My Engine replacement odyssey - 1994 HR
My engine replacement odyssey has begun. I posted questions about the 460 V8 in my 1994 Holiday Rambler some time back and after much engine diagnosis and finally laboratory analysis of my crankcase o...
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keymastr wrote:
Good luck with the rest of the job, it will be so worth it in the end. I almost want to do one too but then the memory of the last few rebuilds comes back and the moment passes. :)
I hear you!
I rebuilt my first car engine back in 1967. It was a Ford 312 V8. I not only totally rebuilt it I hopped it up too with milled heads, bored .060 over, installed a more aggressive cam, and a larger carburetor. I blew my first transmission shortly thereafter (a 3-speed manual). The transmission was followed by the rear end and yet another transmission. I was back in college at the time and couldn’t afford constantly replacing drive train components, or up grading the drive train, so that was the end of my heavy foot days. But the engine always ran great! Those were fun days!
