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Old 06-26-2009, 10:12 AM   #1
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Default 454 TBI rebuild

This is in a 1990 1 ton work truck that has been one of the best running trucks i have ever owned. The truck has all most no rust and even the AC works with over 266,000 miles one her. Now for the issue she started burning oil in the number 8 cylinder around 20,000 miles ago. Nothing too bad as long as the truck is moving. Its when the truck sits for a few days or idles for 5 or 10 minutes that it start smoking. Of course once you start moving it goes away. I figure its probaly the rings giving out. The one other thing is the truck is down on power a small bit. She will still pulls just not what she ussed to.

So here is where i need help. I had been thinking about rebuilding the old girl. With the engine having so many miles i wanted to go a head and do a small over bore .30 over and a nice torque cam. The other thing i face is to keep the TBI or go to a carb set up. The TBI sucks at flowing up top but not sure how hard it would be to convert over to a carb.

Any way this is more of a short rant. Any one with experence or advice fill free to drop in.
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