Journal #5992

Dude, you think you have it bad... After all that work I did on my engine, for unexplainable reasons, it has now decided to burn ungodly amounts of oil and coat the spark plugs with it. I'm going to get a cheap used engine from a junkyard, get it in there and registered, then rebuild the original with high compression pistons, a milled head, balanced bottom end and smog-delete everything. I'm tired of screwing around achieving the equivalent of plugging a dam with bubblegum (High Mileage 10-W40 and Lucas Oil Stabilizer, you get the idea.)

I bought a cheap engine the first time mine blew. Decided not to do so again. Although $400 is cheap, its also very low mileage, and came out of almost the exact same car. Although I'm pretty sure the Escort only has one engine out there, my first time around I was probably screwed out of my motor and given the non-sc version, which has a weaker bottom end and doesn't play nice with a supercharger.

Sorry to hear about your troubles, though.

I WAS going to fuck with a 91 Camaro that need serious body work, but turns out that the body wasn't the only thing rusted out... that thing would've been a nightmare, especially this close to winter.

Well actually, first generation Escort GT's like mine use their own unique high output engine that you can't find in any other car. Except for the block, everything else is different between the regular and HO Escort engines, so it's not going to be too easy. Searching in online junkyard databases, there's only a few of them within reasonable driving distance in California.

Ouch. While I did have the pain in the ass of trying to find a 3800 that was for SURE a SC unit, I did have the option between 3 or 4 different supercharged cars.