mustgofaster
02-24-2009, 10:32 PM
Cranked her up for the first time in nearly 2 months tonight & it felt goooood! She's running a little rough, but the longer she ran, the more she smoothed out. I do think that I may have a small issue to diag though... Idle is rough, stalled on me after it was in gear for about 15 seconds. I'll go through all of the vac lines & electrical tomorrow to figure out the idle issue & then break her in right.
I will say this, rough idle aside, (not terrible, but should be smoother) when I crack the throttle, she wraps up pretty quick.
The only other issue I have is that the brand new O'Reilly's belt tensioner is a paperweight... belt was squealing like a stuffed pig. I was able to pull the belt on & off with one hand if that tells you anything about how tight it is.
Overall, I can't complain about the price... Machine work totalled up to about $900.00. On top of the usual valve job/cyl hone/rod recondition, that included shaving the heads .030 to up the compression slightly; assembled the bottom end with ARP hardware, and they provided my rings, bearings & a Fel-Pro gasket set. I also replaced all the sensors, injectors, most of the hardware, Bassani headers, new MSD dizzy, converted from a flat tappet, to roller cam & rockers & a few other odds & ends for roughly an additional $1500.00 Overall, it wasn't as bad as it could have been price wise.
I will say this, rough idle aside, (not terrible, but should be smoother) when I crack the throttle, she wraps up pretty quick.
The only other issue I have is that the brand new O'Reilly's belt tensioner is a paperweight... belt was squealing like a stuffed pig. I was able to pull the belt on & off with one hand if that tells you anything about how tight it is.
Overall, I can't complain about the price... Machine work totalled up to about $900.00. On top of the usual valve job/cyl hone/rod recondition, that included shaving the heads .030 to up the compression slightly; assembled the bottom end with ARP hardware, and they provided my rings, bearings & a Fel-Pro gasket set. I also replaced all the sensors, injectors, most of the hardware, Bassani headers, new MSD dizzy, converted from a flat tappet, to roller cam & rockers & a few other odds & ends for roughly an additional $1500.00 Overall, it wasn't as bad as it could have been price wise.