all rise!
so i pulled my motor this week, EASY to do really except for those k member bolts they were a little stubborn but other than that, simple
and i had to borrow my moms tires off her 3.8 to roll it out because i had already laid mine down for the back wheels lol
from there i took the motor off and began teardown, i labeled the wiring harness with avery labels wrapped around the wire by their plug to make it painless for when the rebuild is done to re-install
first off, car has 170k on it, i suspected a blown head gasket and when i started to take off the drivers side head, i noticed that coolant would shoot out of the bolt holes, not good. the gaskets looked ok, no missing pieces, but i did notice the drivers side gasket was warped. previous owner said the engine had a overheating problem due to the fans not kicking on, which they dont, but the mass of the problem was the headgasket all along
what puzzled me is the heads, they look like they have been replaced or at least gone thru at some point because on the back on the motor you can see the difference... the block is black/dirty/gummy, and the heads are clean/almost brand new metal (prev. owner didnt say anything about it). i also noticed that there was a little puddle of coolant on top of the rear two rear drivers side pistons (exactly where the head gasket was warped)
also the exhaust ports on the heads had a LOT of carbon build up (probably a 1/16 of an inch) but hey its an high mileage motor
and i had to borrow my moms tires off her 3.8 to roll it out because i had already laid mine down for the back wheels lol
from there i took the motor off and began teardown, i labeled the wiring harness with avery labels wrapped around the wire by their plug to make it painless for when the rebuild is done to re-install
first off, car has 170k on it, i suspected a blown head gasket and when i started to take off the drivers side head, i noticed that coolant would shoot out of the bolt holes, not good. the gaskets looked ok, no missing pieces, but i did notice the drivers side gasket was warped. previous owner said the engine had a overheating problem due to the fans not kicking on, which they dont, but the mass of the problem was the headgasket all along
what puzzled me is the heads, they look like they have been replaced or at least gone thru at some point because on the back on the motor you can see the difference... the block is black/dirty/gummy, and the heads are clean/almost brand new metal (prev. owner didnt say anything about it). i also noticed that there was a little puddle of coolant on top of the rear two rear drivers side pistons (exactly where the head gasket was warped)
also the exhaust ports on the heads had a LOT of carbon build up (probably a 1/16 of an inch) but hey its an high mileage motor
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That's one heck of a wheel stand !!! Man you got some serious air !!! Lol. But yes I to have heard of and experienced cinder block fail 
. Please be very careful . Heck if was closer I'd build ya a set of angled blocks to use keep us updated on how things go '
. Please be very careful . Heck if was closer I'd build ya a set of angled blocks to use keep us updated on how things go '
Haha I need a wheelie bar now! I'll keep you guys updatedThat's one heck of a wheel stand !!! Man you got some serious air !!! Lol. But yes I to have heard of and experienced cinder block fail
Doing a 355, i was gonna do a 383 but I wouldnt have enough cashola to do proper porting on the heads (at least not for a while) so I decided to stick with the 355, I got longtubes still in the box ready to be put on, deleteing AC, deleting emmisions (no testing where I live) and a bigger throttle body, all topped off with a tune
This is "stage 1" of the total build. After some time, I will be doing the second stage which is a heads and cam swap, I should do everything at once but money won't allow.
Defiantly don't skimp on the lower end . Make sure you so that good . Good enough to hold true to your next mod stage . I always like to overbuild to a degree but within reason . I'm sure you researched so won't get into that but just saying .
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