Just because you replaced the exhaust system it will not cause the car not to run.It also seems that you are throwing parts at it.Just because you are taking parts off other vehicles does not mean they are good.Remember you need three things to make a car run,air fuel,spark.Take any of these...

What you need to do is to start to resarch your build. Everything comes with a price.The more HP equals more money.Why 400 to 500 hp?Is that crank HP or wheel hp?you plan on running pump gas or E85?Is this a weekend car or a dailey driver. Once you start to make that much HP on the engine will...

Easyest thing to do is get another motor and replace it.No money or tools makes it kind of hard to rebuild anything.

If using new internals all parts should be balanced.All components are measured. But together.I just bought a set of Wiseco pistons 2 pistons wayed 296 grams the other two were 300 grams.Scat rods had different weights as well.Take all your components assemble them and have the rotating mass...

Stock rebuild would be fine.just be sure to replace all your hardware( rods,mains)stock mitsu is good enough.

To be honest with you I have a little of everything. Snap on and Mac tool boxs I've had almost thirty years. Craftsman I've had longer.I even use a wooden box to store stuff in.At the end of the day It's not the price of the box but how you take care of things.

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Figure out what you going to do with the engine that will determine how the block is going to be rebuilt.You caanot order the pistons randomly to the block. The pistons should be ordered to the bore sizes. You have to have a set amount of space between the piston skirt and the cylinder wall. To...

Use a digital camara.Label everything. take lots of notes.Take your time.If the crank needs to be cut have it turned.By cutting the crank you are not going to weaken it.The nitrating only penatrates the crank about 20 thousands.If the crank is bent or has bad journals that will cause you more...

Depending on what you want to do.Use a 4g64 crank in a 6 bolt block, stock rods stroker pistons.If you are going to use stock rods change to ARP hardware remember to have the rods resized.Stock rods with new hardware can safely hold 450 hp more than enough for the street.Stroker motors are good...

Check your rod bearings the sizes should be stamped on the outside of the bearing shell.Also install one conrod at a time then spin the crank.If one journal is out of round it could make everything bind.Make sure you are using the right torque specs.Bring your rods to the machine shop and have...

Are you guys kidding me.With all the crap on tv a good show on four cylinder cars should be OK. I mean think about it do you really want to watch a show about some over weight guy trying to lose 400 hundred pounds.The only reason why people watch this shit is people want to see this person freak...

Turning it by hand either way won't blow the engine. You just can't time the engine correctly at that point.What you have to do is rotate the engine the correct way to remove any slack in the timming components.Just crank the engine overuntil you get to TDC and all marks are lined up.Than you...

You just can't assume that "It looks like it needs it".Have the crank cleaned and miked that will tell you what you need.If the journals are not MIRROR finished the crank needs to be turned.If there are scratches in the crank it needs to be reground.If you are going to make that power level go...

My first car was a 1968 ford torino fast back.It had a 390 gt engine with a four speed. It was rated 420 h.p. from the factory.Gas mileage as terrible.If I remember correctly I got 9 MPG around town 12 MPG on the highway.Gas was 35 cents a gallon.Even at that price I complained that gas prices...

Looking at the disk it looks worn around the outer edge.Check your flywheel it's a stepped flywheel . A lot of machine shops have a hard time doing these correctly. Lay a flet edge (thats really square don't use a six inch steel ruler.) The face of it has to be level. Also a equal amount has to...

Sounds like timing is off.Just do a compression test.If it is bent valves don't run the engine.You'll end up doing damage to the valve guides(possibly break off the ends of the guides,smash the valve seats).

Don't have money for a rebuild than get a used engine and swap it out.

Pull the engine and check it out. you can do a nice rebuild for that amount of money.Start by checking the vendors on this site.Take the block to a good machine shop and have them go over the hole thing.Bore the cylinders and have them do a line boring for the crank.Get a remanufactured crank...

Kinking a oil line would cause a oil restriction.You could starve the engine of oil.

Main girdle and the caps from jay racing are not a bad thing. Depending on your application it could be a waste of money or money well spent. If you are really going to build a high horsepower high Rpm engine(around 1000 hp 8500 rpm) get them.For a street driven Race ready car you are wasting...

Jay racing sells main bearing caps about $300 a set. If you are going to do that might as well put in ARP studs and MAIN bearing cap dowel kit. Extreme PSI sells these parts.Make sure you line bore the block. Also when you bore out the cylinders make sure you have the machine shop use a torque...

You don't have to do a leak down test. What you need to do is a coolant system test. What you will do is pressurize the cooling system. The pressure kit has a guage on it. Apply pressure to it if a leak is present the system will not hold pressure. A lot of times if the HG is bad you will end up...

Install the oil squirters.Than go to DSM graveyard and buy the recondition rods with the ARP studs with the EVO pistons Dont go to the junkyard and buy the squirters get new.I had a bearing go bad on one main journal I determined it was machining waste (could not find what it was). I changed the...

