my coupe issues

[Kevin1989]

as most of you know i had the cooling issue with the coupe and the loosing oil.

Well today mark came over and we went to town tearing it appart, got the upper off, the fan all the accesories (PS/alt/ a c ) you get the point took the plugs out. found some oil on the spark plug threads? also the water pump bolts and front cover bolts were loose for some reason like they were not tourqed down last time, but my goal basicly is find the oil issue and cooling issue, put on my sub frames and find decide between a 410 and a 373 gear for the rear. And get it ready for a power adder:bigthumb

[306Power]

Whats your starting point? What kind of heads/cam/intake or other mods that your starting with? Post up some pics asap man, good luck!

[Kevin1989]

i have a comp cam, last owner says its mild, sounds good enough not F with, eddy preformer heads, trick flow upper 30lbs inj 65mmTB, JBL shorty headers to flowdaddys

ill post op pics
this is what it looks like. i hope to maybe hide some wires, its a nightmare under there lol
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm118/ohioredneck08/CoupeEngine-1.jpg

[306Power]

That's a good start then, you might wanna check to find out what exact cam you have if your going power adder. If you dont have a good power adder cam you could take away potential power from what you could have with a good power adder cam.

[Kevin1989]

yea the turbo will be a while but i wanna maybe spray it next spring. i just want to see a 12.5 with my slicks i have

[306Power]

I wouldn't run slicks with Nitrous on a stock tranny or rear end. Your chances of shitting out either one or both would be pretty damn good. If it was me I would hook up with some DR's, your gonna spin some but like the old saying goes "Whenever your spinnin, the tranny ain't givin."

[Kevin1989]

hhaha well see what happens i really just wanna run a 12.5 lol then ill just run street tires

[cobra429boss]

car should run 12.5 on motor

[347sc]

I wouldn't run slicks with Nitrous on a stock tranny or rear end. Your chances of shitting out either one or both would be pretty damn good. If it was me I would hook up with some DR's, your gonna spin some but like the old saying goes "Whenever your spinnin, the tranny ain't givin."


I have ran 11s on both a stock t5 and stock axles/diff in a 3600lb car on slicks.

[Kevin1989]

what were you launching at

[347sc]

5000rpms. I know some others that went 10s on stock axles. Really though better axles and c clip elims are a must with a lot of power because if you shoot an axle out the rear end it will be a bad day.

[NXcoupe]

Check out your head gaskets and make sure the holes for the water passages were on the back of the block. I have seen people put heads on, and they make sure the blue faces up on both sides, which puts the water outlet holes in the front on one side and the rear on the other. This causes the engine to get hot, push water out, etc. Its on the side of the gasket, two holes one on top of the other, they should both be in the rear towards the firewall. They are also marked top, which means face it up, but some people don't look. Hope you get it figured out.

[331TwistedWedge]

i was just about ready to post that ... i read about the same issue last week and head gasket being on backwards comes straight to mind ...

[Kevin1989]

the cooling isnt my worry really, its the oil usage. ive added a quart in 500 miles...? what does oil on the plug threads mean?

[exrider416]

the cooling isnt my worry really, its the oil usage. ive added a quart in 500 miles...? what does oil on the plug threads mean?

Oil getting passed the rings or valve seals would be my guess. Do you get a puff of smoke out the exhaust on startup? if so i'd say valve seals

[Kevin1989]

yes on every now and then it will have a little on a WOT pull but most 5.0s ive seen smoke a little lol

[NXcoupe]

1 qt in 1000 miles is considered normal on the early 80's 5.0's and any engine with low tension, race based oil rings. Oil on the threads can be valve cover gaskets leaking too. the overheating is probably a good reason the vehicle is using oil.

[Kevin1989]

so far on my list its water pump and front cover gasket and the head gaskets, and valve seals then NAWZZZZZ lol