It just happened

[Jean]

Since when is M20 a non-interference engine though ? If that was the case then M20s wouldn't require a rebuild when t-belt goes... hmmm

- EDIT - nevermind if the internals aren't stock lol

[Sean]

That was my guess. Nando, are you saying your M20 is non-interference? Is it your pistons?

Not to steal Chris' glory - but yes, it's his pistons. He's got the metric mechanic pistons with the hella deep valve-pockets.

[Erick]

Damn you nandooooooo >.<

Alex, I thought about our conversation when we were working on it. I will e-blame you for jynxing my motor. In all honesty, the belt lasted me much less than I expected. Maybe it was the constant drifting use, maybe it was a manufacturer defect (although unlikely), but the head itself is pretty toast. I can't rebuild this head. At least not at a price that's worth it anyways.

Freshen up the new motor with gaskets (and a new timing belt/water pump) and we'll go from there.

- Erick

[Erick]

Oh, I'd also like to add to the irony of it all that Elliot gave me a "check engine light" sticker to put on my windshield on Saturday, when we started working on the car and had not finished (or stopped) until 11am on Sunday. Damn near 24hours spent on wrench time, STRAIGHT!

In that meantime, my buddy had to hunt for transistors TWICE because something was shorting out and blowing the MS3.0 board. After resoldering all of that, we re-did the MS harness entirely (every single connection), and then we went ahead and found out about the timing belt.

Yay fun. :p

[blck325is]

Wow, dedication. OT, waiting for some pics of the vert.

[browntown]

I've worked on my suspension project about a half hour every other day, I'm so lazy/

[Erick]

Wow, dedication. OT, waiting for some pics of the vert.

Ask it's new owner. He should be picking it up this weekend. :p

[Hartge_H27]

yea i i will have pics of the vert up as soon as i get it. oh and i take full blame for the motor.

[mtechnik]

Sprry to hear about that set back

[James Crivellone]

Not to steal Chris' glory - but yes, it's his pistons. He's got the metric mechanic pistons with the hella deep valve-pockets.

Yep, he has the same pistons that I do, and they are very deep valve pockets.

[eshghehBMW]

les see some pics of the aftermath.

[einstein57]

its called a new belt, seriously the stock ones last for a long time....

Really. My dad was telling me when the m20 came out that they recommended like 65k intervals or something. After they replaced a dozen or so engines that gave way at 50-60k they started recommending 3 years or 45k miles. Now a vdub timing belt last a long time compared to an m20.

[Hartge_H27]

damn i like those MM pistons. I guess i know which ones i am buying if i build a M20.