I've been lagging on diagnosing the problem because the situation's kind of depressing and just sucks *****. I actually picked up the kit and the test fluid just now. I'll do it tomorrow and report back with the results.

 

hey park..... found somethign that might interest ya
https://my350z.com/forum/texas-marke...dont-need.html

 

^ Yeah, I contacted him last night but he doesn't have a lot of info on the engine and a couple of connectors are broken. I'm waiting on a shipping quote from him.

 

Do you even have results / diagnostics of what's wrong yet before you jump onto doing the swap? Just trying to look at the best cost effective route rather than spending a lot of money.

 

So I took care of my license plate ticket, the carrollton Marshall said it is still a fix it ticket and then if you don't its a misdemeanor with $200 fine. Even he agreed it is a stupid law

 

Taking car to get retuned tomorrow, out of curiosity when we get the AFR right, will I gain any or stay about the same

 

He said if you get another one it's 200$ and its a misdemeanor now? What all did you change to retune other than the art pipes/exhaust? Doesn't sound worth it IMO

 

If he has the storage space, it might be a good buy regardless. 32K miles vs his 150K+. If his engine turns out to be fixable, with the way he drives he will want another motor anyways. Maybe even slowly build it up before installing?

I'm spending someone else's money in this thread so my comments are frivolous.

 

Lol I like spending other people's money too. I'm not sure if he's even really looking to spend extra money if he doesn't have to.

I was bored so I decided to take the car apart and work on some stuff.

 

changed intakes, went from cats to art pipes and changed exhaust. i am runnin lean. retune is only 200.... not the full 700.

the marshal said it was only a misdemeanor if you pay the ticket, in carrollton it is still a fix it ticket

 

Ah ok not bad thought was full 700$.

 

I just tried to do the combustion leak test but the coolant kept getting into the test fluid. I guess I need to drop the coolant level a lot more. At idle and lower revs, before the coolant screwed up the test fluid, there was no smoking from the exhaust and the test fluid stayed blue. When the revs got higher, I could see white smoke coming out of the exhaust. By the time this happened, the coolant expanded and got into the test fluid again.

 

Chris - Don't pay for shipping an engine. We can take my truck to pick it up (unless it's in Cali of course).

Also, before you spend $900 plus to replace the engine look at how much it would be to repair yours. What do the results of your test show? Is it most likely just the head gasket?

 

The test was a fail since coolant kept mixing in with the test fluid. I'm going to drain the radiator tomorrow a bit then try the test again.

The cost would be cheapest if I just replace the head gaskets, assuming there's not other damages from either this ordeal or from using nitrous/racing. However, until things come apart, you won't know if there's any damage to the heads or the block. And even if it's just a blown head gasket, I'd still have to take the heads to get them cleaned and milled. I wouldn't just put them back on without making sure everything will seal up properly.

With so many miles on the engine, it's only matter of time until other issues start popping up. Additionally, my valve covers are leaking pretty bad so they need to be replaced and they're $$$. If I were to take my engine apart, I'd most likely opt to upgrade to HR head gaskets/bolts (requires modifying of the coolant channels) and probably the Pathfinder coolant mod, too.

 

i pm'd that guy as well...not sure if it's worth 900 with no history

 

Well I'm new to this trend.

So hi! Lol

Does anyone know about any meets in the DFW area coming up pretty soon?

 

welcome to the dfw lounge..... i will try to plan something for a meet in the near future.

 

i went to PRT and got re-tuned last night, i gained 8 horses.

286 whp and 248 torque, will post up the graph later today

 

Haha, we should just start one -- maybe next Saturday (21st) or the Saturday after that (28th)? As long as you don't disappear for another year or anything.

Seriously, though, we haven't had an official meet in a while. Travlee usually sets them up but he's been lagging. JK

 

^.i wont deny it.... i will get one posted this weekend. tilted kilt again, that was the best turn out...tenatively thinking the 21st, didnt see anything on dlb