Thread: Help with a Stang...
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04-22-2008 06:22 PM #1
Help with a Stang...
Hey guys. I'm a new member to Club Hot Rod. I also relatively new at the whole rebuilding, car tuning thing. I try, but am not quite the professional yet. I have a 1975 Mustang II with a 140 in it. I get crap about it alot by the guys, but hey, I have a mustang. haha. Im not sure what ford was thinking, or what I was thinking when I bought it, but hey, its a car and it runs.
Anyways, I have the Mustang II Ghia. It came stock with the 140, but i was thinking of puting something a little bigger in it...possibly a 302. I ran into a little trouble with the rearend tho. I'm not sure what size to use. Thats a separate project though.
Right now, I am driving it with the 140, but it smokes blue really bad. I tried pouring some diesel down the spark plug holes and letting it set for a week before dry-firing it and cleaning the holes out. I was hoping that would loosen the rings and clean everything up a little to help cut back on the smoke/oil usage but it didn't work. Any ideas??? It gets good mileage and i would love to drive it back and forth from college!!!
Like i said, I'm new at this. I hope I'm not too dumb for you guys.As you climb the ladder of success, remember one thing; all the smart people took the elevator.
Mike
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy