Hello again! Of course, now that I’m in the process of repairing the car, my mind began to wander. My eagle talon has 200k miles on its motor, and I am 99% sure the previous owners never rebuilt the engine. So, that means its time for thrust bearing replacement right? I wont even have anywhere...

So I had some issues with smoking after idling for a bit so I did a comp test and had 90 across the board dry and wet so I decided to yank the head. I found some leaky valves and the composite headgasket was a mess, which was what I thought. I figured while I was here I would fresh up the bottom...

I purchased main bearings, including thrust bearings, M136A 15H19A sizeSTD made by TAIHO in Japan for my pre-April 1992 6bolt 4g63. It turns out these bearings which NAPA lists as suitable for my block are too narrow. They are 0.840" wide as opposed 0.975" which is the size I need. My old...

I am replacing a 6bolt crankshaft that crankwalked on me...see here: 6-bolt crankwalk - 0.065" endplayI have a replacement 6bolt crankshaft that I am not able to date, i.e. I cannot determine the date of the engine manufacture that the crankshaft came from. I am ordering all bearings and...

I could not resist buying a 1992 n/t, 5spd Talon w/ 100K miles on it for $400. Lady owned since new and she kept all receipts since the day she bought it. The driver side frame was completely gone but the motor appeared to be in excellent shape. I checked the compression, 174 - 169psi hi to...