My car has the “blue smoke of death” at start up and between 3500 and 5000 RPM’s. My plan is the rebuild the engine and I have a few beginner questions.
1. Any recommendations on brands of rings and bearings?
2. Can the standard 5.0 heads' valve guides be replaced?
3. My plan is to add a KB supercharger in about 2 years and I noticed that Crane Cams recommends different springs for the same cam based on supercharged vs. NA. Why? I don’t get it and I don't want to have to replace the springs later.
4. For some comic relief here is the reason I think the engine is worn out. The previous owner drove the car with a hole in the airbox. There was dust all the way to the throttle body. I stopped looking there.
thanks for any input
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Bobasaurus
1987 LX 5.0 - Engine Rebuild now installed - 26290 Wonderful Miles so far
Items now installed from the
garage : GT-40p heads, Explorer Intake, FMS "P" headers, Crower 15511, SFI Balancer, 24#, SPEC Stage 1, T5z, 65MM TB, 77MM Pro-M, 255lph Pump