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The AntiRice

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

 

ryan218

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

why whats your doing?

 

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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

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

~Mark~

 

ryan218

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The AntiRice said:

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.

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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

 

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Mustang78 said:

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

~Mark~

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

 

Mustang78

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ryan it's past your bed time

 

ryan218

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Mustang78 said:

ryan it's past your bed time

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

 

Mustang78

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

 

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comon this is stangnet, not beastality. edu



poor teddy bear.

 

ryan218

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Mustang78 said:

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

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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

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eh, dont be a sissy ryan

 

ryan218

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eh, dont be a sissy ryan

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

 

QUICK91LX

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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

 

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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.

 

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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.