The latest...The TGP is my new lift queen. What a Bitch! It has taken hours to finally remove the oil pan which involved subframe lowering, motor mount removal, coolant draining. Jusyt amazing..so I can find the source of my knock. There it was the front rod bearing. During the repair process I replaced the coil pack with new Delco's, replacing the rusty horizontal coolant line on the lower right fender with a nice stainless one, steam cleaning and epoxy painting the front subchassis, and will order the new x-over, chip and will custom install a low restriction 3" exhaust. Oh I forgot, will pull the Turbo for new seals, and will clean the intercooler as well. The engine bay cosmetics will include red powder coated/natural beaded valve covers, top plenum, and all metal tubes for air delivery. After completion I'll take pics and share the results. This is a 1989 Red/Tan leather 66kmi, #257 car. I'm just north of NYC and the winter is brutal this year so hence the project. Happy Motoring!
If you want pics/info on the 3 inch exhaust, check out my site...look under performance for 3 inch exhuast.
http://www.turboste.com
Jason
WOAH! Back the salt truck up a minute!
#257? How'd you find that?
Otherwise sounds great, what I wanted for my car just never had time.
Oil pan removal is a pain. I guess I'm just used to dropping the subframe. Guys at the shop joked about my brothers car, saying it was held in with pins instead of bolts! ;)
His started to get a light light tapping, dropped the pan and put in a few dollars worth of bearings. Very well worth it! The front bearing is farthest from the oil pump and seems to suffer because of it. Most 2.8/3.1's I've seen with rod failure are on the#1 rod only. One was in the middle, but the rest in the front. Unless its bearing falure because of a bad intake gasket!
Chris
Can someone give me the part numbers for the bearings. Mine is getting a bad knock now too.
I don't have them, but its not hard to find. I used FM bearings, I guess you could try clevites but I don't think it really matters.
Federal Mogul or Clevites? I'll do some calling around tomorrow. Thanks.
Either FM or Clevites will do fine for this type of motor application. Good luck.
Thanks.