Hello 951, Good-bye 951.
03-31-2009 | 02:21 PM
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You can pick up a running motor at very good prices lately. That might be the quickest path to a running car without all the heartburn. After you get your car running, you could stripe down the broke motor and rebuild it.
03-31-2009 | 03:21 PM
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myself I would pick up another head, throw a new gasket on there with a couple of oil changes and see how she does
look very carefully at the cylinders for cracks
Looks like the t-belt went
that head may have a crack allowing coolant through, or just the gasket seeping.
there will be other issues though so be prepared
look very carefully at the cylinders for cracks
Looks like the t-belt went
that head may have a crack allowing coolant through, or just the gasket seeping.
there will be other issues though so be prepared
03-31-2009 | 03:38 PM
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I'm betting on Jeremy having the scenario pegged. If the cyl walls look good, rebuild head and do TB & WP. Getting a used engine doesn't make sense to me, since you're going to do TB & WP on it before installation, anyway.
03-31-2009 | 04:37 PM
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How common is it for a cam belt to skip a tooth? We have seen a couple of valve to piston clashes in the past and that would be the most likely cause, but it seems a long shot no? Talking about new parts too.
03-31-2009 | 04:54 PM
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It's not common at all if the belt is properly tensioned and installed correctly. While it's a bit harder on the turbo then it is on a NA, float the valves good enough (shift hard/quick to third instead of fifth) and you will touch piston and bend some valves. I've seen it a few times on the 944 spec cars (a few were using turbo valve springs). The turbo's typically just kiss the edge of the piston but I haven't seen it bend a valve...............yet (but I'm sure some guys on here have).
03-31-2009 | 05:06 PM
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It's not common at all if the belt is properly tensioned and installed correctly. While it's a bit harder on the turbo then it is on a NA, float the valves good enough (shift hard/quick to third instead of fifth) and you will touch piston and bend some valves. I've seen it a few times on the 944 spec cars (a few were using turbo valve springs). The turbo's typically just kiss the edge of the piston but I haven't seen it bend a valve...............yet (but I'm sure some guys on here have).
Jeremy, where did you get your Avatar? My business partner owns the Blue 08 in mine and I would love to print that a few hundred times to decorate his office with while he is out of town....
03-31-2009 | 05:12 PM
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03-31-2009 | 05:15 PM
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It's not common at all if the belt is properly tensioned and installed correctly. While it's a bit harder on the turbo then it is on a NA, float the valves good enough (shift hard/quick to third instead of fifth) and you will touch piston and bend some valves. I've seen it a few times on the 944 spec cars (a few were using turbo valve springs). The turbo's typically just kiss the edge of the piston but I haven't seen it bend a valve...............yet (but I'm sure some guys on here have).
03-31-2009 | 05:28 PM
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03-31-2009 | 10:56 PM
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You go from giving a man head advice to talking about *****.....wait a minute...it all makes since now...cars and penises. Here I thought it was about the other sex.
03-31-2009 | 11:02 PM
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Car and Rods.. this rennlist place is a regular sausagefest....