Ok. I am an idiot. I read in many places that alittle water in the intake will solve my carbon buildup... so lets get the water out then... a couple pops later (sounded like rings snapping) and i have loss of power, oil smoke out of the tailpipe and breather system, and a car that runs like ****... So I assume the worst. Broken rings? Car has 96k miles.. so while abit early... i was using 1 QT per 600 miles so probably needed a top end refresh anyway... and I am secretly excited to be doing this... although my wife and bank account do not share my hidden excitement.
The good news is that I have relatively new 40 mm PMO ITB's, SSI/Dansk Sport 2 in 1 out, MSD ignition, new clutch/flywheel, MS 2 V3.57 EFI controller, Recurved Dizzy thats all in at 3k RPM (Thanks Barry Hershon)... so I have the basics already on the car. When I say new.. I mean all of this has happened within the last 3k miles.
So engine is now out of the car...
I have ordered heads from Steve Weiner at Rennsport Systems. He is a great guy.. People like him deserve our business.
Heads are Large Port (CNC'd for flow), new valves, new PB Guides, Viton Seals, Aase racing springs, Ti retainers.
So.. I have some decisions to make. I am not a half assed kind of guy. Im not going to go on the cheap to save 1k on a 12k project... on the other hand 1k is 1k and I dont want to waste 1k either. I am also not going to totally redo the top half and not replace bearings inside. The case will get opened up. I only want to do this once.
I need to choose a cam. Steve and I will talk about this more but Im leaning GE 20 or GE 40 Cams. This is a street car and i live below 6k RPM's so I dont want to lose any low end torque.
I need to choose P &C's. I use Chevron premium (92 Octane). Not going to pay $8 a gallon on Race gas, not going to twin plug.
Mahle stock 9.3:1? Mahle Euro 9.8:1?
Nickies / JE 9.5:1 stock 95 MM or 98MM
All four of these are going to run me 4k, so I might as well do it so that have the best of both longevity and performance. On the other hand this is where you could save some money.
I dont know what I have yet but I could save 3k and rehone / reuse... or Buy a set of replated cylinders from Millenium Plating and a set of JE's and save 1k. I could buy new AA Performance cylinders and save 1k.
This is where I dont want to spend 7-8k on Cams/Heads/Bearings/incidentals and then shoot myself in the foot to make it 10k vs 12k.
Any insight and recommendations would be helpful.
I plan on tearing into it over the next few weeks... Ill report back on what damage I find. What kind of P&C's I have with pics...
Stay tuned. Thanks for your support.