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Replacing Bent Valves

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ttawd3s

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Dec 20, 2002
I found a 1G DSM FWD car that has bent valves, the guy said he'd take $800 for it. So I'm prob. going to buy it.

The question is......... When I replace the valves, what else needs to be replaced on the head? New Guides I think, but I'm worried about the valves seating. I want to replace the valves with Ferrea stock sized valves, but I'm not totally sold on that yet. When I get the replacement valves ( stock or ferrea ) am I going to have to get a 3 angle valve job or what ?

I paid $1350 for just replacing the bent valves in my TT Stealth with oversized ones, but that was for machining ,parts, 5-angle, and decking etc. I'm not going to run 10s in this car, and I want to put as little moeny in it as possible ( the Stealth sucks me dry ).

Will the tranny and CV axles hold up to Drag radials ?? I want an AWD, but this is going to be my girlfriends daily driver, so an AWD would be a clutch burning nightmare !! I do plan on punishing it on weekends though... Stealth from a stop or DSM from a role ?? hehe...

These are pretty simple questions, and I reallize you guys like DSMs better, but please no "sell the stealth and hook up the DSM" commits. Here is what I have figured so far..

Head studs ARP
Mistu 3layer head gasket
poly motor mounts
$150 timing belt kit
Ferrea or stock mistu valves and new guides?
Am I going to need any machine work ? Anything missing ?

If its going to be a big machine work, new valves, and this and that, I may just hit up the DSM trader for a used head with "non" bent valves.

Talon and Stealth, two non-mistus. that are mistu. What does TSI mean?
 
i'd stick with stock replacement valves. call up one of the dsm friendly mitsu dealers. you may or may not need new guides. probably want to do new valve seals. get a 3 angle valve job. assuming you do most of the work, it shouldn't be that expensive.

i just had my head disassembled/reassembled, shaved, 3 angle valve job, hot tanked twice, and some other little things for 90 bucks.

marshall
 
i found a salvage yeard with 2 heads... He wants $120 shippid, with a 90 day garantee... I may buy both and sell one on the DSM trader for $250...
 
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