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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clark98gt" data-source="post: 999350" data-attributes="member: 15477"><p>Well I just realized I havent updated in awhile.  I got the engine back together with the pi heads, intake, and pi cams.  I put new gaskets all throughout the engine while I had it apart.  Then it wouldnt start and it turned out my fuel pump took a crap while the car sat over the winter.  I got that taken care of and fired her up.  Once it warmed up compression started blowing into the coolant overflow, the engine started missing, and oil was leaking out of the rear main almost as fast as I put it in.  Well being I just sunk my last dollars on gaskets, head bolts, machine work, and all of the associated things, I was pissed and had enough.  I put the car on craigslist to trade for a 94=95 gt or a nice fox.  I got a couple decent offers but they went south.  After I had calmed down and my wife, who is a gm fan but loves my sn95, talked some sense into me, I decided to pull the engine again.  I bought felpro head gaskets this time which had a lot more forgiveness as far as sealing and I figured out I had a brain fart when assembling the engine the first time and never sealed the rear main seal plate to the block with rtv or anything.  I got the engine all done tonight and fired it up.  No leaks, no misses, no issues.  I am really glad I didnt trade it and forgot how much I love this car and the 430 gears.</p></blockquote><p></p>