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damn..... motor = dead.
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Angrymarshmello
Lifer
No it's the original 302 - he's just some a little porting and added some new trick flow heads.
Sucks about your engine - you could always take it somewhere and see how much it would cost to actually get fixed
True.. We need to think outside the box. A cylinder doesen't normally just lose all compression.. even if a ring broke. I'm betting a blown head gasket.
Either that or something to do with the valves. I suppose it's possible that it detonated and blew a hole in the piston, but damn.. lol.
Well, I'm not going to be able to tell for sure what it is until I pull it apart again. And yeah, it's the original 302 with 100,000 miles on it and probably 50 passes or so at the racetrack. It's possible I bent a valve, but I doubt it, we did a pretty good job putting that valvetrain together. I think that the extra airflow from the new heads might have been more than the fuel system could handle, and the car leaned out and burned a hole in the piston, or maybe just the rings. Actually, absolutely no compression isn't totally accurate, I got about 10-20psi.
Anyway, I'm planning on pulling the motor out of the car next chance I guess.
Anyway, I'm planning on pulling the motor out of the car next chance I guess.
mastertech01
Moderator Emeritus Elite Member
Ive seen a few 302 break rings too.
Evadman
Administrator Emeritus<br>Elite Member
well, either way it still sucks ass 🙁 Do you have a dash mounted a/f indicator? if you are good at soldering you can make one that would read from a regular GM o2 sensor. Hell, if you neeed an O2 sensor I got a few, and will give ya one. you would need to weld in a bung though. Jameco sells the indicator kits for like $20
I've never been real big on those A/F guages. I'll probably jsut take the car to the dyno after it's together and make sure it's not leaning out.
Not the decision: go the cheapest possible route to fixing it, because I really can't afford to do any more OR buy a brand new 331 stroker on yet more credit.
Not the decision: go the cheapest possible route to fixing it, because I really can't afford to do any more OR buy a brand new 331 stroker on yet more credit.
Zenmervolt
Elite member
Chevy engine in a Ford? Do something like that in Detroit and you'll get your ass kicked. 😛 Besides, the 351 Cleveland can wipe the floor with a 350.
ZV
TrueBlueLS
Platinum Member
Air/Fuel gauges rule?
Hmm.. I do believe that you get the most power from a slightly lean mixture, actually.. but it's easy to burn things up.
Originally posted by: TrueBlueLS
Air/Fuel gauges rule?I think you meant a Exhaust Gas Temp gauge.
Uh? No.. I meant an A/F ratio gauge. I am not talking about EGT gauges.
Although, if you had to chose between one of the two, an EGT readout would be more valuble. Like I said, we'll generally take all the information we can get. 🙂
TrueBlueLS
Platinum Member
A/F to me is just for looks and not worthy of accuracy. I have yet to see one that doesn't move like it's going out of style. People who drive Civics can say, "Oh look at me... Rich, lean, rich, lean, lean, lean... Why's my motor blown?"
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