engine surgery

[Garrett Mofford]

ok so im constantly seeing everybody with pictures of doing shiz to the motor.. now granted i dont have the supercharger.. i got the series 2 3800 in a 2000 gt and i got 174k on her.. im a 19 year old who isnt all about racing an revin.. i could care less about burnouts and all that.. i drive it like a caddy.. but still love working on it an learning new stuff.. but my question is.. with my car having 174k miles what type of maintenance should i do to it.. for instence rocker arms.. push rods.. gaskets.. hoses.. this or that.. im just curious thats all

[brandonl2000]

Lower intake manifold gaskets. If you haven't done them, do them. We consider it to be preventative maintenance.

[matt5112]

LIM and VC gaskets, including the coolant elbows.

[Slick2500]

Isnt there a thread about this?

[Garrett Mofford]

Isnt there a thread about this?

i looked and couldnt find one?

[brandonl2000]

This should help playa.. http://www.cpaclubgp.com/misc/lim-gasket.html

[Slick2500]

No i meant the preventative maintenance stuff.

[Garrett Mofford]

good lookin playa

[Garrett Mofford]

No i meant the preventative maintenance stuff.

like i said i looked around for a few days and i couldnt find one

[Slick2500]

http://www.grandprixforums.net/safel...0-a-67580.html
http://www.grandprixforums.net/97-03...ems-60802.html
Pretty much everything you need to know is in those 2 threads.

[Garrett Mofford]

http://www.grandprixforums.net/safel...0-a-67580.html
http://www.grandprixforums.net/97-03...ems-60802.html
Pretty much everything you need to know is in those 2 threads.

thanks

[brandonl2000]

This thread is helpful as well. It's where the video comes from, but the link I am giving you is to post 13. Step by step.

http://www.grandprixforums.net/video...tml#post109386

If it's your first engine job, write the steps down, go outside, go in order. Since you're n/a your steps will be slightly different, and of course you aren't doing lifters as they did in the video, so don't pay that no attention.

[Garrett Mofford]

thanks man

[brandonl2000]

No prob. And if you get stuck in the middle of it, we're always here there's usually always someone online who has done it before and give you some direction with it.

[BillBoost37]

Maintenance wise. I would check the LIM gaskets. If plastic, replace them. Automatically plug the coolant ports to the upper manifold. Reason for that is with a few minutes of work you can keep the most common killer of the NA motor from happening to you.

Here's what happens.
http://www.grandprixforums.net/97-03...ure-60667.html

And here's how to plug the LIM to keep the issue from being possible. No coolant in the UIM means it can't fail.
http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-mod-lim-46931.html