Well fellow Beamers, it has taken me a week to write this note.
My Series V threw a rod last Friday (at least that is what I think). I didn't
even have the courage to look at the car until last night. I did take off the
rocker cover and find all the valves seem to be ok. So now it seems like it
must be a rod, on number 3 I think. (Funny this is the same rod I threw in my
first Series V 19 years ago...) Anyway now the serious restoration begins.
Since I am in the middle of moving (taking a faculty position at Ohio Northern
University, Ada, OH) I really can't do much until late September or October.
Of course by then, the prime driving weather will be gone. So instead of just
fixing this problem, I am now ready to tackle the car...
In planning the project for this winter, (even bought a house in Lima with an
insulated garage!), I decided to have a bit of fun with the engine. Not as
much fun as Jarrid, but still I want to go a little more than a stock Alpine.
My question is what experiences have any of you had with different performance
upgrades to the 1725cc engine? Is reboring to 0.040 over worth it? Should I
go all the way to 1922cc? How about a better cam? Is Holbay the only place to
get a good cam? Also I want to have the head ported and polished (and replace
all the valves, guides, seats and springs, I only want to do this job once!) Is
there a recommended machine shop familiar with Alpine heads?
I am sure this is just the beginning of many many questions.
Thanks,
(p.s. Well Ramon, looks like I get to use those rod bolts sooner than I
expected!)
-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mike Fisher
fisher(at)tomahawk.dst.battelle.org "The leader has a sense of humor. He is not a stuffed shirt. He can laugh at 614/424-3620 himself. He has a humble spirit." 614/424-3918 (FAX) If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't Battelle be research. 505 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43201-2693 "In science we can't let some guy from Podunk have the same vote as Fermi."
'93 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon (for mom and the kids) '85 Jetta GLI (to get me to work) '68 Sunbeam Alpine Series V B395017314 (just for fun) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Sep 05 2000 - 09:48:04 CDT