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Re: Kinda LBC Related-Miata

To: Brad Fornal <toyman@digitex.net>
Subject: Re: Kinda LBC Related-Miata
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:46:34 -0700
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
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You don't think you could paint a darker picture for me, do you Brad?
Mike

Brad Fornal wrote:

>I seem to recall about a year ago, a discussion on removing the head from
>aluminum engines. It causes the block to warp and twist when the torque on the
>head is removed. I don't know the exact details of this, but I put another head
>onto a 90 Plymouth Colt, after the first one cracked. I didn't have it 
>reworked,
>merely checked to be sure it was not cracked. It ran well for about 300 miles,
>then one day, it took a quart of oil and blew it out the rear seal, in the span
>of a 3 block drive. YMMV.
>
>Brad
>
>Mike MacLean wrote:
>
>  
>
>>If you blow a head gakset with 103 thou on the odometer, do you
>>automatically rebuild the head?  Or are you worried like the old wive's
>>tale that a new top end will cause blow by in the bottom?  The mechanic
>>that is taking off the Miata head due to a pressure leak in to the
>>cooling system says he does not like to rebuild the head at this mileage
>>for that reason.  I'm not sure he knows what he is talking about.
>>Mike MacLean
>>60 Sprite
>>56 BN2
>>02 FLSTS
>>00 F-150
>>94 Miata
>>89 Nissan Sentra





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