Yea I figured as much lol it's usually that way in most cars but I had to check.

The intake manifold having a leak could very easily be the issue here allowing it to receive unmetered air. I've seen it before on a number of engines.

This may be my problem with my idle spike.Awesome. I'll check this when I work on my talon next. Thank you, I have no idea that it was electrically impossible to idle above 1500.

For pump gas and tuning I'd go with the lower compression ratio to allow me to turn up the boost more in the future.

I'd check for boost leaks or one of the sensors on the intake manifold.

So I just finished the fresh rebuild on my 420a. New pistons, rods, Crower stage 1 cams, water pump, oil pump, valve seals, new gaskets on all surfaces. I'll be turbo-ing the car in the future but for now it's NA. Only real HP upgrades to it are the cams and header. Would it be worth it to swap...

Head to your local pick n pull and take one out of another car is the best option I have to fix a broken blade. It seems like every one of these cars has a sunroof lol

Well it would be much easier to find a 99 special edition that had black interior and swap it because dyeing stuff usually winds up wearing away or flaking off over time.

This is true and of course you'll need 1g head bolts or studs

My bet is in valve seals. A compression check would indeed be needed.

The other reason these benefit is oil starvation which is the biggest reason for spun rod bearings on something like the 420a and if I could find one that wasn't expensive I'd have it.

As a general consensus after hunting for a long while seems the 6 bolt wins out in most groups since it tends so suffer crank walk less. Though the 7 bolts cylinder head is a superior design.

To use the oil pump would involve turning the engine over since the pump is spun by the crank itself on the 420a. Being that the flywheel is also directly attached to the crank it would be just as easy to use the starter motor provided it's in good shape. So that's what I'll do. I've placed...

I like dsmcrzy's idea. Should be a lot easier and I think my blue top battery can handle turning it over for a bit

So I'm mid rebuild on my 420a and I'm at the point where I wonder what I should do once the engine is bolted back in. On the old small block chevys we prime the engine. Is there a priming procedure for these engines? I'm kindof a novice in the small 4 cylinder area. I assume pull the spark plugs...