hey guys
nearly 70000 k's since rebuild of my 1800 type 4 engine what would you do at this point would u give it a new set of rings (comp seems ok at the moment) as i am getting the heads ported and polished and some bigger valves dont really wont to strip bottom end?
cheers
rhys
Bugged Again ·
Our 76 mercedes needed the head reconditioned at 450,000km
70,000kays sounds like a new motor!!!
do you nee dto do anything?
kombikim ·
just do the heads, see if you are happy with them, if not, have a careful rethink & maybe do rings 2nd time around, 70000 ks is nothing on the rins & barrels if it has been looked after, when you take the heads off you will be able to see any problems with the bore anyway.
that is what I would do, if I was putting the redone heads on.
but what I would really do is leave the whole thing alone & enjoy the motor as it is because it is obviously OK in the first place, & concentrate on other projects which need doing
[Edited on 4-11-2004 by kombikim]
kombi_kid ·
kim thats exactly what my dad said but im gonna turbo it for sure then get on with other projects :P it has always been seviced and doesnt use barely any oil!!
cheers
rhys
kombikim ·
it is your choice, & you are doing nothing wrong, but a turbo can take a bit of sorting out, you would be better off putting your good, reliable known qty motor aside, sort out the turbo & heads etc, on another 1800, which surely can be obtained cheap with dead heads , if things go wrong with the turbo, you have a ready to go motor for back up, when everything is worked out right, you can have fun, thrash the shit out of that motor for a while, then transfer the gear onto the good motor & become a responsible driver again😀
kombi_kid ·
yer thats what i plan on doing a junker 1800 here to build it on!
cheers
rhys
REDKG ·
just go and buy a scooby doo conversion and give me the 1800. forget the turbo.