Time for a rebuild?

[The AntiRice]

how do you know when its time to rebuild the bottom end off your 302?

 

[ryan218]

when its running a 20sec 1/4 mile...

why whats your doing?

 

[The AntiRice]

its not really doing anything but this motor was boosted (15psi) by the last owner and its an 89 with alot of miles on it. i just was wondering if there is anyway to tell if im getting close to having some problems. so id like to prevent that if possible.

 

[Mustang78]

compression and cylinder leakage tests...does it smoke?

~Mark~

 

[ryan218]

its not really doing anything but this motor was boosted (15psi) by the last owner and its an 89 with alot of miles on it. i just was wondering if there is anyway to tell if im getting close to having some problems. so id like to prevent that if possible.

first thing i would do then is run a compression test and see if all cyl. are reading close to the same psi. if thise are all holding steady..then go from there

 

[ryan218]

compression and cylinder leakage tests...does it smoke?

~Mark~

damn you..as i was typing the same thing ^^^^ j/m

 

[Mustang78]

ryan it's past your bed time

 

[ryan218]

ryan it's past your bed time

i know...i had a scary dream that woke me

 

[Mustang78]

did your big hairy teddy bear chase you around the house in your undies again?

 

[niklid05]

comon this is stangnet, not beastality. edu



poor teddy bear.

 

[ryan218]

did your big hairy teddy bear chase you around the house in your undies again?

no....see it all gose back to when i was 3...i was playing out side in my sand box and to make a long story short...a dog bit me...been haunting me since then

 

[Mustang78]

eh, dont be a sissy ryan

 

[ryan218]

eh, dont be a sissy ryan

its 5:30 am them damn birds need to shut up

 

[QUICK91LX]

Compression tests, leakdown tests, check for oil consumption and smoke, and bearing noise, especially when at full operating temp. if all these check out, you are OK at least for now. I'd be reluctant to do anything real crazy like boost or nitrous on a motor with a lot of miles on it but running it hard N/A it should hold up. These are tough little motors

 

[Strype]

When it smokes to high heaven and the oil is staying in the heads and not draining back down I'd say you need it.

 

[The AntiRice]

yeah i dont have any of those problems right now. i guess im just paranoid about this cuz ive never owned a car this old or with this many miles before.