Repairing another cam failure SHO

[AllSHO_n_NoGO]

Found this SHO locally with the typical cam failure. This will be the 6th one we have done in the last 14 months.

This one is a 97 w/112k miles on it. Overall the car is in really nice shape. Transmission only has 10k miles on the rebuild.

Here are some pics of the car as it sits right now before it goes under the knife tomorrow morning:

 

[-DVP-]

Hmmmm.... Was that the car the guy didnt want to get his cams welding on?

 

[AllSHO_n_NoGO]

Hmmmm.... Was that the car the guy didnt want to get his cams welding on?

Not sure what you are referring to?

 

[gmail]

so what are you doing replacing the engine?

 

[dukeofsho]

I was working on mine this morning. Pulling the engine of the donor next week.

 

[ibleedblue65]

so what are you doing replacing the engine?

You repair the head and weld the cams.

 

[dukeofsho]

and spend $350.00 per headgasket

 

[ThatShoGuy]

and spend $350.00 per headgasket

or you can reuse your head bolts and gaskets like me:swing:

omost 30k miles on mine now

 

[AREA 91]

That's great you are fixin her.
Please take lots of pic's.
I will be doing this sometime in the future.
:wave:

 

[ibleedblue65]

reuse. Paint the gaskets.

 

[dukeofsho]

I thought about doing that to the engine I took out of mine. I guess I'll save the engine out of the TR SHO. It's getting the GM engine. It least I know thats good. Just going to toss in a new set of rod bearing just in case.

 

[AREA 91]

What are you guy's using to coat the gaskets?
Hylomar?
Copper spray a gasket?
Indian head/shilac?

 

[BamSHO]

i cleaned the gaskets good, then gave them a good coat of paint. Seems to be working good. You working on the white Gen3



Brian Michael
98 silver Gen3

 

[ibleedblue65]

engine paint.... works every time. Done a BUNCH

 

[AREA 91]

engine paint.... works every time. Done a BUNCH

So, you guy's are using 500 degree engine enamel, correct?