Well first tings first. My buddies 98GT is having some issues. On the highway when he downshifts to accellerate hard his car smokes pretty good. It's obviously oil. My question is what is most likely the culprit. It has about 80K on it, he doesn't drive it real hard at all. He is running an open crankcase(breather filter, hose blocked from intake, PCV valve plugged) Could this be his valve seals?? It doesn't smoke at all during normal driving. We won't be able to get a compression or leakdown on it until next week(he's in the field).
Now for the whopper... I recently bent 4 valves in my DS head. I replaced the 4 shattered rockers and now I am forced to swap in a set of heads I was saving for a little later. They are some seriously ported PI heads. Now here's my problem: I leave for Iraq again in a month or so. I need to get my car running just well enough to get it to storage so I can fool with it when I get back. I don't have the room in my budget to spare even the $160 for the headswap kit and intake gaskets. I have had to spend way to much (again) getting ready for deployment. Now seeing as I just plan on it being able to run on it's own power (and even thought I know it is not recommended at all) is there any "shadetree" things I can do when I re-use the head gaskets and bolts?? I hate it more than anything but this is what I have to work with. I have the PI intake already on the car, since I don't have the PI gaskets do you think I can get away with running a generous(yet reasonable) bead of RTV gasket maker? I know this is sooo ghetto. . .I expect flames but please if anyone can let me know if it will work that would be great. I just can't wait until I get back so I can get a 99/01 Cobra and toss the right parts into the GT. Thanks for any help.
edit: oh, and can anyone help me with a way to get the dipstick out without screwing it all up? Is it just o-ringed in the block? I would like to try and take the DS head, ex manifold and dipstick out as a unit if I can....thanks
Now for the whopper... I recently bent 4 valves in my DS head. I replaced the 4 shattered rockers and now I am forced to swap in a set of heads I was saving for a little later. They are some seriously ported PI heads. Now here's my problem: I leave for Iraq again in a month or so. I need to get my car running just well enough to get it to storage so I can fool with it when I get back. I don't have the room in my budget to spare even the $160 for the headswap kit and intake gaskets. I have had to spend way to much (again) getting ready for deployment. Now seeing as I just plan on it being able to run on it's own power (and even thought I know it is not recommended at all) is there any "shadetree" things I can do when I re-use the head gaskets and bolts?? I hate it more than anything but this is what I have to work with. I have the PI intake already on the car, since I don't have the PI gaskets do you think I can get away with running a generous(yet reasonable) bead of RTV gasket maker? I know this is sooo ghetto. . .I expect flames but please if anyone can let me know if it will work that would be great. I just can't wait until I get back so I can get a 99/01 Cobra and toss the right parts into the GT. Thanks for any help.
edit: oh, and can anyone help me with a way to get the dipstick out without screwing it all up? Is it just o-ringed in the block? I would like to try and take the DS head, ex manifold and dipstick out as a unit if I can....thanks