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iansane
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 Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:51 am Post subject: This is bad, right? |
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Especially when I'm 50 miles from home?
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Don't mind me, just passing through...
Where are you at, man? Do you need a hand? |
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iansane
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:08 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, just rub it in!  I actually snapped it right at the Tdome on I5. Dirty Steve and I tow roped it back to my house last night. I'm going to tear into it more tonight. I'm pretty sure I need a new head. |
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aaron_sK
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DBL_TKE
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1991 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's the perfect excuse for a B25 head swap.  Just hope that the pistons are OK. And holy crap, that quite the tow. |
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iansane
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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It was either that or sit on my ass for hours until morning so I could locate a truck and trailer. Dirty Steve is a bad influence. He is also a sketchy "tow-er". As soon as we got on the freeway he bombed ass up to 65mph!
Damn, that's not a bad price for the entire motor. Then I guess I'd have to decide whether I wanted to just toss that one in (with some clean up) or use that head on my block. My motor was running amazingly well for an eta. I guess most don't see over 100whp.
| DBL_TKE wrote: | | I think it's the perfect excuse for a B25 head swap. Just hope that the pistons are OK. And holy crap, that quite the tow. |
If that didn't require a rewire (upgrade to the motronic 1.whatever) I would do it in a heartbeat. But this is my daily so I guess I'm content tossing it back to factory for now.
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iansane
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Good news; the motor is in GREAT shape! Aside from a few leaks this thing still has very visible crosshatching!
Well, aside from that tiny hole in the piston...
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Dewey316
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:50 am Post subject: |
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bummer man. When i saw the timing belt post on FB, i wondered.
Bigger, stronger, faster? Wiseco makes plenty of stout metric sized pistons...I'm just saying.
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iansane
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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Nah, it's just getting another factory motor. I'd have to ecu swap it to make any power/be able to tune it and I don't want to do that with another car already down. Besides, I'm accruing parts for LS goodness for this as well. 
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| iansane wrote: | | I guess most don't see over 100whp. |
Just coming back through... don't mind this at all...
Like Dewey I feared your pistons were toast when you said you thought the head was a goner. Any luck with that Sammamish guy? |
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chevymad
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Here's your timing chain for ya..
VW vr6.. and vw has the brilliance of putting that mess on the transmission end behind the flywheel. The kid who drives this told his grandfather it just ran out of gas LOL |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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Nice one, Brandon.
I see VW used the same hydraulic tensioner BMW did.... and that deferred maintenance has the exact same result as on the BMW!
Did you ask the kid if it sounded like a bunch of tin cans were following him home for a few months before his car "ran out of gas"? |
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iansane
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | Like Dewey I feared your pistons were toast when you said you thought the head was a goner. Any luck with that Sammamish guy? |
Yeah, picking it up tomorrow. I'm in the middle of a 2wk stretch of work so I can only wrench on it for an hour or so a day. Hopefully have the other one back in by Thursday.
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iansane
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:39 am Post subject: |
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Yanked motor last night. I'm still a bit dejected I couldn't snag that stroker.
And now I see why how easy a v8 swap will be. There is a ton of room in this thing...
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RSFreak
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | Flat towing from Tacoma to Bothell? That's a ballsy choice.
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Was thinking the same thing!
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