80tq: Blown Engine

[JShadzi at aol.com]

>bummer man, consequences of living on the bleeding edge eh? :-)

Ya, I really can't complain, this motor got its money's worth out of it, about 200k on the bottom end, the head I rebuild just to freshen it up, but I used some junkyard exh. valves with totally unknown mileage.  And I was getting close to 400hp out of it ;)

>> http://www.80tq.com/albums/?mode=album&album=BlownSparkPlug&dispsize=640
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>That's quite impressive.  Gotta be a dropped valve as you say.  Post
>pics once you pull the head for further gruesome details :-D

Absolutley

>Look at it this way:  You've got a GREAT line to feed your wife now.  
>
>"But honey, I HAVE to put some money into my 20 valve turbo project, I
>NEED to get the car back on the road!"... heheh.

Nice, well, when I told her she's like "Is that bad?" and I was like, "well, it was bount to happen sooner or later, good thing I've been building that motor"  ;)


>nice, you're one step ahead of me at the moment.  Have you picked up the
>short block yet or have your plans changed on that front?

Ya, definitely a little change, I'm don't think I'm going to do the stroker now, I'm going to build a 2.3 or so, I got ahold of a complete 7A motor for basically nothing, had 10 bent intake valves, etc, so I'm having that build up, I'll do new rods and pistons in it, probably o-ringed blockk and head, the intakes are at about 220cfm, exh at 170cfm (about a 15% increase), I figured I'd rather build a really good breathing and strong motor.

I'll probably use the 3B intake that I have for now just to get things going, but I'll do a header up for the exh. side.  I'll keep you posted.

Javad