64 galaxie

[Heo]

My GalaxieThat i have owned since the late 90s that im about to build an
engine for.It have the factory P code 390(police interceptor)with some
questionable work done to it

[ScotiaFE]

Very Nice.

[Heo]

Thank you

[jayb]

Good looking car, Lars!

[Heo]

Thanks

[e philpott]

SWEET car !! ... so how did you manage to talk the model into posing with your car ?? 

[Heo]

Model?? No its just my wife

[machoneman]

Car, what car? All I see is one very good looking...ooophs! It's your wife....LOL!

Nice car indeed.  Any plans or leaving it as is?

[Heo]

 LOL Im leaving it like it is exept the engine The car
have wery low milage(with the wife i guess you never know )
but the engine have some issues. thanks to previus owners
other than that i maby instal a TKO 600 if i dont need to
chop up the floor to much and maby diskbrakes
although the Police Brakes are realy god with the
right linings .I used some no name brand x linings
and with them they were just plain dangerous.
so i bought discs  for it. But had no time to mount them
and bought some quality linings and now its not realy
nessesary to change. No brake fade at all

[machoneman]

So, Heo, tell us about your engine woes. Is it oil consumption, low oil pressure, low compression readings? 

[Heo]

Lack of power.And i suspect a flexing cylinder beacuse
of  blowby on high rpm under load. One pushrod is not rotating
Not strange with the cam not in the right place
cam plug mounted wrong way and to fix that they
just milled a resess in the trustplate. some crap
breakerles aftermarket conversion .A real bad
valve job.valves sunken deep in the head not two
valves on the same installed height and so on.
Have to meassure everything up to se how
the macine work i done and sonic the cyl walls.
God oil pressure thou and not much oil consumtion
but leaking gaskets most leak caused by lose
fasterners
Have probably run les than 20000 miles since rebuild

[machoneman]

Sounds bad but.....

A compression test would tell us more. Warm it up, remove all 8 plugs and wire/affix the trottle to WOT and crank the engine over for a test of all 8 cylinders. A battery charger can help to keep the cranking speed constant.

A leakdown tester (not something most have) would also pinpoint if it is worn rings or bad valves (valve recession from what you described) and/or  bad gaskets. 

If your heads are that bad, replacements ala' Edelbrock aluminum heads may be the best choice although with shipping and potential import fees the price may be quite steep.  Regardless, the issue is  to determine if the short block (1st, 2nd and oil rings + the pistons)  is o.k. and it's only the heads that need work or replacement.

[Heo]

Yes i know all that but with all the bad work
i saw just from the outside. I dont trust
the rest of the engine and since i got such
a heavy car im going to order a stroker kit
from Survival motorsport. If the shortblock
of this engine is ok i put it back with new rings
and bearings and save it
and build on some of the other FEs i have