Hey guys, just joined here. Just bought an 87 SS over the weekend. Ive been looking for a new project since I bought my first house a few months ago. Just got the car home yesterday. Im pretty excited to start making it what I want. Ive got the front accessories off the engine to diagnose some pretty severe back firing through the carb. Thinking maybe the timing chain had jumped a tooth, I got the timing cover off to discover the chain sloppy, but marks where they should be. When turning the engine over by hand I can hear compression blowing out the crankcase. So im pretty sure its either extremely worn out, or a piston or 2 has a hole in it. Regardless I bought it not running and the 305 would have been short lived either way. So Im happy to be here, and im sure ill have some questions. Brandon

 

Welcome to the Forum

 

Welcome to the forum

 

Welcome! You probably picked it up for a good deal then. What are your plans for it?

 

Welcome...good luck with you new project/hobby!

 

Welcome to the Forum!!!

 

Thanks for the welcomes! My plan is to have a street/strip car. Gonna run some sort of small block in it. Ill work on gettin some pics up.

 

Welcome to the site!

 

Greetings!

 

welcome to mcf!