jjbg86

anyhone want to help with a rebuild?? lol jk i finally got it out!! just wondering hows it look for 112k on motor??

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88stangaruu

Not bad...pistons are a lil dirty. But not bad..

Why you pull it apart so early. 112K on the clock is nothing for a 5.0...its just warming up.

jjbg86

lol i know but i ran threw a puddle in a rain storm (dident see it) and she sucked up water in the coldair intake the moron before me lowered it all the way to the bottom of the fender i dident think anyone would put it that low so i just assumed. and well the rest is history

88stangaruu

Oh...say no more....you shoulda seen the inside of my dads old bronco, it had a carb'd 351 in it. haha, well he was trying to show off for some friends one night and ran it down a trail. Bout half way down the engine started smoking, he forgot to put the filter back on it and the carb got a mouth full of muddy muddy swamp water. That was all she wrote.

jjbg86

wow that really had to not be good!! ya i took the oil pan off and checked the crank bearings all 4 are scored pretty bad!!

88stangaruu

muddy water will do it, no joke. He got so much dirt in the engine the oil was gritty.

How the cylinder bores look, can you just have them honed?

Did it hurt the crank any? Any deep scratches or grooves in them? or will just a good polish be good?

jjbg86

thats whats weird the bearings ar scorn to hell but he crank it self looks pretty good not scorn or scratches. it can just be honed but was thinking as long as i am hear boaring it .30?? what u think

88stangaruu

Well, usually you dont want to bore it unless you absoblutely have to, every bore takes the engines life span and shortens it. A 302 can only go to about .040...racers take them to .060 over...but i wouldnt do it for the street. So if the machine shop says a hone will do..then just hone it.

As far as the crank not being scorn...thats a good thing man, the bearings did their job.

Like racing bearings definatly arnt for the street, racing bearings are harder and wont absorb any grit ingested by the engine. So softer bearings are better for the street because that what their for. To take the punishment instead of the crank.

Good deal man..a polish on a crank is like $30. A hone job should only be about $85, bore and honed is going to run anywhere from about $100-$150.

Id just buy an engine rebuild kit off of Ebay or out of a catalog. Its a good deal, comes with all the gaskets for the engine, piston rings, all your bearings, etc.

And replace the stock oil pump drive shaft with a ARP, thats a good life insurance policy, stock oil pump shafts twist easily.

1BIGMOFO

my little brother blew up his vette the same way, he called my at midnight crying to grab my flatbed car trailor and come to pick him up... I gladly did (with my camera) took about 20 pics of his "broken" vette! lol that sucks tho man! best of luckwith your rebuild!