new to site and car

[UnDerE$t@MateD]

hey my name is cory im new to the forum. i just got a 90 gtz its got 215000 on all the main and rod bearings were replaced in September of last year other then the regular maintenance is all original. i have to say shes still got heart. runs smooth and clean. after i find my camera ill post some picks. but i use forums for all my car when i need help so i found this one. any way im new to the quad engine im do it your self mechanic so i know my way around an engine ok but i am not a professional. any i was wondering if there were any things i should know about these cars. any known defects or things that are known to go wrong. also i know these cars are known have very noisy engines and i was wondering if a ticking\knocking noise coming from the head is normal i hear these cars have bigger cams in them compared to most four cylinder cars and sound like that. now for the good part after i bought the car and was showing it off to a buddy he tells me that he has an olds cutlass calais with the same engine that he had professionally rebuilt about two years ago but he never put it the rest of the way together its just the engine and tranny in the engine bay the intake and ehaust mannys are in the car and the timing needs to be assembled. he that hed sell it to me for $50 and my mountin bike wich is a $900 bike i said deal he showed me all of the receptes for all the parts and labor. so i have to figure out how to get the car to my dads land so i can swap the engine and trannys. but that will be awhile from now but i have every part i will ever need. any way thanks for listening to my story

[1990BerettaGTZ2.3L]

I want the w41 out of the cutlass I'll give you $600, and if you ever get rid of that GTZ of yours let me know might be interested in her I just got a 90 GTZ too in the past 2 months trying to fix her back up but need a new wiring harness cause some idiot that took the motor out and cut and resluced everything on new motor in the car

[Koots]

JESUS!

Take $50 and give it to your friend!

A rebuilt engine, of any kind, is worth more than $50!!!!

P.S If it was done right LOL

[UnDerE$t@MateD]

its not a w41 and i already bought my friends car.

[scd88ga]

I want the w41 out of the cutlass I'll give you $600

He never said it was a W41, lol.

JESUS!

Take $50 and give it to your friend!

A rebuilt engine, of any kind, is worth more than $50!!!!

P.S If it was done right LOL

It says $50 and a $900 Mountain bike.

[1990BerettaGTZ2.3L]

Lol I got alittle too excited

I want the w41 out of the cutlass I'll give you $600

He never said it was a W41, lol.

JESUS!

Take $50 and give it to your friend!

A rebuilt engine, of any kind, is worth more than $50!!!!

P.S If it was done right LOL

It says $50 and a $900 Mountain bike.

[Koots]

It says $50 and a $900 Mountain bike.

That makes more sense LO L

[Money pit Beretta]

Hi and welcome.

[UnDerE$t@MateD]

thank you for the welcome and yes it was a preety good deal i only paid three hundred for the bike at a pawn shop but its retail was 900. as for my questions is there any thing i should know about these cars and engine things too check out. also wondering about the noise what is normal my engine is making a notacable tick\knock sound from the head of the engine i hear there noisy engines but what is normal.

[UnDerE$t@MateD]

ok finally some pics so this is the beretta i got i love every thing about it but excessive engine noise and the pink heart beat pin stripe down the side any one know how too take that off without damaging the paint. any ways that is the olds quad 442 doner car and the engine im going to finish and put in the beretta.

p.s. thats my pos trans am in the background.

[indygurl]

don't know alot about engines but i know a knock or tick is not good. rod knock?? look at this!!!!
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine-knock.htm

[scd88ga]

as for my questions is there any thing i should know about these cars and engine things too check out. also wondering about the noise what is normal my engine is making a notacable tick\knock sound from the head of the engine i hear there noisy engines but what is normal.

Ticking in the upper end is usually a stuck lifter or the lifters not getting enough oil.

[GTU89]

thank you for the welcome and yes it was a preety good deal i only paid three hundred for the bike at a pawn shop but its retail was 900. as for my questions is there any thing i should know about these cars and engine things too check out. also wondering about the noise what is normal my engine is making a notacable tick\knock sound from the head of the engine i hear there noisy engines but what is normal.

Could you post a video of it so we can hear it? Does it make the noise more, less, or the same when the RPMs go up?

The pin stripe should just be a sticker. Just buff/wax the car afterwards to make sure it didn't leave a mark on the paint.

[Gtzman]

Where you from?

[3X00-Modified]

3M general purpose adhesive remover... I pulled the stickers off my car when I got it... Even though the paint was coming off. It was also one less thing for the painter to strip off before painting it. And the 3M will not damage your paint, but I suggest trying to remove the stickers in the sun if possible, makes them more pliable, and then if you can use the 3M in the shade so it will have time to soak. If you spray it on in the sun it just evaporates quickly and doesn't break down the adhesive. But that combined with a bondo spreader works great.