So long story short I have my 1995 GST sitting for a while due to a piston ring and time has just past and its been just sitting in a storage. I'm in Tampa, FL. and want the car running again. Any suggestions as to where I can take it for a reasonable price and somewhere where they are familiar with this specific car? Any suggestion is appreciated. My car is modded- internals and turbo if this makes a difference.

Reasonable price you'll have to do some research and call around for prices and stuff.

Thanks, just don't want to junk it or part it out if it can be avoided.

How do you know it has a ring issue?

Did a compression test by a mechanic and after that I just garaged the car.

beagan said:

Did a compression test by a mechanic and after that I just garaged the car.

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That isn't necessarily indicative. Leakdown is more thorough. What happened and maybe we can assist.

This is why I need help trying to find someone that's not going to tell me I need to rebuild the motor when it's not necessary. I'm in the Florida (Tampa area).

What happened. Why did you park it

Motor lost compression got it checked out and told it was a bad piston ring. After that I parked it and has been that way for years.

Under what circumstances? We're you full throttle and it blew? Need more info. Rings sound unlikely. It has zero compression?

I was driving it normally and one day the car just lost power. Took it to a mechanic and was told the engine did not have the required compression. After that I just parked it.

That isn't rings. That sounds like a timing belt issue. Any competent mechanic should be able to diagnose that. If you want a dsm specific maybe somebody in yiur area can point you in the right direction

I hope so, that's why I joined this forum hoping someone in my area (Tampa) could point me to a competent mechanic.

Could be a lot of things more likely than a ring issue. Usually compression is a timing or valve sealing issue. Usually a cracked ring land will smoke at idle.

I want the car running again. Hoping to find someone that will be trustworthy and have the issue identified.