talked with my new mechanic... my old one and tunner now lives in ecuador
hes very good at what he does, he liked the engine
the gasket went around one cylinder, the head needs a little reskim, he says he will see if the stock pullies alow a bit of cam play hes more nuts than my old mechanic.
'88 Pontiac Lemans GTE - 2.0 16v XE - fully programable ECU, Custom made intake manifold and other bits.
146.6WHP/135lb.ft - 14.81@94mph
Lol idealy, seeing as you have the engine the way it is we mean. Tbh, if i was in your shoes, well, actually, if my engine ever gave up, i would probably do the same as you and just replace the headgasket. Anwyay, you've done a phenomenal amount of stuff to that car as it sits, with the engine management setup, and your intake manifold.
All we meant was, you're engines in half basically, it'd be so easy to slap on a thinker headgasket, or some lower cr pistons [if you've the cash] and wing a turbo on. BUt that's soooo easy for us to say lol, it's a lot more complicated than that as im sure you know.
hehehe for that need an intercooler, custom piping, turbo, new complete exhaust, and the list goes on, oh and a remap but thanks for the good wishes. i would love to slap a turbo on it, believe me a really do!
just got to work from the shop, went with the new gasket, oil, filter and all the needed stuff to get it together. as i type he's getting the head to another shop for a little skim.
once is back from the skim, some valve lapping will be done. so i guess it should a bit more alive again.
so i should have the car back for tomorrow.
'88 Pontiac Lemans GTE - 2.0 16v XE - fully programable ECU, Custom made intake manifold and other bits.
146.6WHP/135lb.ft - 14.81@94mph
no mate, what i said is that my mechanic will see if can play a bit with the stock cam pullies to see if he can move it a few degrees for better performance.
cam timing is not an issue right now, this head is basically a skim virgin, it had a minimal skim a few years back but thats was when i did the rebuild
'88 Pontiac Lemans GTE - 2.0 16v XE - fully programable ECU, Custom made intake manifold and other bits.
146.6WHP/135lb.ft - 14.81@94mph
i've a mechanic for standard daewoo things (ex daewoo mechanic in the main dealer) and other for the engine stuff (had one of the best around here but he moved to ecuador and im at another shop for that, one of the best too) i can do stuff myself, which i do but complex jobs and time consuming are done by them.
the car is running good, i cant tell if its faster or what, dont know honestly
Efrain
'88 Pontiac Lemans GTE - 2.0 16v XE - fully programable ECU, Custom made intake manifold and other bits.
146.6WHP/135lb.ft - 14.81@94mph
seems to be gone again :S not a heat up this time...
well the only headgasket i found was a chepo one, could not found a gm item. didnt trust it in the first place.
was trying to solve a electrical problem that was causing a heavy missfire, ended up being some faulty ignition plugs of the wiring
after i got that fixed i went to test it and 1, 2, 3... 4th...i heard a big backfire and lifted and started to smoke like "vapor smoke like" a lot and a very rough idle.
im HOPING is the headgasket because i found water in the oil again and the small water tank is almost empty. but i have a bad feeling that its not.
'88 Pontiac Lemans GTE - 2.0 16v XE - fully programable ECU, Custom made intake manifold and other bits.
146.6WHP/135lb.ft - 14.81@94mph
