So are you saying it would be hard to swap in a 4g63t? And about the smoke, its constently smoking I believe, not as bad as it was before I changed the gasket, but still a little, here is a question for ya, my air box is all jamed in there and not even bolted in plus the clamps are missing to keep it together tight so the previuos owner just has a paper clip thing in there so its no sealed tight and it was opened more on the bottom so so oil was getting sucked in from the valve cover leak. Could this just be the air filter and intake still coated in oil?? And if so how would I clean it? Couldnt I spray carb cleaner or injector cleaner in the intake while it is running? I just want to keep this motor going as long as I can, dont know how long it will take to find another motor for her or have enough money to have the motor completely rebuilt (with a couple mods...LoL) With a family of 5 I have alot of other prioritys before my ride so I have to put money away a little at a time. I am getting a set of 17's for it I am doing a stait up swap for rims and tires for my dirt bike wich is in pieces, I will post pix as soon as I get them cant wait I am sigtting on some ugly *** stock rims, here is a stupid question could I paint the stocks rims so I can use them in the winter?? There in good condition just really dull, I was thinking of painting black but didnt know if it would just chip off. Thanks for all the info, oh one more thing where could I order a new valve cover from and how much would one run me??

 

Well its very time consuming and can get very pricey. As for your car now, do a compression test and let us know what you find. If you need help doing it I have one you could use. Let me know.

 

I have a compresion gauge, the kind you screw into the spark plug holes, I just never have done one before, how hard is it to do?

 

Its pretty simple... put it in and crank over the engine... and take a reading. I think it should be like 180psi or something.

 

Do I need to disconect anything to keep the motor from cranking?

 

no it wont start anyways when you have the comp tester in... all you need to do is let it do one cycle and that should be fine.

 

Just remove the mpi fuse by your battery so no fuel is being dumped in to cylinders and make sure the throttle is completly open when you crank the engine over.

 

When I did mine a while back I got 175 psi on all 4 cylinders. As long as they are all similar your engine should be fine but if the readings are all over the place, then you got problems.