The motor in my mustang is hosed
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Topic: The motor in my mustang is hosed
Posted By: colinc
Subject: The motor in my mustang is hosed
Date Posted: September-06-2004 at 6:19pm
I attempted to start my mustang today and couldnt get it to fire - the motor seemed to be turing over a little too easily so I got out the compression tester and found that it has like 50 to 90 psi on all the cylinders.
Damn.
So I have options:
A) Rebuild the original 260 thats in the boat.
B) Find a decent running 289 or 302 from a car/truck, and convert it to reverse rotation re-using the appropriate parts from my 260 (the cam is the important part right?)
c) Spend all the money and buy a crate motor that is already set up for reverse rotation bolt on my interceptor parts
What do you guys think?
-Coop
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Posted By: yellowdog
Date Posted: September-06-2004 at 7:48pm
A. If mine and I was happy with the performance of the 260, I would rebuild it.
B. Trying to convert a standard rotation to right hand is more than the cam. I understand that the journals on the crank are machined differently and there are a few other "hidden" changes. Not something I would care to tackle without a whole bunch more knowledge. Not that I am afraid of a rebuild, more like I would hate to spend all those hours doing the work and then watching it meltdown because I overlooked some $0.50 detail like a right-handed oil pump bearing or something equally 'minor'.
C. Probably the most costly, but you do get a warranty of sorts???
Let us know how it goes.
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Caretaker of the wife's '78 Ski Nautique
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Posted By: Rick
Date Posted: September-07-2004 at 1:57pm
How many hours does the engine have on it. I'd pull the heads before I decided. You may be able to get away with just a valve job.
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Posted By: 64 Skier
Date Posted: September-10-2004 at 5:23pm
My 2 cents is to re-build. You have a lot of options...go original...stroke...performance cams, intake etc without the hassle of accessories, mounts etc not working.
I agree with Rick, and add that you may want to leak test to see if it's rings or valves...most likely valves.
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64 Skier
66" HO VTX and 67" HO Triumph
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Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: September-14-2004 at 5:04pm
A 260 has a smaller bell housing bolt pattern than a 289 and 302. I found this out when I changed from a 260 to a 302.
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Tim D
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