Its a shame that you live so far away. I'd be glad to give you a hand.

Did you replace the cam and rockers??

 

Of course, it was the first thing. One of the valves is loose, I think that's it... we will attempt again in the warmer weather.

~Amanda

 

It would be benefitial to go ahead and get a set of new valves and springs too.

 

Or just go all out and get a remanufactured head assy. That would be by far the easiest thing to do, and would eliminate the "probably" worn out valve guide(s) and have an advantage of better compression etc, etc.

 

I'm an ex daytona owner and own 3 TDs currently...

 

I'm new here...I have a 1990 Daytona...2.5 non-turbo, all bark no bite.
She's cherry red, bod is in awesome shape as is the interior. 117,000 miles on it.
I doubt I will have it much longer tho. I've had it since October and have only been able to drive it a few times. It is a MONEY PIT! This isn't the forum, but I have one of those Daytonas that every mechanic town tells me is running great, yet the next day it doesn't start. I won't list the things I have replaced here....but anyhow....

I love MOPARS!
I currently have the 90 Daytona AND
a 91 Plymouth Acclaim 2.5 (179,000 miles on it)
a 93 Dodge Spirit 2.5 (67,000 miles on it)

I like the 2.5s!

Past Mopars I have owned...
93 Dodge Spirit 2.5 that died with 181,000 miles
88 Dodge Reliant K car
87 Dodge Reliant K car
72 Dodge Monaco
64 Chrysler Newport (had push button tranny!)

Oh...and I'm a girl, lol.

 

I feel you on that one, I had over $8,500 in repair in my '88 Shelby Z before I said screw it and sold it. It still needed more money put into it and it also needed the body, paint and interior taken care of as well. It had over 140,000 miles on it when I bought it and the speedometer/odometer only worked half the time, so I'm sure it was far beyond that and it only showed around 186,000 on it when I sold it, but I know it had to actually be over 230,000 at that point. If your having that bad of a time with it then you should definately let it go and get another car, I did. I then bought a '99 Neon R/T which had no problems. I sold the R/T so that I could upgrade and get my SRT-4, the second best car I've had just under my Roadrunner.

 

Of all the cars, Mopars & other, my 87 Daytona Shelby was the best, most-reliable car I've ever had... now I have an '89

 

How many miles is on your '87 Shelby Z? My '88 Shelby Z ran and drove perfect for the first two years I had it until one of the wrist pin clips broke and the wrist pin started knocking and scarred up the cylinder wall pretty bad, it had to be sleeved. Ever since then the high mileage caught up with it and everything else started to fall apart on it.[:@] I loved that car and I will always miss it.[&o]

 

I have a 1987 Daytona with a 2.5.....