Looks like the engine was sitting in the car w/o the decklid and exposed to the elements for a couple of years. The concern I would have would be the open PCV ports on both heads likely allowed water and dust/debris into the engine. When you power washed it, if you didn't plug those ports, then that process likely put more water into the engine as well.
I would suggest you pull the valve covers and oil pan to inspect and flush any contaminants before you try to start it up.
The debris around the oil filter housing also should also be carefully cleaned and the ports flushed. You don't want any debris left in the ports and go through the bearings.
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yes will make sure to clean up everything before we get it going the guy that was suppose to help me with it gave up on it so brother in law and I will finish it
We're at the point wear we need to put together water/gas and oil lines and then will do our own wiring harness with the instructions from sinister if anyone has any pointers will be glad to hear them out
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Needs gaskets plus I want to do the head gaskets and he bolts on the heads since it's out already everyone knows northstars are notorious on the head gaskets
Doesn't the bottom coolent pipe (thermostat) run to the left side of the car with is the driver side and the top connects to the right side wich is the passenger side with would be the return from the radiator? Left and right side would be standing behind the car
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Dropped the engine again because the guy that helped me didn't remove the cross bar on the cradle and blocked the oil filter and exhaust manifold so we took it back down and fixed it it's going back on this week
I would recommend the oil cooler the engine bay is quite packed with the N* and the oil temp gets pretty high ,especially in stop and go traffic. I would also use only Mobile one synthetic oil for the same reasons.
Doesn't the bottom coolent pipe (thermostat) run to the left side of the car with is the driver side and the top connects to the right side wich is the passenger side with would be the return from the radiator? Left and right side would be standing behind the car
No. Do it this way:
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Originally posted by Will:
Put an inline filler neck on the top connection and run it to the left coolant pipe.
Run the lower connection (thermostat) to the right coolant pipe.
Dropped the engine again because the guy that helped me didn't remove the cross bar on the cradle and blocked the oil filter and exhaust manifold so we took it back down and fixed it it's going back on this week
I just saw that and assumed you were going to be running a remote filter.
In order to incorporate a cooler, you'll need either the OTHER factory filter adapter that includes filter connections, or CHRFab's remote filter mount plate. Also check out Pure Power oil filters... stainless steel mesh, reusable and high flow.
Update pictures just waiting on how to set up the pulleys and what alternator do I need and how to set them up do I need the alternator from the Cadillac or the fiero
That's my method using the stock bracket. The guy in your pic fabbed a new upper alternator bracket. If you do that, you can use whatever alternator you want.
Going to start on the wiring soon if anyone can give me some pointers on how to better tackle the wiring will be greatly appreciated again sinister has done the computer for me but I have to make the harness and connect gauges and whatever else is needed
It could be a lot of things (stuck injector or 4, improper IAC placement or minimum idle air, improper MAF table, vacuum leaks, etc)
I would try to keep it running with the throttle (even if you have to run it at 2000 rpm) and let it get up to temp and remove any air from the fuel system. If you have an IR temp bun, it would be good to check the primaries to see if they all are coming up to temp or if you have some that are cooler than the rest. If you have a scanner or tuning package, it would be nice to hook it up and see what all the sensors are doing. Otherwise, you might want to run it a few times until is sets some codes that could help pinpoint the issue.
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