Remember white smoke is coolant,blue smoke oil,black smoke is gas.Do a compression / leak down test. Also start the engine with the radiator cap removed if the system has pressure in it (blows the antifreeze all over )probaly the HG is bad.Also smell the vapor if it's coolant the vapor will have...

To be honest with you I would get the car first than start the build. This way you can plan the build.It's also not just building an engine, what about the tranny, the brakes, the steering. All components relay on each other.Also whats your background limited mechanical background or more...

I've used FelPro gaskets for years (At least 30) never had a problem.Sometimes the reasoning is newer is better but that is not always the case.

Continued to work on the engine block.Getting for spring rebuild.

Other than a DSM I own a Scion xb,dodge caravan,S10 pick up, Nissan Pathfinder,63 Chevy impala.

Jack the car up.MAKE SURE IT IS BLOCKED.Remove the front tire and inspect everything.Look for broken parts loose or missing bolts.Also check for bent struts even broken springs.You may want to check for bent or broken strut tower if everything checks out get the front end aligned they will let...

The guy I got the car from just trashed it.He was like an ape with a baseball bat destroyed everything.He even cracked the windsheild.Three years later got the car to stock form and running. I had a blast getting it running and driving it. Decieded to redo it this summer I'm in the middle of a...

Years ago I new a guy who had an old american motors car maybe a javalin or gremlin(so long ago I don't remember) we all though the car was a POS until he started running low 10's high 9's. Well the laugh was on us. Goes to show you with enough time and money anything can fly.Good luck to you...

Have someone sit inside than take a garden hose and run water all over the car.

If you have a blown head gasket you will either be using coolant or oil.It has to go some where.Check your exhaust.If it's white thats coolant(steam) If its blue(oil).Check your fan motors. Also check all your duct work to your radior.Anotrher possibility is the radiator is air bound.

For now rebuild the head. New timing componants and get the car running.Then take it from there.

Putting a 4g63 engine in a boat is not to hard.At one time or another most all engines would be installed in a vessel. You have to decide what kind of boat you want to do.For example a Inboard engine outboard engine, inboard/outboard.you also have to consider the hull design.Ie: Planing...

The easiest thing to do is remove the front timing belt cover and check all the belts.If the balance shaft hung up on the screwdriver you could have damage the oil pump belt or skipped time. Both events are bad.If the oil pump belt is broken or starting to fail you better replace it before it...

When doing a crank make sure the crank jounals are really clean with no marks of any kind.Also make make sure the block is taken apart and cleaned remove all oil plugs and clean out all oil passages.One piece of bearing material would destroy any new bearings or crank you install.In my opinion...

Most of the time you are better off buying from a vendor.If you have a problem with the part you can exchange or refund your purchase.Also remember you get what you pay for.When buying used it's used chances are the turbo is shot,the valve cover is cracked(or some other defect)the oil pan is...

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Why do you have to leave the check valve in place?

I have not read all the post.I don't waste my time reading all the bullshit reguarding the things you did and didn't do. It's your car and you will pay all the bills and put all the time into it. Like you said a engine is a engine no more no less.First thing to do is get the engine out,make...

Try it it can't hurt.It's just the first few threads anyway.

It sounds like your air bound.Go to the thermostat housing open it up,remove tstat fill the block with 50/50 mix seal everything back up.Get a good thermomator and measure water temp. at radiator cap opening.run the engine check the condition of the thermastat fan relays etc..While your at it...

Its fine. Just run it.Some times you screw around with it trying to file it you'll end up making it worst. When I got my eclipse It had burnt rings in number one cylinder (peices of it were gone) the cylinder had some deep scratches in it. I honed the cylinder the best I could .I removed about...

Lots of things to consider when picking up a torque converter. Like work done to the transmission.Usable RPM's of the cams.The height of the tires The condition of the engine.What your buying is another peice to the puzzle.Everything should be considered with the right combo you'll fly.Years ago...

Make sure you pack the pump with grease for your first start up.This way you don't damage the pump on start up.

If you look at my screen name their is a reason for it.I'm the guy who response to the siren at two oclock in the morning to a mva.I've cut vehicles apart to pull out people with injuries so extensive that the occupants ask me to let them die and some do die,some never walk again. some lapse...

My eclipse started life as a car for my daughter.The engine was so blown I deceided to rebuild it.The kid I got it from beat the living crap out of it. Had I known this I would not have gotten involved with it.Well to make a long story short I have done almost a total rebuild engine brakes...

You got the head off. You have taken the crank out .the engine is now pulled apart. But you don't want to do a major rebuild? Support the head alittle better. Get some two by fours under the head to take the weight off the manifolds place a layer of cardboard between the head and the wood.Remove...