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Thanks Guys I really do love it... When I'm not wanting to burn it...LOL Thinking back.... It's not all the work that you have to do.... My catchphrase... Everything is close... so you can modify it to work... But then again... Everything is close... but everything need to be modified.... When I th...

I finally got it done. Started first go (to my amazement) Recon'd head, New head gasket, new timing belt, bigger turbo. and as it seems to stop smoking (well very little, must be burning off the old oil) Of coarse there was a little smoke coming from the motor as things heated up (Thats pretty cool...

OK Finally While I was waiting for her to warm up to set the tappets I took some video. Now, I am not a video guy and this was my first time putting a few shots together with Premiere (and it was not easy getting used to a new program) So dont laugh at me, I was born an Italian, lived in Australia ...

**** UPDATE **** I finally got the thing together and even kicked it over. Set tappets and started first go. Stay tuned as I remembered to take some video of the moment. I'll post it soon.... when I can work out how to. but for now, here are some photos of the head. [/size] http://i86.photobucket.c...

Its the little thing that drive me crazy..... OK I was trying to set the tappets when I found something strange. Having a closer look I think I screwed up the timing belt. How you ask.... Cant the idiot follow some simple marks!!! Well I thought I could, and I check 15 times over. This is the probl...

I really really want to set it on fire..... :cry: Damn this fucken thing... It wants to be the end of me... So $200 and got the head reco'd and tested (Cheap)... Sounds good, slapped it together have the welded manifold. Yes sounding good What can go wrong, throw the turbo back on and I'm done. If ...

Thanks E Yeah, there is a lot of oil, I was thinking that that was because of the wet compression test. I went down the the head shop to drop off the valve stem seals and had a look at the head stripped down.... The head has had plenty of work, Port polish, Double valve spring, ect. What I found ou...

Oh yeah, Its burnt, fried, and stayed. Well... With the headache its given me. It should also be exploded then ground into a fine power LOL Pretty sure its the reason for the compression at 20. Getting that head reoc'd this week, $200 for the lot including Pressure testing. At least I wount have an...

Well.... I left it for a few weeks as I finished up some wedding photos. And now I am ready to fix the bloody thing. So tomorrow I'm taking the head down to a shop to see what they say. http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k93/Valentich/Head1.jpg also I will find a place to weld the manifold. I ripped...

Have not had any time to really work on it.... But I did rip the head off... and found..... Not a hole in the piston.... but a broken valve. Nice little piece from it missing. The bore looks OK. I will post some photos when I get time... But I have 2 questions... First... If you guys remember the w...

WOW Good bye Holden, farewell Ford, A new era has begun... (About time) It's about time that we get to see some action in the V8, I found it boring for many years. And this Nissan, Hail to the awesomeness. And it looks so good, But here at N12, we know that Nissan is awesome. (pain in the but somet...

So Here I sit, in front of the computer, pondering the incredible amount of bad luck I have had. Pondering if I did set it a light, would a strange fireball shoot out and hit me. So, I thought I was close, a week or two and I'll rego it. everything is about done. Except for that smoking problem, an...

WOW... Just from photoshop, your photo and a picture of a head gasket You my have something.... its so close, all the water jackets are lining up. Sure there is a spacing issue but maybe a magic O ring solution might be able to fix that, and a really good machine shop. But my hat is tipped to you si...