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[MATCHBX]

Anyone? Anyone?

Yes, that's the sound of my timing belt snapping and wiping out some valves. I was on my way to lunch today and got to hear that lovely sound come from my engine bay. So if anyone has a good head laying around for a 1g, I need one. Soon is better than later.

So I will probably be driving the CRX for a week or two. Please take pity on me in my hour of need. :headache: :headache:

All I have to say is :dsmrule: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jana]

That's sucky!!!! I'm sorry to hear that

[SuperSleeper]

That sucks man--sorry to hear it. I'll let you know if I stumble upon any heads.

[Jakey]

Damn Erik, sorry to hear that, I'll keep my eyes open for ya. I know there is a guy up in Wisconsin selling a '93 or '94 rebuilt head on the Trader. If I can find the ad I'll post it up for ya.

EDIT- Looky

[ACRucrazy]

That sux!
Sorry to hear, was that the same head that was rebuilt a few years ago for the very same reason?

[AJ]

Shitty! Seems heads are becoming a needed iten these past few weeks. That fucking blows for ya though.

[MATCHBX]

Yep. That's the same head. That's why I'm thinking about getting a different one.

I forgot, which is better 1g or 2g? What year is the best to look for?

Thanks guys.

I have a head lying in my garage.......It was off a overheated/blown headgasekt 1G. I don't know if its warped. If it needs a rebuild, you might as well use yours. I can have it checked for warpage if your serious. $220(If its good) Let me know.

-Matt

[niterydr]

1g 7 bolts have better cooling passages, 1g 6 bolts have good flow stock, like 1g 7 bolts do, 2g's you can hog out more if you are going 'all out'.

[CVD]

Was that your car on hwy 13?

Not a good day for DSMs. Saw a lot broken down today.

[santa]

man I feel your pain my car is still sitting. Everything is finally coming together I'm currently in the process of doing a valve job on my head and once thats done its time to put everything back together. Good luck with your car.. look here.....> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...&category=33617
That looks to be ok? check it out

Kj

[MATCHBX]

Yeah I was looking at that one.

Yep. It got a whole block away from work when it happened. started to accelerate and POW!!! It sat on 13 from 12:30pm until 6pm. AAA is awesome though!!!! I am so glad I got it. DSM's should come with a lifetime membership!!! I shouldn't say that though. This ones been pretty good to me for the amount of abuse it's been thru.

[santa]

Originally posted by awd1dr@Feb 6 2004, 11:18 PM
Yeah I was looking at that one.

Yep. It got a whole block away from work when it happened. started to accelerate and POW!!! It sat on 13 from 12:30pm until 6pm. AAA is awesome though!!!! I am so glad I got it. DSM's should come with a lifetime membership!!! I shouldn't say that though. This ones been pretty good to me for the amount of abuse it's been thru.

well if you need any help let me know!

[MATCHBX]

I appreciate that. I might ask for help later on. We're not sure how long it will take to get all the parts and stuff.

[santa]

yeah waiting on parts is the worse ever I got my head studs tonight though wich was awsome!!1 Just let me know likeI said I'm down for helpin out if I can

[Nash]

Damn that sucks! Also the 1G 6 bolt heads have bigger holes for the head studs.

[MATCHBX]

Well, I got a head. It cost me a whopping $38. We went to U Pull R Parts and found one on a 90 GST. Belt was in good condition so we yanked the head. It appears to have no bent valves but I'm going to take it apart and clean it to make sure. I looked around and they have about 10 1g's out there. about 9 out of the ten are 90-91's. There are about 5-6 talons, 2-3 eclipses and one laser. About 4 of the talons were awd. I looked and all of them had A/C so no under the dash boxes. I did however find a perfect hatch cover and a single din radio bezel. Sorry Andy, no ecu's. They have most of the color combos out there as well. The eclipse I got the head from was blue (I know Mike, this head will be more powerful). Some are picked over pretty well but the talons were mostly intact. Almost all had spoilers on them. The blue eclipse had the 3 piece mitsu spoiler like the talon's but it doesn't extend all the way forward. There were a few others like that as well. Most taillights were intact in good condition. If anyone wants anything from them, you should get out there real soon. There's a lot of snow there but it's not too bad. Just dress warm.

Also. I looked at the car this morning and the timing belt didn't break and there are no teeth missing that I can see. It has something on the backside of it that looks like it rubbed onto something. I think it just jumped. I'm going to probably yank the head anyways and do it all right so I know everything is ok.

[AJ]

$38 bucks. hot damn! Did you see what the OD had on it for miles?

[A//// Guy]

The same thing happened to me. The belt didnt break but the engine started knocking because the TB skipped 3-4 teeth. I would check and make sure there is actual damage on the inside of the engine with Mikes boroscope and then if it looks bad replace it but my engine knocked a little but no damage came out of it. So I just redid a new Tbelt and other crap and started right up.

[MATCHBX]

The car had 164,000 on the odo. The car was unmodded and in really decent shape. The block looked good as well. Just some oil from a leaky valve cover gasket. The valve cover had a small crack in it, otherwise I would've nabbed it too. There was one talon out there that still had it's smic attached. I was going to grab it but decided not to.

As for looking at it with the boroscope, I had thought about that but I don't want to go thru the work of replacing the belts only to find out the head was bad. I just want to make sure everything is good. Plus I'm thinking about doing a little port-matching and such while I have.