After completing the 5.0 swap it was suspected the engine needed rings...As the past few years have passed burning oil had become more noticable and surely this engine had seen better days....so this past week I had the engine tested and I'm seeing 40% leakage past the rings (20% is considered normal and 10% is awesome)
The car runs great, it's more an inconvienence at this point- just need to check the oil ever week and wash my inside windshield constantly.
I CAN continue to drive the car...but I really hate cleaning my windshield and I wanted a kennebell by next year- So I have a delima, a few options I'm thinking about:
1. Drive the car another year and deal with it next winter... or do it this winter
2. Engine options: Crate long block, have mine rebuilt, or rebuild mine and get help as needed...or even buy anther 5.0 and rebuild that....and keep stang down-time to a minimum.
...I want 400 hp with the kennebell and finding a long block with the cam and heads I want will be a pain and expensive- then I'm also stuck with the core. I'm thinking I should take the high risk like I did with the 5.0 swap - rebuild the same engine right here in our garage...I've got some decisions to make.