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well....i got the car back last friday after 3 weeks....number 1 cylinder piston was scorn....wrist pin was gone....they blamed it on the silicone form the oil pan coming off and clogging the oil return line...i don't think it was that....but hey what the hell....they did a short block ...and it runs great....i'm just glad they covered it...hopefully it makes it thru the OTC...it starts on sunday....wish me luck...thanks...wayne..www.pulpracing.com
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Originally posted by WINSTON
The dealer on the other hand may just replace the long block to save labor cost which might be cheaper than doing the short block, all manufacture are always looking to warranty there claims the cheapest way.
Winston
The dealer on the other hand may just replace the long block to save labor cost which might be cheaper than doing the short block, all manufacture are always looking to warranty there claims the cheapest way.
Winston
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Originally posted by racerferrari
well they'll have the head off of the car....whats the big deal if i take the head say over to RRE and have they put a cam and gears in....that should be a quickie install with the head off of the car....i mean the dealer shouldn't have to do really any additional work....i don't think.....a guy at Buttonwillow told me that doing the cam really gave him a lot more top end
well they'll have the head off of the car....whats the big deal if i take the head say over to RRE and have they put a cam and gears in....that should be a quickie install with the head off of the car....i mean the dealer shouldn't have to do really any additional work....i don't think.....a guy at Buttonwillow told me that doing the cam really gave him a lot more top end
The install is fairly quick, and although it is slightly easier to do with the timing belt alread off, it isn't all that hard to do later with the motor fully assembled.
If you wanted to, you could even do it at the track on Sunday after you've turned in some hot laps or whatever to put yourself on the board.
Glad to hear the car is back on the road again. I'll be out at Vegas with Mueller's gang of monkeys.
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yes guys i had my car repainted gay gay HOT PINK....not!!!...it was just really sunny that day in front of my house..and it came out pink...oh well....hey Josh...i guess i'd better not talk **** about you on here....your keeping an eye on me...lol....oh by the way...the service guys are the best in the world at HB Mitsubishi!!!...
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Actually putting cams on at this stage in the game would be a bad idea since I don't believe you have any way to adjust the fuel output to compensate for the cams.
For what you are doing with the car at the OTC the stock cams will be good anyway. Gives you nice midrange usable power.
If it is detonating and blowing up pistons/rings already, you don't need to make the fuel curve worse.
Just my 2 cents...
For what you are doing with the car at the OTC the stock cams will be good anyway. Gives you nice midrange usable power.
If it is detonating and blowing up pistons/rings already, you don't need to make the fuel curve worse.
Just my 2 cents...
Originally posted by racerferrari
what i am saying is that they'll have the head off the car....i could send it out and purchase a cam and cam gears and have somebody install it and then have the dealer put it back on the car when the put it all back together...is the cam and gears an easy install?..how long would it take?...cam and gears arn't big bucks are they?
what i am saying is that they'll have the head off the car....i could send it out and purchase a cam and cam gears and have somebody install it and then have the dealer put it back on the car when the put it all back together...is the cam and gears an easy install?..how long would it take?...cam and gears arn't big bucks are they?
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