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 kombi_kid
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| posted on November 4th, 2004 at 08:43 PM |
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what would u do at 70000 km's??
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?
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| posted on November 4th, 2004 at 08:51 PM |
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Our 76 mercedes needed the head reconditioned at 450,000km
70,000kays sounds like a new motor!!!
do you nee dto do anything?
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| posted on November 4th, 2004 at 08:54 PM |
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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]
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| posted on November 5th, 2004 at 09:25 PM |
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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!!
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| posted on November 5th, 2004 at 09:41 PM |
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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
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| posted on November 6th, 2004 at 03:07 PM |
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yer thats what i plan on doing a junker 1800 here to build it on!
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| posted on November 6th, 2004 at 06:54 PM |
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just go and buy a scooby doo conversion and give me the 1800. forget the turbo.
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