[V8] Timing Belt Change...wish me luck.

[Ron Wainwright]

Lanier, I'd like to talk to you about this..shoot me
your phone # via PM.

 But a few questions for you.....

......if you aren't running the Blue all ready..which
it doesn't sound like you have...you do have to
evacuate the system. There are 2 block drain's on
eather side of the block, remove those bolts, stick a
garden hose in the coolant res tank & run regular ol
tap water through the system till clear water is
shown. When that is complete you can bolt the block
drain bolts back in.
 &
 BELIEVE me when I say, take the time to remove the
front end of the car. Very easy to do. 
There should be 3 bolts holding the bumper to the car.
If you are lucky someone has all ready been in there &
only replaced 2 nuts per side..believe me if there are
only 2 nuts per side you are lucky! Those 2 inner
bolts are somewhat a PITA. But the bumper comes off,
then drop the condensor, 4 10mm bolts, & drop the oil
cooler. Then the whole front support comes out. 4 13mm
bolts hold the front support to the frame rails, & a
few other screws, bolts/nuts ex....But, shoot me your
phone # & I'll go over this with you...if you want :-)

 Ron mit t-belt procedure in my head..& believe me
when I say..it's crowded inside der brain ;-P

--- Lanier Pratt <lanierpratt at mac.com> wrote:

> Ok Tony.  I just printed out your timing belt
> instructions.  I don't  
> have the time to remove the front of the car so I'll
> do it within the  
> small confindes left.  Is there anything special I
> should note before  
> jumping right in?  I have only changed one timing
> belt and that was  
> on my '95 90CSQ with the V6.  Do I really need to
> find top dead  
> center and if so how is that accomplished?  When I
> changed my other  
> one I simply pulled the old one off with the cams
> locked and put the  
> new one back on exactly as the old one came off and
> had no issue with  
> the timing.  Maybe I just lucked out.
> 
> The other issue I have is the guys from
> Blaufergnugen sent me the  
> blue coolant and I've always run with the red
> pentosin.  Does this  
> pose some issues?  I guess I'll have to do a full
> drain on the system  
> as I can't imagine it's a good idea to mix the two
> colors.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated or if there are
> instructions out there  
> that don't require removing the front end of the car
> that would be  
> great too.  I would guess that the instructions less
> the removal of  
> the front should be the same.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Lanier Pratt
> '92 V8Q 4.2L
> '90 V8Q 3.6L
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 11, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Tony and Lillie wrote:
> 
> > That was my original thought. However, I'd run
> some bigger turbos  
> > (like T4's) just for the simple fact of slow boost
> buildup.  
> > Detonation is much less likely to occur at higher
> RPM. so I'd go  
> > for about 4psi at 3000 and up on an otherwise
> stock engine.
> >
> > Just my $.02 though, never done it
> > Tony Hoffman
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, May 11,
> 2007 10:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [V8] Turbo's For Sale!
> >
> >
> >> Not for a n/a moter there not. You only want to
> run about 6-8psi  
> >> on a  n/a
> >> motor, unless you plan on opening it up to stack
> head gaskets
> >
> 
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