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whats going on everyone, im in need of some input
so i adjusted my rocker nuts today to see if i could quiet down what i thought was a lifter tick, found out the "tick" i was hearing was actually a loose sparkplug. it was so loose i actually took it out with my fingers (previous owner had a tune up done previously) so i tightened it down and went for a test drive...
was at 25mph and went WOT, the trans downshifted, got to redline and it wouldnt shift so it bounced off the rev limiter a few times and by the time i got in the driveway i had a pretty nice knock coming from the underside (spun bearing) :craz28:
ive been saving money for a rebuild because the car has 170,000 on it, was gonna pull the motor out from the bottom and use the summit rebuild kit (are these any good BTW?) but i wont have enough dough until probably beginning of june because i wanted to do the lifters as well and was pondering a 355 build
i need to replace the bearings now in the meantime because this is my only car so here is where i need input... (already plan on using ARP rod bolts)
1. good bearings to use?
2. is it dumb to do it with the motor still in the car? it doesnt have to be bulletproof right now because im going to be rebuilding it anyway
thanks a lot!
so i adjusted my rocker nuts today to see if i could quiet down what i thought was a lifter tick, found out the "tick" i was hearing was actually a loose sparkplug. it was so loose i actually took it out with my fingers (previous owner had a tune up done previously) so i tightened it down and went for a test drive...
was at 25mph and went WOT, the trans downshifted, got to redline and it wouldnt shift so it bounced off the rev limiter a few times and by the time i got in the driveway i had a pretty nice knock coming from the underside (spun bearing) :craz28:
ive been saving money for a rebuild because the car has 170,000 on it, was gonna pull the motor out from the bottom and use the summit rebuild kit (are these any good BTW?) but i wont have enough dough until probably beginning of june because i wanted to do the lifters as well and was pondering a 355 build
i need to replace the bearings now in the meantime because this is my only car so here is where i need input... (already plan on using ARP rod bolts)
1. good bearings to use?
2. is it dumb to do it with the motor still in the car? it doesnt have to be bulletproof right now because im going to be rebuilding it anyway
thanks a lot!