going to use this stuff...
http://www.barsproducts.com/product.cfm?id=41
hope it works. i'll be without car for at least 24 hours.
man, this sucks! :icon_mad:
caplax40: i do have a gte, and i do live in boise... you must be a mind reader or a psycic or a psycic mind reader. :icon_razz
i'm going to try some stopleak tomarow. that should hold it off for a while. but i need a total rebuild for shur. rod knock isn't too bad yet but if that stopleak...
so i'm 91.3% shure i blew my hg. i dont know how long it's been blown because my water temp guage was rigged so it only read to a specific temp! :aigo: this really sucks because i'm BROKE!!! OH! and to top it all off I HAVE ROD KNOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :madfawk:
i need to find enough for a new...
"You really have to try welding with gas if you have only used flux core."
this is true. flux core is great for thicker material, but for the thinner stuff, a good solid core wire is best. it spatters but you have less of a chance to burn through and there is no slag to chip.
auto dark...
what wire are you using? if its solid, how are you not getting porocity w/o gas? looks good for a beginers welder. i prefer miller, but thats just my .02. this is the one i'm getting soon... ="http://www.millerwelds.com/products/multiprocess/xmt_304_cc_cv/"
dont know about the powder center caps, but i just picked up a set of mkiii 5 spokes for $100, with tires! granted one was a hard racing slick. i also want to have mine powder coated.
i found someone in town with a few 7mgte's. i'll buy one off him and rebuild it, then when my motor dies, i'll have one to replace it. then i'll rebuild my old motor so its ready when i need it.
ive heard that one of the main reasons for blowing a hg is the uneven expantion between block and head. so i'm curious, theoreticly, could you have a custom aluminum block cnc'd or forged? :dunno: would this help with the bhg's? it seems posible but expencive. i think it would withstand the...
i seem to have no trouble holding durring a drift. in fact i was leaving my friends house one night when it was raining and the ass end whipped out without warning, almost went around but i held it.
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