Posted by Mark - IN. on July 12, 2011 at 20:48:57 from (71.57.62.109):
In Reply to: Really dirty engine posted by Ultradog MN on July 12, 2011 at 11:16:33:
The worst I ever saw was a '73 or '74 Nova that I rebuilt the 454 for friend. Was at least 1/8" of sludge on every bit of the internals. Required lots of scraping before I sent the block out for hot tanking. Lifter gallery and bottom of the intake manifold. Oil gallery on the other side was pitiful. The only thing I can even imagine comparing it to, would be not taking a shower for a month. I can't deal without a shower, at least one, on a daily basis. But once a month? May as well be a gunky mistreated engine.
By the way, you do know that GM built four cars made by Chevy, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Buick that were all based off of the Nova and each began with a letter from the Nova name, as trivia? Nova, Omega, Ventura, Apollo...all were Novas with cosmetic differences and different engines until even the engines used were the same, Pontiac I4, Buick V6, Chevy V8.
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