Hillbillic. LMAO!!! I told you that you would probably find all kinds of Hillbilly Shit. I'm just glad you are finding them and getting them fixed right.
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Wayne's Car (indyridgerunner)
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Hillbillic. LMAO!!! I told you that you would probably find all kinds of Hillbilly Shit. I'm just glad you are finding them and getting them fixed right.
OMG more dumb dumb shit found tonight.
Wayne provided a really nice set of 2 1/2" cat delete pipes he wanted put on. (they were on the car at a previous time with the old owner)
the mid pipes were also replaced (a great job btw) with 2 1/2" pipes to the Flowmaster mufflers.
Im thinking the factory cats will be bolted on with a flange, since I peered under the car and saw.....a flange!
Not. The cat pipe was welded TO THE flange. So I cut the pipe at the weld and spent a stupid amount of time grinding it down flat.
Then I notice the dumbest thing ever.
The exhaust shop used the factory 2 1/4 flange on the mid-pipes. OMG
Cat delete pipe:
Flange on the mid-pipe:
Sorry wayne, but I dont have the proper tools, nor an air compressor big enough to open up this hole.
On a side note, here is a pic of the transmission drain plugs i add to all cars I work on:
Wayne provided a really nice set of 2 1/2" cat delete pipes he wanted put on. (they were on the car at a previous time with the old owner)
the mid pipes were also replaced (a great job btw) with 2 1/2" pipes to the Flowmaster mufflers.
Im thinking the factory cats will be bolted on with a flange, since I peered under the car and saw.....a flange!
Not. The cat pipe was welded TO THE flange. So I cut the pipe at the weld and spent a stupid amount of time grinding it down flat.
Then I notice the dumbest thing ever.
The exhaust shop used the factory 2 1/4 flange on the mid-pipes. OMG
Cat delete pipe:
Flange on the mid-pipe:
Sorry wayne, but I dont have the proper tools, nor an air compressor big enough to open up this hole.
On a side note, here is a pic of the transmission drain plugs i add to all cars I work on:
Holy shit the bad news has been delivered.
The drivers side cam siezed in the head, trashing the journals.....junk.
The other head needs all 16 guides.
I told Wayne its not smart to install new heads on this piece of shit shortblock (im assuming its crap)
If you wear all 32 guides out on a Mod Motor, chances are the other bearings are no good either.
Some touch decisions are ahead.
The drivers side cam siezed in the head, trashing the journals.....junk.
The other head needs all 16 guides.
I told Wayne its not smart to install new heads on this piece of shit shortblock (im assuming its crap)
If you wear all 32 guides out on a Mod Motor, chances are the other bearings are no good either.
Some touch decisions are ahead.
This car was intended to be a daily driver with no performance stuff.
He got the car for a song, and I explained that after a new engine and labor, you could buy a running Marauder with similar mileage for the same price.....and know what the car needs when you buy it.
I could swap an engine and then find a host of other things wrong.
Guessing game...plain and simple.
He got the car for a song, and I explained that after a new engine and labor, you could buy a running Marauder with similar mileage for the same price.....and know what the car needs when you buy it.
I could swap an engine and then find a host of other things wrong.
Guessing game...plain and simple.
justbob
Just a grandpa car with a vacuum leak.
Reminds me of a time a friend and I came upon a stream with our quads. It was the perfect stream for screwing around and giving the quads a good beatdown! We had a BLAST! For about 10 minutes.... You see, we stirred something up, that's right, shit/poopoo/caca. It ended up being a sewer run off! We were already covered in this crap, ears, mouth, and so on. Did we stop? NOPE! Had a blast, went home and showered up and became a Plumber 15 years later banking the bucks.
I don't know the meaning of giving up, I would plop an engine in and call it a day.
I don't know the meaning of giving up, I would plop an engine in and call it a day.
Another option is a rebuild of the existing short block. After reading and observing the pic's it would just as likely be that the pistons, rods, crank and block are viable candidates for a rebuild. Since the customer has to have both heads, they don't have to be new, just refurbished replacements, rebuilding his short block would seem to be more economical than a 5K new terminator bock.
Hey musclemerc you were posting the same time I was typing. Your suggestion is better, I think.
Hey musclemerc you were posting the same time I was typing. Your suggestion is better, I think.
Indeed. Those engine rebuilders hog everything out .030 over (including sutting the crank) no matter what. So, if you ever wanted to do anything down the road, you cant.
Combine that with his old engine being apart with one definitely bad head....then I have to get paid to re-assemble it for the core....if they even accept it as a core.
Im pretty sure i found a replacement engine, fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed? Hell I'll cross my nuts if it will help change the run of bad luck this car has encountered. Poor car. One way or another It will be road worthy again.
Just sell it to me.
That is not my first choice, but it can sit on the table right next to my other choices.
Correct me if I'm wrong Zack, but I don't believe that will effect his time line at all. My project is pushed out of the garage and other obligations will be worked on until mine gets back on track. Let me know what you're thinking on yours.
If it's got close to 100k or more I don't really want to pay more than $1,000. Otherwise it pretty much depends on what it is. I really don't want to dump a large pile of cash in the car. It's not going to be a modified car. Just a fun driver.
Let me PM Zack and talk a couple of things over with him and get back with you.
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