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Wow, it has been nearly a year since my last posting already? How time flies. The good news is the car has been running amazingly since I finally discovered my misfiring issue last November. It was due to a bad injector. I checked the resistances one night and all were looking good until I hit...

Alright then. So this is difficult to admit, but it would seem that there was never a pilot bearing installed in this crankshaft. I only decided to check because my cousin mentioned it after telling him of my symptoms. I checked some of those old pictures from right after receiving the rebuilt...

The latest update is July has been a very busy month and I was unable to get much time into the car. I did a couple things however and they didn't seem to help too much. I replaced the transmission mount as the other was starting to crack pretty badly. When I went to replace it I found the nuts...

I picked up a new advance auto store brand balancer to test out.The video of that one is below, it is still a little wobbly which makes me think there might not have been an issue with the other one, or it was just not 100% of the problem. A quick ride down the road and the vibration is still...

Code check last week after I fixed the backfiring didn't show anything major. Only smog pump related codes popped up, which the system has been removed a long time ago. As for the balancer, it's original but I can pick a new one up easily enough. I'll have to ask the shop about that, I know it...

I have not and I am not sure how to visually verify beyond the balancer markings. I would guess just get cylinder 1 to TDC, then check the rotor position relative to the plug? I can do that easy enough. Oil pressure has been steady and noise wise it sounds healthy. If it's something internal I...

I was able to get the video of the harmonic balancer uploaded and here is what it looks like. I think it is a little wobbly but I can't tell if its the balancer or something else causing it. Edit: Link pasted wrong the first time. I can't seem to get the link for the non-mobile version... I'll...

Well things are looking up. I checked the plugs, starting with the cylinder that had a motionless exhaust rocker for a short time there They were all in great shape still since I put new ones in since the rebuild, however #6 was fouled beyond belief. So I cleaned it up, threaded it back in and...

So after tightening that rocker down and hooking everything back up, fired right up with no backfiring. However there is backfiring in the exhaust but only on the road under load. That's right direction at least but I think it is misfiring. I'll check firing order once more, but it feels like it...

I am in the middle of checking the valve lash one more time, I am still somewhat umcomfortable about it. And I pull off the driverside valve cover and number 6 exhaust valve is loose as a goose. I pulled the rockers off to make sure it didn't get ripped out or something and the top of the valve...

Anyone have a thought as to what the deep burbling sound is in the video? I am trying to resolve this issue before I get the new wires tomorrow. While I hope they do the trick, I am not optimistic and want to try and discover the issue in this downtime. Thanks.

This weekend I only had a sparce amount of time to tinker and I was able to remedy the lean condition. I checked all the wiring and noticed the ground wire for the O2 sensors was not grounded anywhere so I undid one of the upper intake bolts and bolted that down. After a drive similar to one...

So, I did some things, and some not so good things this week. I started with redoing the valve lash, and I did it to the 1/2 turn after zero lash. That wasnt that bad, it sounded a little better but still backfiring/popping. While noisily running valvetrain was going on, I checked the vacuum. I...

O2s are quite new, usage wise. I installed them in the past couple years. However I had lean issues before the bearing spun last year and couldn't solve the mystery as to why. I did the fuel pump, fuel filter, and installed a fuel pressure gauge and the pressures look good. ~40psi at idle and...

So she is back to her home stable after about a year's hiatus at my friends for the heavy lifting. There is one issues remaining, only one that I can tell anyway. There is a rather loud popping of popcorn like soundcoming from the intake(even occasiobnally at idle). After some reading it sounds...

She is alive and sounding very healthy, considering half the exhaust is still not attached (that might make it sound better tbh). There is some loping but I am certain its due to vacuum leaks. I intend on replacing and re-running them all, they've been patchy for a while now. I have a nice sound...

Hey all. I am still here working on the car. It has been a while since I have made any sort of update but here goes. Only just a couple months ago I had the stock motor rebuilt to OEM specs. The motor was in decent shape, sans the spun bearing that seized the engine on me that fateful day nearly...

Thanks for the input. I'll definitely look more into both. I am still undecided which direction I will go, and more importantly how big of a budget. I will be sure to log it here for all to see. Thanks again.

Do any of you have experience with Coast High Performance? I was referred to them by a friend but would like to get some more opinions. I am especially looking into their short blocks.

I don't believe so. The pump is less than 2k miles old and the gauge was reading proper pressure.