i am not the type for this hobby

[Futurama]

but i will finish because so many people have busted their asses helping me get this far. I just wish i had more patience and better luck.

[lowthreeohz]

LOL, i've been building my coupe since the summer of 2003, and i'm still "almost" done.

[Futurama]

LOL, i've been building my coupe since the summer of 2003, and i'm still "almost" done.
i need to get my shit together, life wise. The problem is the car is 98%finished, and just needs a little more but my life is really in need of overhaul, so its hard to push the car aside when its so close.


looks like i will not make the fall cruise, hopefully i can still pull the front wheels at the next FFW though. if not than i just need to relax, and take my time.



thanks everyone for your help.

[TexasCobra97]

Bro dont stress yourself, its about building a car and having fun. When it feels like to much pressure just forget about it for awhile. Atleast thats what i do.... :D

[Magnimike1]

Bro dont stress yourself, its about building a car and having fun. When it feels like to much pressure just forget about it for awhile. Atleast thats what i do.... :D


Or you can just sell it like I did. Now sell me your's. You know you don't want it anymore. It's slow anyways. ;)

[Da Prez]

take your time bro and do it right, building a car takes alot of time, especially if you got alot of other shit going on in your life, you can always put the car on the back burner, but you cant do that to your life...

[RED]

take your time bro and do it right, building a car takes alot of time, especially if you got alot of other shit going on in your life, you can always put the car on the back burner, but you cant do that to your life...


<---been on the back burner. But she sounds good! :D

[Slowhand]

you have 11k posts. that might be part of your problem.

[Tangstang]

you have 11k posts. that might be part of your problem.
That's since 2002 bro, that's 5 years, only 6 posts a day. I don't think that's part of any problem.

[musclestang89]

don't worry steve you will get there. You do have a clean ass ride man. just take your time and the outcome you will be happy with

[JamesB]

What happened? it was so close to running the other day. what was the issue with water in #4? You know I am right down the road

[mikeb]

Put it on the side for awhile and do something else. Sooner or later you'll feel like getting back on the project again.

After my recent $1k plumbing repair and the transmission I just bought for our expedition I get to sit out yet another year again. Yippee.

[mustang87]

i don't know you dude ,but hang in there,i think i can speak for most of us and say we are here to help as much as we can,so don't give up.

[greenbullitt]

you put a new cam in with those ported heads?

[turbostang]

What happened? it was so close to running the other day. what was the issue with water in #4? You know I am right down the road

Yeah, I haven't heard anything about this...

What gives Steve?

[Maverick]

What happened? it was so close to running the other day. what was the issue with water in #4? You know I am right down the road


:confused:


Steve - try owning a car and having it down for 11 years, all the time its had 5 engines, 6 sets of wheel combinations, 4 transmissions, and two rear gearsets...and only driving it 300 miles (during its first 3 months of my ownership)...AND helping others work/fix their stuff BEFORE yours...


Thank goodness I've broken the habit of selling off my badass stuff...I have sworn not to let the next combination get away for this car...(Comet)

[Futurama]

you put a new cam in with those ported heads?
nope, the valve springs arent up to the task, besides, the X cam is just fine for some basic twisted wedges and a dualplane intake.






Steve - try owning a car and having it down for 11 years, all the time its had 5 engines, 6 sets of wheel combinations, 4 transmissions, and two rear gearsets...and only driving it 300 miles (during its first 3 months of my ownership)...AND helping others work/fix their stuff BEFORE yours...

Thank goodness I've broken the habit of selling off my badass stuff...I have sworn not to let the next combination get away for this car...(Comet)
i cant even begin to imagine what all that would do to me, its a level of commitment i cannot even comprehend.






Yeah, I haven't heard anything about this...

What gives Steve? had it back together. And started it last nite about 6, ran for 15 minutes or so and then locked up. tried to start it again and heard a pop and then nothing. pulled the plugs, #4 was full of coolant, then tried to put a ratchet on the crank pulley and couldnt turn it,

i dont know what happened, but right now it seems a rod is bent, and motor wont turn. which is my luck, this is after spending my last 600 on a head port job when i should have put it else where.

[Futurama]

thanks for all the support from everyone in this thread, it may not seem like much, but you will never know how much it means to me.

[mikeb]

Damn steve :(

[WhitEGT]

Sorry to hear Steve, get it fixed and you'll be remember why you're doing this.

[Futurama]

Sorry to hear Steve, get it fixed and you'll be remember why you're doing this.
thats what i hear, you jinxed me with your myspace comment trick! revenge will be mine! YARG! :D

[01-GATOR]

hang in there bro, at least you have a car to work on. I sold mine last year and now I wish I had it back..

[sleeperLS]

dont feel bad steve. I order about 1400 bucks worth of parts this past month and got notified today at the end of my shift that i was being let go since we have been so slow and he cant afford to pay me any more. So yeah ill be good this month for rent and shit but thats about it. On top of all this we have been looking for a house the past few weeks and was gunna make a offer this weekend.

[Futurama]

dont feel bad steve. I order about 1400 bucks worth of parts this past month and got notified today at the end of my shift that i was being let go since we have been so slow and he cant afford to pay me any more. So yeah ill be good this month for rent and shit but thats about it. On top of all this we have been looking for a house the past few weeks and was gunna make a offer this weekend.
that fucking blows.

we need to start a busted bags jackstand racing crew.

