I really dont want to trade the car. But a rebuild out of pocket is going to be money. Parts, labor, +snowball effect(clutch etc etc). Still weighing my options.
are you able to do any of the work yourself?
if you can it shouldnt be too bad. probably equal out to how much you will lose on a trade in
Most of it yes, not very familiar with the mod motors putting them together, I'm a sbf guy lol. I'd do all dissy, and probably have a shop do the motor and plug it back into the car that parts easy!
if you got an engine stand and the tools its probably not that bad if you take your time
Agreed, but i think I'd feel a bit safer if someone that puts them together often did it. I'm thinking if i do the shortblock, i may do heads/cams as well.
I see you have the car for sale on craigslist is the # 8 misfire fixed? :shrug:
Yup, for sale. Pulled the plug on it last night, looked good, ran a compression test on it and it was within 10pts of all the other cylinders(#5 was ~10 as well so not too worried). I honestly have no idea what could have triggered the code, other than going to a different gas station, which I would have never guessed would have done it. All things point to it being ok, but Im still weirded out. I have over 200 miles on it since, no smoke, not weird noise, no shake, nothing.
Is it possible to tune commanded more fuel to prevent failure #8, that it caused fouling?
man i would hate for you to get a buyer and that light come on and they take it to a dealer and have them deny their warranty because you didn't disclose the car had a tune and threw a #8 misfire code!!! hopefully it won't land you in a court battle. I would be careful about not disclosing info and or posting bad /false info.. Just a word to the wise!