[s-cars] RE: Valve Job Anyone?

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Cody,
Do the rods.  You're a turbo swap away from running
with Hap, believe it or not...rods are a priceless
investment/insurance at this point.

Pizzo

--- Cody Payne <cpayne at bconnected.com> wrote:
> Hey Tom,
> 	Car has about 151K miles on it.  The loss is on the
> Exhaust
> Valves.  They "estimate" that it will cost around
> ~$3300+tax to do:
> - Valve Job with exchange for Modified 7A head
> (Swain Coating)
> - New Piston Rings and Lower Bearings (As with the
> increased compression
> w/ new the head and good non-leaky valves...this may
> cause increase
> blow-by on the OLD rings)...so one of those "while
> your in there" and
> only adds another 500 bucks to the job or so
> - Waterpump and timing belt
> - ARP Head Bolts
> - Metal Head Gasket
> - Fluids
> - Labor
> 
> The thing I am having a hard time to swallow (even
> more) is whether or
> not I should do the larger rods for another $1000
> but I don't have plans
> to do any more engine mods besides a FMIC.  Thoughts
> here guys?
> 
> Cody "Digging under his pillow for $$" in Colorado
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Mullane [mailto:tmullane at snet.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:08 PM
> To: Cody Payne
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: Valve Job Anyone?
> 
> 
> Cody,  
> 
> How many miles on your car?  Where is the loss;
> leakdown should tell you
> whether its intake or exhaust valves or if it is
> rings, right?
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:23:32 -0700
> From: "Cody Payne" <cpayne at bconnected.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Valve Job Anyone?
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