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

Our 76 mercedes needed the head reconditioned at 450,000km
70,000kays sounds like a new motor!!!
do you nee dto do anything?

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]

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

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

yer thats what i plan on doing a junker 1800 here to build it on!
cheers
rhys

just go and buy a scooby doo conversion and give me the 1800. forget the turbo.