ShavedQuattro wrote:how many miles on this motor? Man, I admire your cheapness!!
Probably could get away with it swapping them out one by one. I give it a 70% chance of success
It's hardly cheapness... I have no problem spending money, trust me. I do however like contradicting popular belief with evidence (maybe luck). Most would have said that my engine would have popped by this point, or within days, months or even a year. Now over two years with a turbo that is way "too big" for a stock block and it's running perfect. I DO NOT baby it either, as you all know.
It's hard to say for sure, the original cluster in the car says 240,xxx however the previous owner had a different cluster in it for some period of time. He also mentioned that the original cluster didn't register mileage properly (until I re-soldered every connection, lol). Now it works perfect. I safely assume it has over 300k on it.
That being said, I figure I swap these out with some ARP's because I believe my coolant system was pressurized a bit recently as there is coolant residue around the reservoir. Can't hurt to swap them in.
Do I have a spare long block that I intend to build, yes :-)
loxxrider wrote:As long as it is one at a time, there is no need for a patternMy roommate did this with good results on his turbo E30. Been at least a year like this so far with no problems making decent power.
Hank, I don't see how this method shouldn't be reasonable. I cant figure any reason from a mech. engineering standpoint that it would be a problem. The clamping force is still going to be even enough with 11 (or whatever the number is) studs remaining that nothing will become warped including the head gasket in my opinion. Seems to work in practice.
I've heard others having great success with swapping them out one at a time and that's what I am planning. Thanks for the response Chris.
. And it's easy to get it to launch like that! Clutch, VEMS and turbo!
