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Yes, it's much better for the driving I do.
I can see you're impressed with my trouble-shooting skills...
I guess I'll never know what caused this condition. I have re-ringed the engine and installed a new head and the problem is gone.
I went with a S60 and .48 housing. The S70 I was going to use has a clipped turbine. Response is immediate!
Good grief.
Having given this matter a lot of thought here is what I think happened. First the machine shop ground the valves too thin. Second, the rings in that cylinder never seated causing oil to get into the...
Amen. I have to ship the car this month and it has to be driven to a place for the VIN to be verified to get a Colorado license, and the US military registration is only good for 30 days. We are...
All is well. Rings seem seated at 50 miles. All plugs read evenly. Hallelujah!!
OK, Got it running, everything seems to be fine at 50 miles. New rings and bearings. New head. I'm very interested to see if my #1 cylinder lean condition is still there. And, of course, see if the...
Today's the day the head is going back on. I still wish I knew for sure why that valve got a hole burned through it. Could too much cam retard do that? I'm using an adjustable cam gear set at 4...
I have decided that when I use Sealed Power rings again, I will use another brand oil ring.
So the setup now is the S60 with .48 and an 88 turbo cam. That should spool quickly. I have .91 gears and a lower than stock stall converter. I had the thin Cometic .051", but I'm changing to the...
Two cylinders on my new engine wouldn't stop using oil, so I took it down and re-ringed it again. I found that the reason those two wouldn't dry up was that the oil expansion rings had broken tabs....
How has the F3 done from what has been heard? I have one I've never taken out of the tube yet.
I'll get the head fixed, but not here in Germany! Not again!
"Never argue with a German if you're tired...". Jefferson Airplane
S-70 with a Stage 2 is an interesting combination. I've thought about trying that.
I was using the hybrid which is not clipped. It's the S70 I was going to put on that is clipped.
Great! Thanks!!
I need to buy a helicoil kit for the intake manifold bolt holes on my 8V head. What size do I need to order? How about the valve cover bolt holes? I need to helicoil them too! Help!!
I'm glad I still have my trusty S60. It gives full boost at 2800 with the .63, so the .48 should make it very responsive.
Too much for my purposes. The hybrid doesn't have full boost until 3500 rpm. BTW I pulled the turbine housing in the hybrid and there is no damage at all. That piece of valve somehow limboed through...
Scrap plan "A". I took the .63 housing off of the S 70 to put the .48 on and see that the turbine has been clipped. So, I will be using my S60 with a .48 instead. Why would anyone clip a turbine!?...
I'm building up my spare Menegon head (thanks Steve!) now, but I'm going back with a TU Super 70 and a .48 turbine housing. I'm tired of the hybrid lag. My rings hadn't completely seated even after...
The butchers that ground the valves too thin also sank the seats too deep I'm afraid.
Yes, my thought also. I guess they ground them thin so it tuliped. Bummer. It'll probably need new seats as well as new valves since it's already opened to +1. Sacrilege to a Menegon head!