marks house, I was put in a situation where I had to pass a vehicle while on a 4 lane highway. I gave the car about 3/4 throttle and midway through the pass the car got loud and vibrated a bit so I immediately thought it was transmission. I put the car in neutral but the car still had the same problem and the car had LITTLE power. I was in the far left lane so I had to manage getting over 4 lanes of traffic on a busy road while constantly losing speed---no bueno
I had to cruise nearly a mile to exit 610 while the car was running HORRIBLE with very little power---struggled to even rev when in neutral. I got it off the road and parked in a lot to check the damage. Plugged the xcal2 in and a cam position sensor code popped up so I figured I was going to get lucky. The car wasn't able to crank so Mark showed up and was kind enough to allow me to get towed to his house under his AAA account to save me money. I brought the car there and removed the sensor from his/my friends new car and the car cranked but was still seriously low on power and the code popped up again--I figured the car was just in a serious limp mode.
After 2 tows later, I finally got it back to my area and today got to check the damage. I pulled the driver side valve cover just a few hours ago and it's not pretty
So here I am with a NPI with bent valves and pistons that aren't the best looking I imagine
It's now time to hunt down a lower mileaged motor and swap it in. I'll be doing some research on pulling the motor tonight and hope to begin during this weekend. Gotta find me a PI motor now or a 5.4---though has to be CHEAP
I will post pictures of the carnage tomorrow:SNSign:
Just a short story to tell the problem:
On Tuesday (my birthday of all days) I was taking a friend to purchase Marks (Winters98gt) mustang. Just a few miles from Marks house, I was put in a situation where I had to pass a vehicle while on a 4 lane highway. I gave the car about 3/4 throttle and midway through the pass the car got loud and vibrated a bit so I immediately thought it was transmission. I put the car in neutral but the car still had the same problem and the car had LITTLE power. I was in the far left lane so I had to manage getting over 4 lanes of traffic on a busy road while constantly losing speed---no bueno
I had to cruise nearly a mile to exit 610 while the car was running HORRIBLE with very little power---struggled to even rev when in neutral. I got it off the road and parked in a lot to check the damage. Plugged the xcal2 in and a cam position sensor code popped up so I figured I was going to get lucky. The car wasn't able to crank so Mark showed up and was kind enough to allow me to get towed to his house under his AAA account to save me money. I brought the car there and removed the sensor from his/my friends new car and the car cranked but was still seriously low on power and the code popped up again--I figured the car was just in a serious limp mode.
After 2 tows later, I finally got it back to my area and today got to check the damage. I pulled the driver side valve cover just a few hours ago and it's not pretty
So here I am with a NPI with bent valves and pistons that aren't the best looking I imagine
It's now time to hunt down a lower mileaged motor and swap it in. I'll be doing some research on pulling the motor tonight and hope to begin during this weekend. Gotta find me a PI motor now or a 5.4---though has to be CHEAP
I will post pictures of the carnage tomorrow:SNSign: