Hey everyone! Reviving this post because I am on a mission to have the Laser RS GOLD EDITION decals made. I have a 93 awd auto gold edition but the car was painted before i bought it. I want to put the stock graffics back on it sooo badly. Anyone have a link for it? If you have a gold...
Wow. Well normally if the piston and valves took that much damage you didn't hurt a connecting rod or the crank. It shouldn't really make anything harder to disassemble but you need to thoroughly clean the crank case and find the chunk of piston. If it finds its way to a bearing surface then...
Compression test can help. Definitely won't tell you for sure if the rings are good, but it can definitely tell you if the rings are bad. Sounds like the ebay turbo though
Holsets are proven over and over again! You can get yourself into a nice hx40 for 200 bucks and buy a rebuilt center section for as cheap as 100 bucks. I personally am going to run an he351. Non vgt. I have one on my 8v dodge omni and its nasty. Any diesel turbos will lag less than you think...
Check a local Mistu dealer, they sometimes can sell single pistons. The pistons are pressed pin stock which makes them really hard to get off the rod without cracking the piston skirts so used may be difficult unless you get the 6 bolt piston-rod assembly.
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