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99 hatch
81.5mm ls block w/stock pistons. arp rod bolts
stock b16 head
gsr intake cam sir intake cam
i was driving home from work thursday and suddenly heard a loud ticking or metal against metal sound as i lightly revved through the gear.
i thought something came loose or stuck under the car, but when i stopped at the walgreens by my house i popped the hood and heard this nasty sound from my engine.
at first i thought it was a valve but upon further listening and checking valve lash i thought it was my tensioner or a bent valve.
well today i dropped it off at a reputable auto service place to get a leak down test.
after a couple hrs i called and the owner told me i had a spun bearing. he stated he did a leak down test and it was ok and he used a stethoscope to listen to car block and it was definitely a spun bearing. he told me he could open the pan to verify.
the car had a leaky oil pump so its possible. [it had pleanty of oil]
so what now?
i have three choices as far as i see it.
1 sell the hatch like it is.
2 take out the long block and take the short block to a machine shop and have them fix it. {or take the whole long block so i wont have to tear into it}
3 take out the long block and replace it with a b20 from Hmotorsonline.com [749+shp= 999+/-]
the cons
1 i dont know who would buy a spun engine hatch & i cant afford a car payment.
2 if i sent it to a machine shop i might have to pay close to what a long block might cost me plus water/oil pumps & i still have to use 91+ octane
3 if i buy a B20 long block i would pay close to 1G and i would still have to buy a timing belt kit plus water/oil pumps. but i could use 87 octane
this is all after i bought a new gsr tranny with quaife LSD, got a new radio, installed a stealth alarm and tinted the windows. F-me
not to mention my wife is pissed because this would be my 4th car and 3rd engine ive gone through in 6 years
could i see how bad the bearing looks and just slip a bigger size bearing until i can afford to fix it right?
discuss
81.5mm ls block w/stock pistons. arp rod bolts
stock b16 head
gsr intake cam sir intake cam
i was driving home from work thursday and suddenly heard a loud ticking or metal against metal sound as i lightly revved through the gear.
i thought something came loose or stuck under the car, but when i stopped at the walgreens by my house i popped the hood and heard this nasty sound from my engine.
at first i thought it was a valve but upon further listening and checking valve lash i thought it was my tensioner or a bent valve.
well today i dropped it off at a reputable auto service place to get a leak down test.
after a couple hrs i called and the owner told me i had a spun bearing. he stated he did a leak down test and it was ok and he used a stethoscope to listen to car block and it was definitely a spun bearing. he told me he could open the pan to verify.
the car had a leaky oil pump so its possible. [it had pleanty of oil]
so what now?
i have three choices as far as i see it.
1 sell the hatch like it is.
2 take out the long block and take the short block to a machine shop and have them fix it. {or take the whole long block so i wont have to tear into it}
3 take out the long block and replace it with a b20 from Hmotorsonline.com [749+shp= 999+/-]
the cons
1 i dont know who would buy a spun engine hatch & i cant afford a car payment.
2 if i sent it to a machine shop i might have to pay close to what a long block might cost me plus water/oil pumps & i still have to use 91+ octane
3 if i buy a B20 long block i would pay close to 1G and i would still have to buy a timing belt kit plus water/oil pumps. but i could use 87 octane
this is all after i bought a new gsr tranny with quaife LSD, got a new radio, installed a stealth alarm and tinted the windows. F-me
not to mention my wife is pissed because this would be my 4th car and 3rd engine ive gone through in 6 years
could i see how bad the bearing looks and just slip a bigger size bearing until i can afford to fix it right?
discuss
