Death of the (mighty?) 4G63

[rob_rousseau]

My 91 Tsi w/t 31,000km's on it, immaculately maintained, is done for a few years. On my way to school yesterday the nut backed off the oil pump sprocket and made a hell of a mess of stuff... Went through the cover and everything. Too bad this had to happen, it ran so strong. Getting very discouraged with the DSM's It'll sit around for a few years until i'm done school Now I hafta drive a ford focus :thumbdown

 

[TSIfreek]

So sorry for your loss. I have heard others having this problem also. I used lock tite red on mine when I did my rebuild. These types of things happen when you least expect it. Hey now you have an excuse to put 5k in the motor like all of us :laugh: Are we sick or what

 

[Tort9320g]

Or pick up a good shortblock for $300 and have it running with a floor jack, some hand tools, a few buddies and some beers by the weekend

 

[rob_rousseau]

hehe, damned DSM's, love the things to pieces but sometimes I wonder whats wrong with me! The car just wants to stay low-mileage, sick of the hard drives to school maybe? hehe. i'll prolly go the $5K route when i'm done school! For now i'll join www.focustuners.com :laugh:

 

[MNGSX]

For the first tech article.


Focus V8 swap.. I will be using a Mark VIII modular engine however..


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It BOLTS in with a KIT! WTF?

 

[rob_rousseau]

Solid rear axle... no thanx! hehe... That IS the ultimate sleeper, however... Mostly for the drag-strip I would suppose... Could only imagine what all the weight in the front end and the solid rear axle would do to it's handling!

 

[JiveMasterT]

Solid rear axle... no thanx! hehe... That IS the ultimate sleeper, however... Mostly for the drag-strip I would suppose... Could only imagine what all the weight in the front end and the solid rear axle would do to it's handling!

i saw a video of one of those things one time. they are absolute monsters.

 

[dnhieu]

why are we talking about a focus? thoes are the most retarded cars ever. think i would rather drive a hatch back. if your droping dsms den we drop you :thumbdown

FOCUS :thumbdown

 

[MrPikolo]

why are we talking about a focus? thoes are the most retarded cars ever. think i would rather drive a hatch back. if your droping dsms den we drop you :thumbdown

FOCUS :thumbdown

Funny, a RWD focus would own your car every day of the week.

 

[noreaga0221]

thoes droping den

Learn to spell and type before trying to insult someone else.

 

[Steve93Talon]

Not to mention that both the Focus and DSMs ARE hatchbacks

 

[dnhieu]

Funny, a RWD focus would own your car every day of the week.

funny 5k in AWD talon would own yet another V8

FOCUS :laugh: :thumbdown

 

[dnhieu]

Learn to spell and type before trying to insult someone else.

Then..dem...what are we not understanding. whats the diffrence between dem and ? learn slang before you go say something dumb :laugh:

 

[PSI TSI]

Rob Northern Ontario Cant lose another DSM we've lost enough aleady.

 

[dnhieu]

hey man dont shead any tears for this guy! he wants to put a v8 in a focus over getting his dsm runnning. its okay to loose this guy in your click.

focus :thumbdown

 

[The Foos]

I feel your pain man...the 4g63 is a great motor, minus the fact that the life of it rides on a strip of rubber...

has anybody thought about addressing this issue? Replace the timing belt setup with a gear driven setup? Just a thought...

Scott

 

[rob_rousseau]

Sorry dnhieu, you misunderstood me... I was saying that my DSM is undriveable for the next while (could be a few years) and I am forced to drive a Ford Focus in the meantime. It's being lent to me so if you had to choose between the bus and a Focus i can almost guarantee you'd drive the focus... I know it sux, but a DSM is too expensive for my poor student ass right now... MNGSX brought up the focus V8 swap... i would NEVER do this. I'd spend the money on my poor DSM!

And don't worry PSITSI, Northern Ontario isnt' losing this DSM, its got 31,000km on it, so it's not going anywhere! She'll be back... Oh yes, she'll be back.

I need a "my other car is a DSM" bumpersticker right about now!

 

[TalonJohn94]

Yeah, leave him alone. Usually elitist blow-hards can at least spell.

BTW, I don't know any DSMers that are able to leave their car alone for more than a few months. My car has been in storage for only a couple months, and I can't wait to modify/drive it.

Good luck.

( I first thought this thread was about how the EVO 10 will probably use a new Mitsu 1.8 GDI turbo engine. Although thats still a rumor - and a different thread all together. )

 

[MrPikolo]

funny 5k in AWD talon would own yet another V8

FOCUS :laugh: :thumbdown

Apparently you lack both common sense and a knowledge for physics. There is no real replacement for displacement. If you properly put 5k into a corvette, mustag, camaro, old muscle car, and many other vehicles, you are going to get a much faster time slip than you could ever by putting 5k into an awd dsm. They arn't the best vehicles in the world buddy.

 

[MNGSX]

You know... I was just kidding about the focus... It is a real kit but the even the cars chassis is a POS...

Oh well..

 

[dnhieu]

Apparently you lack both common sense and a knowledge for physics. There is no real replacement for displacement. If you properly put 5k into a corvette, mustag, camaro, old muscle car, and many other vehicles, you are going to get a much faster time slip than you could ever by putting 5k into an awd dsm. They arn't the best vehicles in the world buddy.

Apparently you lack the ability to stay on topic !its okay my english teacher says that this is a fixable problem. you were talking about a 5k v8 swap in a ford focus would own me? so i was telling you that 5k in my dsm would wax some focus v8 swaps ass reguardless.

 

[dnhieu]

now that might not be the biggest turbo a DSM can run but it is a REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT :laugh:

 

[PSI TSI]

My 91 Tsi w/t 31,000km's on it, immaculately maintained, is done for a few years. On my way to school yesterday the nut backed off the oil pump sprocket and made a hell of a mess of stuff... Went through the cover and everything. Too bad this had to happen, it ran so strong. Getting very discouraged with the DSM's It'll sit around for a few years until i'm done school Now I hafta drive a ford focus :thumbdown

So what exactly happend to the engine once the nut backed out?
Did you seize the motor?

Are you from Suds?
Maybe you could fix it cheaper than you think.

Do you go on Ca. DSM?