Brand new stock motor
03-24-2006, 12:44 PM
#13
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RE: Brand new stock motor
I can smell it here and there,but I can't see any when I drive it,my freinds told me when their behind me,I get a puff after I give it hard throttle,or when I downshift on a big hill,I got concerned when they told me this,years ago,I got one of my buddeis to drive it hard so I can see,its not that much,just a puff,as for oil,it leaks a little too but,I put a litre in almost every 2 gas fills..
ORIGINAL: Twisted
A couple questions, if I may, smkshw.
1. Does your's smoke enough that you can see it while your driving?
2. Do you run the motor hard?
3. How much oil does it use?
I can never see any smoke while I'm driving; I just caught a hint of it in a video I made a couple weeks ago. At any rate, thanks again.
ORIGINAL: smkshw
well,if my motor was blowing blue like crazy,I'd put in a new motor,I'm sure the day will come soon,I never did anything to my motor, because it ran so good for me over the years,didn't want to mess with a good thing,but once this one goes,I'm definetly going to do somthing,I just painted it,so it looks good,I think,just waiting for the motor to go,so I can add some more hp to the mix...
well,if my motor was blowing blue like crazy,I'd put in a new motor,I'm sure the day will come soon,I never did anything to my motor, because it ran so good for me over the years,didn't want to mess with a good thing,but once this one goes,I'm definetly going to do somthing,I just painted it,so it looks good,I think,just waiting for the motor to go,so I can add some more hp to the mix...
1. Does your's smoke enough that you can see it while your driving?
2. Do you run the motor hard?
3. How much oil does it use?
I can never see any smoke while I'm driving; I just caught a hint of it in a video I made a couple weeks ago. At any rate, thanks again.
03-24-2006, 02:52 PM
#14
Join Date: Nov 2005
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RE: Brand new stock motor
One reason that I would rebuild the factory motor is this, You know what you have with it.
Some of the companies that do reman motors do a really crappy job on there rebuilds.
I worked in a parts store and we got a guy a reman motor for his truck (it was a chevy 350) less than 6 months later that motor crapped out and he decided to go with a new 350 from GM we decided to pull the reman motor apart and see what was wrong and i couldn't hardly believe it they hadn't turned the rod bearings to the same size which i personally think you should do he had a couple that were 10 over some that were 20 over and at least one that was 30 over same deal with the main bearings .
Plus you have no way of knowing what type of parts they are using in the motor.
Are they using good bearings, rings, gaskets so forth .
any decent machine shop should be able to redo your factory engine for 2200 or below and then you would know what you had
Some of the companies that do reman motors do a really crappy job on there rebuilds.
I worked in a parts store and we got a guy a reman motor for his truck (it was a chevy 350) less than 6 months later that motor crapped out and he decided to go with a new 350 from GM we decided to pull the reman motor apart and see what was wrong and i couldn't hardly believe it they hadn't turned the rod bearings to the same size which i personally think you should do he had a couple that were 10 over some that were 20 over and at least one that was 30 over same deal with the main bearings .
Plus you have no way of knowing what type of parts they are using in the motor.
Are they using good bearings, rings, gaskets so forth .
any decent machine shop should be able to redo your factory engine for 2200 or below and then you would know what you had
03-24-2006, 05:57 PM
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RE: Brand new stock motor
ORIGINAL: transam396
One reason that I would rebuild the factory motor is this, You know what you have with it.
Some of the companies that do reman motors do a really crappy job on there rebuilds.
I worked in a parts store and we got a guy a reman motor for his truck (it was a chevy 350) less than 6 months later that motor crapped out and he decided to go with a new 350 from GM we decided to pull the reman motor apart and see what was wrong and i couldn't hardly believe it they hadn't turned the rod bearings to the same size which i personally think you should do he had a couple that were 10 over some that were 20 over and at least one that was 30 over same deal with the main bearings .
Plus you have no way of knowing what type of parts they are using in the motor.
Are they using good bearings, rings, gaskets so forth .
any decent machine shop should be able to redo your factory engine for 2200 or below and then you would know what you had
One reason that I would rebuild the factory motor is this, You know what you have with it.
Some of the companies that do reman motors do a really crappy job on there rebuilds.
I worked in a parts store and we got a guy a reman motor for his truck (it was a chevy 350) less than 6 months later that motor crapped out and he decided to go with a new 350 from GM we decided to pull the reman motor apart and see what was wrong and i couldn't hardly believe it they hadn't turned the rod bearings to the same size which i personally think you should do he had a couple that were 10 over some that were 20 over and at least one that was 30 over same deal with the main bearings .
Plus you have no way of knowing what type of parts they are using in the motor.
Are they using good bearings, rings, gaskets so forth .
any decent machine shop should be able to redo your factory engine for 2200 or below and then you would know what you had
03-24-2006, 06:01 PM
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RE: Brand new stock motor
ORIGINAL: smkshw
I can smell it here and there,but I can't see any when I drive it,my freinds told me when their behind me,I get a puff after I give it hard throttle,or when I downshift on a big hill,I got concerned when they told me this,years ago,I got one of my buddeis to drive it hard so I can see,its not that much,just a puff,as for oil,it leaks a little too but,I put a litre in almost every 2 gas fills..
I can smell it here and there,but I can't see any when I drive it,my freinds told me when their behind me,I get a puff after I give it hard throttle,or when I downshift on a big hill,I got concerned when they told me this,years ago,I got one of my buddeis to drive it hard so I can see,its not that much,just a puff,as for oil,it leaks a little too but,I put a litre in almost every 2 gas fills..
ORIGINAL: Twisted
A couple questions, if I may, smkshw.
1. Does your's smoke enough that you can see it while your driving?
2. Do you run the motor hard?
3. How much oil does it use?
I can never see any smoke while I'm driving; I just caught a hint of it in a video I made a couple weeks ago. At any rate, thanks again.
ORIGINAL: smkshw
well,if my motor was blowing blue like crazy,I'd put in a new motor,I'm sure the day will come soon,I never did anything to my motor, because it ran so good for me over the years,didn't want to mess with a good thing,but once this one goes,I'm definetly going to do somthing,I just painted it,so it looks good,I think,just waiting for the motor to go,so I can add some more hp to the mix...
well,if my motor was blowing blue like crazy,I'd put in a new motor,I'm sure the day will come soon,I never did anything to my motor, because it ran so good for me over the years,didn't want to mess with a good thing,but once this one goes,I'm definetly going to do somthing,I just painted it,so it looks good,I think,just waiting for the motor to go,so I can add some more hp to the mix...
1. Does your's smoke enough that you can see it while your driving?
2. Do you run the motor hard?
3. How much oil does it use?
I can never see any smoke while I'm driving; I just caught a hint of it in a video I made a couple weeks ago. At any rate, thanks again.
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