Hey there guys, new to the forum. Excited to be here.
A little bit of a back story in the situation.
I have a 1983 convertible 5.0 4 speed. I bought the car about 9 months ago. Drove it 50 miles and the engine became off balance and insisted on dying unless under heavy throttle. Did my first engine tear down and saw damage on the outside of piston #4 and several scratch’s inside the block as well as a snapped oil pump shaft that connects to the distributor.
After reading about roller and non roller blocks and builds I came to realization that instead of rebuilding the block I had I was better off trying to locate a roller block to rebuild and reinstall. After browsing around I came across an add on offer up and was interested but I am very confused as to the pistons currently in the block and am looking to you guys to hopefully give me a hand here.
Thank you for reading!
A little bit of a back story in the situation.
I have a 1983 convertible 5.0 4 speed. I bought the car about 9 months ago. Drove it 50 miles and the engine became off balance and insisted on dying unless under heavy throttle. Did my first engine tear down and saw damage on the outside of piston #4 and several scratch’s inside the block as well as a snapped oil pump shaft that connects to the distributor.
After reading about roller and non roller blocks and builds I came to realization that instead of rebuilding the block I had I was better off trying to locate a roller block to rebuild and reinstall. After browsing around I came across an add on offer up and was interested but I am very confused as to the pistons currently in the block and am looking to you guys to hopefully give me a hand here.
Thank you for reading!