Which motor should I get? Please help
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Staging Lane
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From: Winter Springs,fl
Which motor should I get? Please help So my 02 z28 with 62k miles is motor is blown up. The car has had since new a vortech 9lb blower, and always ran fine until now.
My motor has white smoke coming from the dipstick, and the passenger side engine compartment. Its not smoking through the pipes though. I took it to a local shop and was told my rings are bad, and I needed a whole new motor.
He stated he could do a leak down/compression test but I would only be wasting my money since I need a new motor. The car drives, but the belt isnt on the blower. He also advised its only a matter of time before the car isnt drivable.
So my question, is what would be the best route to go on a new motor? Unfortunetly I dont have tons and tons of money at this time to sink in this car.
Im not that mechanically inclined so I wouldnt be doing any work on it. Also whats the rate for a shop to do an engine swap?
Thanks for the help
My motor has white smoke coming from the dipstick, and the passenger side engine compartment. Its not smoking through the pipes though. I took it to a local shop and was told my rings are bad, and I needed a whole new motor.
He stated he could do a leak down/compression test but I would only be wasting my money since I need a new motor. The car drives, but the belt isnt on the blower. He also advised its only a matter of time before the car isnt drivable.
So my question, is what would be the best route to go on a new motor? Unfortunetly I dont have tons and tons of money at this time to sink in this car.
Im not that mechanically inclined so I wouldnt be doing any work on it. Also whats the rate for a shop to do an engine swap?
Thanks for the help
Last edited by teog1; Feb 5, 2010 at 08:05 AM.
So my 02 z28 with 62k miles imotor is blown up. The car has had since new a vortech 9lb blower, and always ran fine until now.
My motor has white smoke coming from the dipstick, and the passenger side engine compartment. Its not smoking through the pipes though. I took it to a local shop and was told my rings are bad, and I needed a whole new motor.
He stated he could do a leak down/compression test but I would only be wasting my money since I need a new motor. The car drives, but the belt isnt on the blower. He also advised its only a matter of time before the car isnt drivable.
So my question, is what would be the best route to go on a new motor? Unfortunetly I dont have tons and tons of money at this time to sink in this car.
Im not that mechanically inclined so I wouldnt be doing any work on it. Also whats the rate for a shop to do an engine swap?
Thanks for the help
My motor has white smoke coming from the dipstick, and the passenger side engine compartment. Its not smoking through the pipes though. I took it to a local shop and was told my rings are bad, and I needed a whole new motor.
He stated he could do a leak down/compression test but I would only be wasting my money since I need a new motor. The car drives, but the belt isnt on the blower. He also advised its only a matter of time before the car isnt drivable.
So my question, is what would be the best route to go on a new motor? Unfortunetly I dont have tons and tons of money at this time to sink in this car.
Im not that mechanically inclined so I wouldnt be doing any work on it. Also whats the rate for a shop to do an engine swap?
Thanks for the help
You would be money ahead to do a compression and leakdown test. Since you say there is no smoke coming out of the tail pipes, I would be hard pressed to say you have bad rings without the leakdown results. More than likely, you've lifted a head gasket, and you'll hear the air leaking into the crankcase through the oil fill cap and see bubbles coming out of the radiator.
If that is the case, you might be able to salvage the shortblock, and just remove the heads and replace them with some 317's from a 6.0L engine that has larger combustion chambers. That will drop your compression to a safe range for the amount of boost you are running.
...and it will be WAY cheaper and easier than an LS3 engine swap!
