looks like my head gasket is gone or the bolts stretched, either way i'm going to replace it, how much do they run?

 

[QUOTE=EVO8 WHOA]but as for the brakes thing that happened to my friend chris too SilvEV8 the back right one warped, QUOTE]

My rotor didn't actually warp. I went forever with dead brake pads and wore them out, so I needed to change out the rotors as well when I got new pads.

 

so anyone know the price of a head gasket without labor?

 

i think they go for between $200 to $400 and labor is a few hours. thats like for the HKS aftermarket good stuff. OEM might be about the same price or cheaper

http://www.gruppe-s.com/Evo/evoeng.htm

cal will give you a good deal on your stuff.


Hope everything works out for you dude.

nebo

 

I dog the **** out of my Evo on a daily basis and no engine problems except when I got water in it. That broke a piston skirt so I had to rebuild her. I didn't buy a performance car to baby it. If it breaks I don't care. If you do the work yourself you save money. You had tranny problems. That's what I'm dealing with now. My rear syncros are acting up. Almost everything on my car has broke and been rebuilt, but never breaks again. Good luck with your problems. I feel you. Just, when she runs, dog her. That's why you bought her in the first place.

Matt

 

Nice enough to re-tune your car for free! I'd be asking some serious questions about there tuning ability and why your motor was running so lean in the first place. Sounds like things got a bit hot internally, nothing a set of stronger head bolts and a descent head gasket wont fix tho.

 

Amen.

I am curious what internals you rebuilt your motor with?

 

We used OEM again, but this time I broke in my car hard to see the outcome. It was a success. My car takes way more timing now and no detonation. The last time I ran I had 20 degrees timing on top end and could have gone further, but tried to keep it a bit conservative.

Matt

 

head gasket = $27.75 dealer cost

 

well i know the tuner involved and the whole situation but to tell you the truth, im sorry dean but it is your fault

There's nothing wrong with the tuners ability to tune at all. He has been tuning for years and hasnt had an engine blow so far.

Remember when you ran me after you got the stand-alone done? Do you remember what the tuner told you after you left? Don't beat the hell out of it, its not completely tuned. Dont stay at sustained high rpms. When you raced me, what was your friend doing with the laptop open?

Obviously your car's headgasket was blown before the standalone was put in. Thats how i beat you so badly.

Here are some things you need to know

1. You cant tune a EMS on just three hours of road tuning. You cant just spend so much money on a stand alone and then cut short on spending for the tuning. With a stand-alone, you NEED to spend a lot of time on it. You also only payed for a race gas tune. There wasnt enough time to tune on pump gas.

2. DON'T PUT RACE GAS IN IT FOR EVERYDAY DRIVING! It kills your sensors leaving ever more of a chance for something to f**k up. What the hell is the point? There isnt any race gas where you live. So why would you make you first tune with race gas? You live 3 hours away from the tuner and the race gas you put in your car. Theres no point to run it everyday with your power level.

here is the mod list for him
3 inch exhaust no cat, intake, boost control, AEM EMS, intercooler, intercooler piping, walbro, bov to atmosphere, nitrous purge kit (yup, thats right), dynoflash, new clutch and rebuilt transmission, replaced braking system, 19 inch wheels, front bumber, big system and speakers, and i think catch cans

These are all on Stock injectors, cams, head, headbolts, fuel rails, headgasket, manifolds, and turbo. No guages or any monitoring equipment


3. If you think that you can run more boost because your running race fuel, your wrong. You cant just turn up the boost. Sure you be sure that you wont have detonation issues but what about other issues? What about your cylinders, how will they handle it? What about your head? Are you sure that it won't separate from the block and cause a blown headgasket?

4. I can tell you one thing for sure.
I was running e-manage, catless-exhaust, intake, boost control and a Walbro fuel pump with stock injectors and would hit 104% duty cycle at 18 psi. What happened? Fuel-cut

You had the same thing plus intercooler, intercooler piping, and ran 21psi all-day everyday. Not to mention that you had dynoflash which if im not mistaken has fuel-cut removed. hmmm
As far as i see it, your safety margain went straight out the door with that.

Also, remember what happened when you installed your fuel pump yourself? What happened? Did it break down on the side of the road? It did didnt it. Did you ever fully make sure that the fuel pump was installed 100% correctly after you got it home? Ill let you answer that

Thats where i feel sorry for all the tuners that have problems because of somebody else's mistake and then they get blamed for it. Of course he is the guy that gets blamed


i can remember a qoute i heard once
"I just love what the internet does for people. It puts on a defensive wall around a keyboard warrior letting him be free to say whatever he wants and put on whatever show he wants. He make himself look like an ******* or he can make himself look like the victim. Dont you just LOVE the internet." -rand-

There is nothing wrong with the tuner except for him trying to do what he is payed for. What he did was exactly what he was payed for, not much. He didn't make the part, his main focus is for him to install it correctly and tune it. Thats what he did with what he was given.


Your car being in the shop for most of the year is nobody's fault but yours man. It was either having something installed, fixing something you broke, or wrecked

Its about time it took a **** on you. I feel so sorry for your car. How many times has it been wrecked?

I might be adding a few things to this post so watch for edit dates.
That is all

-Chris-

 

ownership

 

that was awesome...

 

Did I just read a purge kit and no nitrious?

 

useless post removed. no need to post stuff like that

Thanks

Blonde

 

I bet this guy won't be back, I trust all that info posted is true though...