Shat!
Well, I had the 'new' b23 head completly stripped and ready to assemble with new valves, guides, springs and seals and then I figured, "Hey, I should get this thing as clean and shiny as possable before I go any further..."
Two cans of cleaner and a lot less carbon later I go to start assembling and there is a nice crack staring me in the face between the #5 intake valve seat and the spark-plug port. Pissed, I start looking further and there is the exact same crack (but not as apparent) in the #4 cylender too.
The cracks dont go all the way to the coolant jacket which I guess is why they didn't fail pressure but shit. I guess I'm more concerned about how they run underneath the valve seats. Anyone ever lost a seat on an m20?
Either way I'm trying to source another -731 head.
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Well, you know what car to look for...
As soon as I get her running I hope to bring her to cofee n' cars in Tacoma regularly again. If she's not done next week, I'll probably be there in the Blue Cooper next week regardless.
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First comment in this thread...fantastic....what a great transformation from the beginning to now...love the use of OEM parts....looks great.
RandyLeave a comment:
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I'm around the Tacoma region but a bit East/North of Tacoma itself. I haven't commuted to an actual job in about 5 months due to lay offs.
Definately hope to run into you sometime though!Leave a comment:
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Thanks! Where in the South Sound are you? I'm running between Kent and Dupont pretty much every weekday. I'm sure we've crossed paths...Leave a comment:
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Smilies!
My Bosch Smilies came in last night and I got them all mounted and wired this afternoon. Unfortunatly one of my city-light and one of my high-beam bulbs are burnt, so I guess I can't really verify my work on those quite yet. The rest work great though...Leave a comment:
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Nope, I'm going with the complete eta intake.
I know that it will cut flow, but for one, its what I have available and, two for some reason I really have the desire to build as good a motor as possable yet make the thing look as completly stock and mundane apperance wise as I can (aside from all the euro accoutrements). I want people to ignorantly look at my car as 'just another eta'. That may sound wierd, but it sounds good in my head.Leave a comment:
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The Franken-Stroker ball is rolling. I got the m20b23 head all cleaned up and inspected today along with an excursion in both my and my dad's garages. Looks like the build list is gonna be:
-m20b23 (323i) head
m20b25 valve springs (double)
-m20b23 (264 degree) or m20b25 (256 degree) cam (I'm really up in the air about this, I have both sitting on my bench)
-m20b27 injectors, intake, bottom-end, and other peripherals
If you'd like to comment/complain/question/bitch I've got a thread for it in the m20 section...
Also, my 'new' wheels finally went for powder-coat this morning. I hope to have rubber on them and mounted this weekend. And Bosch smilies should be showing up on my door-step any day now.Leave a comment:
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