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Turns out that my motor has either a bad valve hitting the piston or the dag on thing has thrown a bearing. The motor has 181k and has been ridden hard. She is coming out this Saturday. Any suggestions where to get a new one? I want to keep the TPI setup. Im checking with a local shop tomorrow to get a price on rebuilding my block. I have also seen engine on www.phoenixengines.com Any help would be great. Im going to limp her to an inside storage unit this week=(
Posts: 56 | From: Va. Beach | Registered: May 2009
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OK, well my gearhead friend talked to a ford mechanic. Since we plan on taking the motor out anyway we are just going to pull the heads and see if any debris fell in the ports when I replaced the intake manifold. If its something obvious and see a busted valve or debris resting on the piston then we will go from there? What do you guys think?
Posts: 56 | From: Va. Beach | Registered: May 2009
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You are the one looking at the engine. We really won't have clue except for what you tell us. Tear down the engine and see what you find.
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It's pricey, but I vote for just getting a factory fresh 1987-1992 long block crater (aluminum center bolt heads, roller cam--all factory). It was what I was thinking about if my compression #'s tested too low on my '86 L98...
Sorry about the engine, tho...from what you were describing, I had a bad feeling it might be a internal bearing or something pretty serious. But, maybe you'll get lucky and just have to replace a lifter or at worse, the cam...which, of course, opens all sorts of possibilities if the rest of the engine is up to it.
I'd would suggest to do both a compression test AND leak down test done to ensure the engine is worth doing anything with. Spend some $$ now or spend a LOT more later....
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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I hear ya man. I found a crate engine 5.7 for my year. It doesnt have aluminum heads though. Its a stock motor with a little bit bigger cam 2.56/2.68 intake/exhaust and 4.49 intake lift and 4.56 exhaust lift. 1.94 and 2.02 valves. 7 year 70,000 mile warranty delivered to my door for 2086.00. Does this sound good or could you guys point me in another direction. I dont want to have to build one, I just want to drop it and go. 300 hp would be nice. If I got this one Id also put headers, high flow intake, runner and throttle body on. If the compression check is good and the cylinder walls arent scratched Im hoping to just put new heads and a cam in there???
Posts: 56 | From: Va. Beach | Registered: May 2009
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Sounds ok...is it a reman? Sometimes they're good and a lot of times they're not so good. It all depends. Perhaps others can be more specific then I can. I've never dealt with remans except for my rear axle...I've had ok luck with it except for a persistent leaking pinion seal, which I hope is now resolved.
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Yeah, its a reman. Ive been looking all day online. I just dont have a lot of money to sink in the engine. I want a solid strong motor with about 300hp. I want to use the rest of my money to fix the little things and to paint the car. If anyone know a good engine to replace the stock one with please let me know. Im pulling the old one out this saturday. Thanks!
Posts: 56 | From: Va. Beach | Registered: May 2009
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Who is the rebuilder on the crate motor. 7 years/70,000 miles sounds good, but if it fails, you will have to pull the motor and send it back for replacement which you will have to do. There are reputable remanufacturers, and others who take a lot of shortcuts to hold down the price and hope it holds up long enough to not cost them too much. The mega auto parts stores like Kragen, Autozone, and Pep Boys are infamous for holding their rebuilders to the "fire." They bargain for the lowest price, but require the rebuilder to meet their warranty requirements at the rebuilder's expense. If the motor fails in 6 months, it is no big deal to them because the cost comes out of the customer's pocket to r&r the engine and the cost of the replacement comes out of the rebuilder's pocket. Meanwhile the autoparts company made their money with little or no risk. A lot of rebuilders have been run out of business by the mega auto parts stores over the years.
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That's what I should've probably done when I needed a new transmission. Gone to a shop specializing in this sort of thing with a real warranty. Tremecs warranty isn't worth the paper its written on. And this was a NEW transmission. Not a re-build or reman. And I still had a problem.
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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I don't know anything about the company although I have heard of them. If they do as they say and replace all of the moving parts with new, that is a good start. I like the point about a 1.76% engine failure rate. Nobody has a 0% engine failure rate. There are just too many highly stressed parts in an engine to completely eliminate the possibility of failure. I noticed in the fine print that they are located in Spokane, Wa. You might want to register on www.thirdgen.org if you haven't already and ask about the company on the "Cascade Crew" section of the regional boards. That is the Oregon & Washington folks and they might know more about the company than those of us from other parts of the country. If you find someone who had a problem with one of their engines, the question you want answered is how did the handle the problem and did they fix the problem. They buy all of their parts from the same suppliers that the oem uses, so there is always the possibility of getting a defective part with some sort of flaw that causes a failure. Good companies will do what is necessary to rectify the situation so that you end up with the product that you paid for.
-------------------- "Aerodynamics are for people who don't now how to make horsepower."-Enzo Ferari Posts: 1577 | From: Lakewood, Ca., USA | Registered: Jan 2002
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