Oh boy.

[zippo]

Well, finally got the '85 daytona turbo z running right... everything but the wastegate is being a bitch. It's overboosting and I was trying to figure it out. It stopped smoking.. (it was explained to me that from sitting it could be a stuck ring, I am not a seasoned mechanic, so I don't know) going down the road, hard into the throttle... still surging... oh well, back to the drawing board. I get back and the dipstick tube is popped out and it has squirted about 1/2 quart of oil all over the engine bay. Looks like I need a rebuild. I may try to get by with rings/seals/bearings... but I don't know. I'm pretty broke right now.

Also: Whoever played with the vacuum lines on this car was smoking crack. They were wrapped in electrical tape and some of them were broken almost all the way in two :P

I'm still loyal and I'm still going to get that car on the road and running right. I may just try to pick up a junkyard shortblock or a longblock, though I did notice my car has a 782 head on it. Plain as day cast into the head, 782... I have no idea how interchangable they are... I'm assuming they are or I have a non-stock motor.

Mike

a 782 is just a swirl head, it was probably replacing a cracked or warped 287 head. they are interchangeable. sounds like you have quite a project in front of you, don't give up, when these things run right it makes all the hard work worthwhile. good luck

[turbovanman]

Just remember that the 782 head is on both turbo and n/a motors but they change the valve material on turbos and some are crossdrilled.