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Subject Don't give up man
     
Posted by phiber83TT on December 22, 2005 at 6:47 PM
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In Reply To I quit, I freaking quit...ugh... posted by BoostLesZ on December 22, 2005 at 06:21 PM
     
Message Could be a severely blown head gasket in the front of the motor but unlikely. If its hot where your at it could have indeed overheated (which i know a bit about) and warped your heads or worse, cracked them. It has basically been a year for me too since i've really honestly, flat out driven my car without worrying about something happening.
Just an overview, i cracked a piston getting detonation at the track last Nov. which took me about 5 months to rebuild since i did numerous upgrades along the way and powdercoated a lot of stuff. Put the car back together and threw a rod which damaged two of my nice new Wiseco pistons. So a few months later and a whole new (used) motor swapped in its back on the road for a few weeks until its starts overheating due to coolant in the oil, later found it was a cracked head from a "working motor" i was told. Not a week ago today and i finally had found and swapped out the heads [in the car] and the darn thing runs awesome. I look back at all the shit i went through and thousands of dollars i spent in the last year and wonder if it was all worth it. If i could go back to day one and invest in a crate motor from SGP or Z1 i might, but then i wouldn't have the knowledge and experience i gained from working on it myself. Tough crossroads you've come to. Wish i could tell you what to do man but i say go for it yourself and pull that thing! Oh by the way, after pulling my motor three times in a year i could lay out a "list" for ya to do it fast and efficiently. Just let me know. Putting it back in is a little more tricky but grab a friend who owes ya and you'll have no problem.

     
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