Ford 3.8s are easier to kill than you think!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXpqgNW4bMk
You can clearly hear it isn't knocking before he tachs it up. He notes it is completely stock, nothing done to kill it quicker, just held to the floor. Only tachs it up for like 15 seconds and it kills the engine.
I've bounced old cavalier 4 cylinders off the limiter longer than that, and they lasted a hell of a lot longer.
You can clearly hear it isn't knocking before he tachs it up. He notes it is completely stock, nothing done to kill it quicker, just held to the floor. Only tachs it up for like 15 seconds and it kills the engine.
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I've bounced old cavalier 4 cylinders off the limiter longer than that, and they lasted a hell of a lot longer.
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Yeah, the ford 3.8 sucks ***! I've had 4 thunderbirds with that engine and luckily none of them had issues, but I know alot of people that haven't been so lucky. LUCKY is the key word here lol
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Originally Posted by MyLittleBlackBird
4.6 for the win ![Wink](https://www.gmforum.com/gm/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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Originally Posted by MyLittleBlackBird
Always keep a spare pair of head gaskets in your Ford 3.8L equiped vehicle. The valve seal issue on the 4.6L was fixed in 96 ![Very Happy](https://www.gmforum.com/gm/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Beats me if they ever fixed that. The only fix I've ever heard of was ringing the heads. I'd have to assume they fixed it when they started making the 3.8 split port. I didn't really follow the Ford 3.8 crowd....
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