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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Ok guys I have been driving my car as a DD for the past several years. It has about 140K miles on it. The motor runs and sounds great. It doesn't use or burn any oil. Well other then normal, maybe 1/2 quart in 3000 miles. I have always run synthetic and the motor seems solid. My question is now that I have a new car and this one is just going to be for fun can I put heads and a cam in it the way it is? Do you think it will be fine, or will I be pulling the whole thing shortly down the road to have it rebuilt? Do you have to rebuild with this kind of milage before heads and cam? Thanks
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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By the way I'm thinking of 243's and a medium cam if that helps any.
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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I don't think you would. If the motor is still running strong and not burning any oil, it shouldn't be a problem. I have seen more than a few guys spraying the **** out of their cars on here with 150k+ and they claim they are still going strong.
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Id say no but If you happen to pull the motor for anything Id prob freshen it up with some new bearings but thats just me
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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Thanks for the input guys. That's what I was hoping. I don't want to have to pull the whole motor if I can get out of it, and it seems a shame to tear apart a motor that runs well. Thanks
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mine has 138k, and is getting 243's and a decent sized cam installed within the next few wks. I was worried about the same things as you until i researched a little on here...there are ALOT of people with 150k+ miles that have h/c, and spin to 7k rpms
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