I know im a noob, not looking to piss anyone off, just a story to tell. a few weeks ago me and my fiance are coming home from st.louis around 11 at night and i accidentally lit up a blazer for a few with my brights. i switched to lows and backed off a few. most ppl would be happy with that. NOOOOOOOO this guy slows way down till im doing only 25.(note;bone stock 4g15 3spd auto w/some form of light compresion loss) im NOT stopping in bfe so i cautiously edge past him up the hill. i hear burning tires and my rearview fills with his brights as he changes lanes. i kept a sane pace but then his headlights got too close and i punched the back of my motor and prayed. my blessed little colt leapt away from the bad man and i switched lanes at 85 mph. he got right behind me as we crested the hill and tried to close the distance. i got right back on the throttle and stood on it.we picked up speed going downhill and he was right back on me going up the next. thank god he changed lanes so i could back off. i could smell what this dip had done to my car. i stayed away from this jerk as best i could and saw him do it to a larger truck a few miles later but nowhere near as severe. when we got to hannibal about 10 minutes later we lost him and called the po pos. they couldnt do anything. my fiance told me we hit over 115.
my q is this. my motor smokes a little now and then, but after anything like this happens its always BAD unless i shut her off for a few. Im using synthetic oil, seafoam injector cleaner every other tank, engine restore every change, changing oil every 2000 miles and in general babying the hell out of it till overhaul. only mod is a k&n filtercharger. i have oil seeping from my exhaust . head gasket is fine.166,000 plus on the motor. am i looking at blown rings or maybe needing new valve seats? any help would be appreciated. sorry for noobing out and going off track but other than a couple of probes, a neon and countless domestic sedans, vans, and trucks looking amazed at stoplights i really dont race, and havent even pushed the car unless i had tosince i found out about the compression, so this was my best story.
down with over sized over priced crap driven by crap!
oh yeah i forgot about the riceboys that take away from the mods by putting on a wing big enough to land a plane on. all that drag makes for easy pickings