thirdbird
Registered User
Hi,
I have an 89 SC w/200K on the motor's bottom end(i'm assuming).
It Blew a HG Yesterday.
Somebody here who builds his own motors as a hobby says I should do the lower end as well as the top, and it would be dumb for me not to. He is not a Ford guy, and never worked on our cars....
I have a felpro upper gasket set on its way to me already, and will be ordering arp bolts, and I have the help of somebody else on this board who has a garage, and has done his HG's himself already.
I don't have the $ to put in better pistons and rods,
which I would want to do if I did redo the lower end.
I barely have the $ to have the heads reworked, which I at least want to do if I'm going to the trouble of replacing the HG's.
I have another motor in a 92SC that already needs total re-work. If I had to do a rebulild, I would build the 92 slowly over time while I was driving my 89.
So.........
Should I sink 5-7 hundred into the 89 motor top end to get it going, and would it be a wate of $ to do only the topside of a motor with that many miles on it?
or
Should I just park it for a long a_ _ time and get a complete rebuild?
I realize that these questions are probably stupid, but I ain't gonna learn if I don't ask!
I am Grateful for this resource!
paul
I have an 89 SC w/200K on the motor's bottom end(i'm assuming).
It Blew a HG Yesterday.
Somebody here who builds his own motors as a hobby says I should do the lower end as well as the top, and it would be dumb for me not to. He is not a Ford guy, and never worked on our cars....
I have a felpro upper gasket set on its way to me already, and will be ordering arp bolts, and I have the help of somebody else on this board who has a garage, and has done his HG's himself already.
I don't have the $ to put in better pistons and rods,
which I would want to do if I did redo the lower end.
I barely have the $ to have the heads reworked, which I at least want to do if I'm going to the trouble of replacing the HG's.
I have another motor in a 92SC that already needs total re-work. If I had to do a rebulild, I would build the 92 slowly over time while I was driving my 89.
So.........
Should I sink 5-7 hundred into the 89 motor top end to get it going, and would it be a wate of $ to do only the topside of a motor with that many miles on it?
or
Should I just park it for a long a_ _ time and get a complete rebuild?
I realize that these questions are probably stupid, but I ain't gonna learn if I don't ask!
I am Grateful for this resource!
paul