[WhitEGT]

thats what i hear, you jinxed me with your myspace comment trick! revenge will be mine! YARG! :D


We'll the transmission started going out on the T/A when it was being tuned, so no need for revenge :( :D

[Futurama]

We'll the transmission started going out on the T/A when it was being tuned, so no need for revenge :( :D
damn, see post #24 for correct reply.

[F8LSVT]

hang in there bro, at least you have a car to work on. I sold mine last year and now I wish I had it back..


x2. Keep your head up man. :cool:

I second the busted bags jackstand racing lol. :D

[JamesB]

You need to take the head off and figure out what happened. Did you check to see if you had oil pressure when you got it back together?

[turbostang]

Sounds like the heads may have been ported through, or a headgasket didn't seal.. usually those are the only ways to get coolant into the motor that fast.

If it "thunked" when it died, most likely it bent a rod(s). When they bend the bottom of the piston hits the top edge of the counterweight.

On that particular motor, you won't be out much Steve... Remember those pistons weren't in the best of shape. Get a "rebuild" kit and put some flat tops in it this time.. .it will be worth a ton of power.

[Futurama]

You need to take the head off and figure out what happened. Did you check to see if you had oil pressure when you got it back together?
when it ran the first time it had good pressure, i was glued to the gauges.




Sounds like the heads may have been ported through, or a headgasket didn't seal.. usually those are the only ways to get coolant into the motor that fast.

If it "thunked" when it died, most likely it bent a rod(s). When they bend the bottom of the piston hits the top edge of the counterweight.

On that particular motor, you won't be out much Steve... Remember those pistons weren't in the best of shape. Get a "rebuild" kit and put some flat tops in it this time.. .it will be worth a ton of power.


i thought the pistons were fine? they are forged speed pro pistons :confused: are those not ideal? and wouldnt some flat tops hit the valves in my heads without a dish like the pistons i have now?

[SNEAKY]

recap

car was running fine, little smoke out of the pass. side header.

turned car off to get the exhaust all mounted up, and went to re fire it, that is when it locked up.

the motor was not running when it locked up.

number four was not full of water, it had some on the plug though.

my worst case guese is, a bent rod on number four, and my thought on the cause is either, head gasket did not seal? not sure why, it look did not look to have a problem when it was installed.

head ported into water jacket? not sure about that, it was done by a good shop with no reason to really think that.

or, the back intake bolt next to number four port did not feel right when it was torqued down. cause water to leak into that port.

[turbostang]

i thought the pistons were fine? they are forged speed pro pistons :confused: are those not ideal? and wouldnt some flat tops hit the valves in my heads without a dish like the pistons i have now?

You keep forgetting you have TFW/TW heads, valve clearance is not normally a problem with them.

The pistons are fine as far as brand etc..I used the SAME shortblock to make 700rwhp. The pistons weren't in very good shape, remember? The cylinders were WAY TO TIGHT when I first checked the motor. That's why I had to get it re-honed... They had a bunch of scuff marks from the first cam that came apart and the material that bedded in the skirts.

number four was not full of water, it had some on the plug though.



It may not have been full of water when you checked it, but it probably was at one time or other. :(

[halo/horns]

I feel ya, Steve. I'm not sure I'm cut out for such an $$ hobby. It sucks even more because we are so emotionally attached to our rides. *hugs* I'll take you for a ride at the Belly next time :p

If I blow out my tranny on that run I'm sending you to a witch Dr. to get the bad voodoo taken off! :mad: :D

[built2layframe]

I Say if the tranny goes with steve in the car the only (right thing to do) would be give Rhonda your tranny! LOL

Don't sweat it steve. Get back on your feet and let the car sit for awhile, it isn't your primary car so it's not like your walking. you might Talk to Beau @ lloyds shop I think that he has some 351 parts laying around his garage that might help you out. Just HAULLA @ me if you need anything bro.

[Super Coupe]

Keep your head up man. It happens to a lot of us. I just spent a crap load of money redoing my pos.

[Futurama]

I Say if the tranny goes with steve in the car the only (right thing to do) would be give Rhonda your tranny! LOL

Don't sweat it steve. Get back on your feet and let the car sit for awhile, it isn't your primary car so it's not like your walking. you might Talk to Beau @ lloyds shop I think that he has some 351 parts laying around his garage that might help you out. Just HAULLA @ me if you need anything bro.
thanks bro, after this sunday, i will have some serious descions to make.

[usmcluke]

I know how you feel I just keep buying parts and I am further from having a running car than when I started. Hell when I bought it, it ran now I am always waiting on this part or that part. Mostly because I am cheap and I am trying to buy almost everything used or hookup style.

[Futurama]

well that was fun




hydrolock>me

[turbostang]

well that was fun




hydrolock>me


So where's the carnage pics?

[Futurama]

So where's the carnage pics?
thats what sucks, you cant even tell its broke unless you use a mic or some other tool besides not being able to turn the crank.
maybe i will post up my flat cams just for fun. oh yeah, and i did say CAMS as in more than one lol.

[Adam]

Damn that sucks steve....