By far a great wheel! but the next time I get these I would run 17x10 +35 all the way around! I had them in black too!
Here is one more with the bronze ones.
Sleeves are pressed on. It's hard to weld cast. The discoloration on the top of the bore is carbon. It looks like they hot tanked it, decked it and bottle honed the block. that's it!
I dont see sleeves in there. The cylinders dont even looked cleaned or honed right.
Here are some examples of rebuilds and what the hone should look like.
Stock piston rebuild
Forged piston rebuild
Some one is always trying ways to cut corners on these cars. Do it right, or sell the car to someone that will. :3d_frown:
I agree with you 100%
The 7M block warps also. I had Video of a block that was running for 1000 miles and taken out, rebuilt and resurface and the deck was low and...
My machinist deals with all the brands of pistons in high volume. My reasons are personal and also with quality control. I must say that I trust what the machine shop says; they built the engine on Jay Leno's 1931 Duesenberg J. They didn't make many of them and only four are left in the world...
So it looks like you have to(code 52) rewire or change the knock sensors and (code 51) calibrate the TPS unless your AC was on wile you check the codes.
NPR makes an exellent ring. Most aftermarket piston like Arias, JE, and others use this rings.
How do I know this you ask? Well after having issues with JE and a set of rings they provided, I went to the NPR warehouse to pick some up. JE sucks as a company and they sent me to Arias to get...
Bomex USA did it. Mike U. Was the original owner of this car. After his wife blew the engine in it, they parked the car for a few years. I wrecked my 90 and that is how I ended up with the Soapra.
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