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 May 23, 2017 - 4:33 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Apr 22, '17 From philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
So I went to change my valve cover gasket and found my seals are all blown out with 165K on the whole car. Haven't noticed oil because I park in on grass 90% of time. So I don't know where to go from here.
It is a stock (mostly) 95 2.2 GT Vert Auto. What would be my best course of action, have it rebuilt? 3GSTE (or other engine) swap? Trash it and start over? Rebuild it for turbo? I've heard the 2.2 if rebuilt is better than the 3gste if you do it right. |
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Jun 8, 2017 - 6:14 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I was probably going to get a N/A since even though the VG30DETT is reliable enough, if anything ever goes it's expensive. That and I really want a hardtop, and all hardtops for export were N/A. I figure it'd be worth trading off some power for handling since I hardly fully use what's there with the Firebird anyway. My thought process in getting the Firebird was then I wouldn't have to touch the engine and would only need to do suspension, but I don't think I'll ever like the solid axle.
300 hp is a nice peak number for a FWD car, would be easy to get with the 4th gen 3S-GTE since they start around 250 hp or so at the flywheel. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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anon1ski Engine is done. May 23, 2017 - 4:33 PM
Box Slow down there, let's not put the carriage be... May 23, 2017 - 5:46 PM
anon1ski QUOTE (Box @ May 23, 2017 - 6:46 PM)... May 23, 2017 - 5:58 PM HardHead93 QUOTE (anon1ski @ May 23, 2017 - 4:3... May 24, 2017 - 11:54 AM Box Near the back would be main rear. Thing is though... May 24, 2017 - 3:23 PM cheela really depends on your overall budget, plan and go... May 24, 2017 - 3:36 PM richee3 Just because the rear main seal is leaking doesn... May 24, 2017 - 3:49 PM Box It's an auto, no clutch to be ruined with oil ... May 24, 2017 - 4:03 PM anon1ski Couple things.
Don't have the know how to dr... Jun 7, 2017 - 12:20 PM anon1ski Also, just wondering, how is the Caldina 3sgte? Gu... Jun 7, 2017 - 1:18 PM root Was there still oil in the oil pan / did the dipst... Jun 7, 2017 - 1:23 PM anon1ski QUOTE (root @ Jun 7, 2017 - 1:23 PM)... Jun 7, 2017 - 1:33 PM root That's good. Its probably just new seal time. ... Jun 7, 2017 - 2:17 PM Box People have started doing the 4th gen 3S-GTE swap ... Jun 7, 2017 - 4:51 PM anon1ski QUOTE (Box @ Jun 7, 2017 - 5:51 PM) ... Jun 7, 2017 - 7:46 PM HardHead93 QUOTE (anon1ski @ Jun 7, 2017 - 8:46... Jun 7, 2017 - 9:37 PM anon1ski QUOTE (HardHead93 @ Jun 7, 2017 - 10... Jun 8, 2017 - 11:15 AM anon1ski QUOTE (Box @ Jun 7, 2017 - 4:51 PM) ... Jun 7, 2017 - 8:27 PM Box QUOTE (anon1ski @ Jun 7, 2017 - 8:27... Jun 7, 2017 - 11:14 PM anon1ski QUOTE (Box @ Jun 8, 2017 - 12:14 AM)... Jun 8, 2017 - 11:21 AM Box Most would say to go through an engine before inst... Jun 7, 2017 - 11:08 PM HardHead93 QUOTE (anon1ski @ Jun 8, 2017 - 11:1... Jun 8, 2017 - 7:35 PM anon1ski QUOTE (HardHead93 @ Jun 8, 2017 - 7... Jun 8, 2017 - 9:57 PM HardHead93 The "I don't do 4th gen" statement i... Jun 9, 2017 - 10:18 AM anon1ski QUOTE (HardHead93 @ Jun 9, 2017 - 10... Jun 9, 2017 - 12:51 PM HardHead93 I posted my dyno numbers on my build thread. 238 ... Jun 12, 2017 - 8:37 AM slavie Hate to be the party pooper, just trying to help y... Jun 12, 2017 - 11:29 AM anon1ski QUOTE (slavie @ Jun 12, 2017 - 12:29... Jun 12, 2017 - 1:13 PM HardHead93 Good luck! When you get stuck ask lots of que... Jun 12, 2017 - 9:54 PM anon1ski QUOTE (HardHead93 @ Jun 12, 2017 - 9... Jun 13, 2017 - 11:11 AM slavie Alright - just wanted to give you info upfront, be... Jun 12, 2017 - 2:39 PM anon1ski Thanks for all the help guys. Looks like i'll ... Jun 20, 2017 - 1:47 PM |
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