New v8 from Los Angeles

I recently rescued a V8 that was donated to charity with the jungle.

It's in ROUGH shape, but I'm trying to get it back to life.

Have fixed:
- front cam shaft seal leak thanks to post on here with compatible seal part numbers.
- chewed up fuel injection wire on cylinder 6? It's the front left most cylinder.
- trans pan damaged by a forklift at delivery


Have to fix:
- missfire on cylinder 6
- intermittent exhaust leak from rear exhaust manifold? Still haven't fully diagnosed the issue. This one's really bad and makes the car unusable
- motor mounts are definitely gone
- trans mounts
- transmission might be slipping, can't tell with the severe missfire
- suspension and steering refresh, steering looser than a Kardashian
- dash peeling
- front seats torn
- driver fender with a dent
- hood with a small dent
- comple clear coat failure on 5 panels and spoiler


Some good things about the car though, it seemed to have been well taken care of to a point. All fluids and filters appeared to be recently changed.

Any advice for a newbie is appreciated.

socal-v8 said:

I recently rescued a V8 that was donated to charity with the jungle.

It's in ROUGH shape, but I'm trying to get it back to life.

Have fixed:
- front cam shaft seal leak thanks to post on here with compatible seal part numbers.
- chewed up fuel injection wire on cylinder 6? It's the front left most cylinder.
- trans pan damaged by a forklift at delivery


Have to fix:
- missfire on cylinder 6
- intermittent exhaust leak from rear exhaust manifold? Still haven't fully diagnosed the issue. This one's really bad and makes the car unusable
- motor mounts are definitely gone
- trans mounts
- transmission might be slipping, can't tell with the severe missfire
- suspension and steering refresh, steering looser than a Kardashian
- dash peeling
- front seats torn
- driver fender with a dent
- hood with a small dent
- comple clear coat failure on 5 panels and spoiler


Some good things about the car though, it seemed to have been well taken care of to a point. All fluids and filters appeared to be recently changed.

Any advice for a newbie is appreciated.

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JohntheSHOguy lives in Los Angeles. He knows V8 SHOs inside and out, upside down backwards and forwards (he drives an '97). Not sure if he checks the boards, though. He really helped me out on mine.

Qshiplvr said:

JohntheSHOguy lives in Los Angeles. He knows V8 SHOs inside and out, upside down backwards and forwards (he drives an '97). Not sure if he checks the boards, though. He really helped me out on mine.

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I can be reached at [email protected]. Happy to help you enjoy the SHO.

johntheshoguy said:

I can be reached at [email protected]. Happy to help you enjoy the SHO.

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Thanks John, I sent you an email.

socal-v8 said:

I recently rescued a V8 that was donated to charity with the jungle.

It's in ROUGH shape, but I'm trying to get it back to life.

Have fixed:
- front cam shaft seal leak thanks to post on here with compatible seal part numbers.
- chewed up fuel injection wire on cylinder 6? It's the front left most cylinder.
- trans pan damaged by a forklift at delivery


Have to fix:
- missfire on cylinder 6
- intermittent exhaust leak from rear exhaust manifold? Still haven't fully diagnosed the issue. This one's really bad and makes the car unusable
- motor mounts are definitely gone
- trans mounts
- transmission might be slipping, can't tell with the severe missfire
- suspension and steering refresh, steering looser than a Kardashian
- dash peeling
- front seats torn
- driver fender with a dent
- hood with a small dent
- comple clear coat failure on 5 panels and spoiler


Some good things about the car though, it seemed to have been well taken care of to a point. All fluids and filters appeared to be recently changed.

Any advice for a newbie is appreciated.

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Here's the disassembly for the CAM WELDs done by JohntheSHOguy: https://shoforum.com/threads/gen3-v8-sho-engine-disassembly-for-cam-weld-pictures.145562/

New to the forum from PA