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What I have:
(1) DOA CRX DX with blown 1.5l motor, 196k miles. No idea what's wrong with it. (Was getting some white smoking prior to an abrupt power loss and death over a year ago.) Tried a rudimentary compression test: got 65-75 across all cylinders.
(1) Full Z6 long block, now torn down and cleaned, head, intake and block are separated. Engine was pulled from a '97 EX wrecked with 92k miles
(1) Stock P28
(0) Ability to do a swap myself (no time, no experience, no garage, and its gettin damn cold outside)
(1) Local import shop here willing to do the swap
What I want: my car running again. I really don't care if its a mini-me or the full Z6 swap.
My choices:
A) have the shop leakdown the 1.5 prior to pulling to see if the rings and whatnot are toast. If not, I could save some bucks to do a mini-me, then sell the Z6 block. This gets it back on the road faster, but could lead to more problems with the 1.5 pushing more HP than before, and the block is still questionable.
B) Just swap the Z6 in and trash/trade/give away the questionable 1.5 (though a mini-me would be a tiny bit more fun). More expensive (labor costs) in the long run, and would take longer as well. :?:
(1) DOA CRX DX with blown 1.5l motor, 196k miles. No idea what's wrong with it. (Was getting some white smoking prior to an abrupt power loss and death over a year ago.) Tried a rudimentary compression test: got 65-75 across all cylinders.
(1) Full Z6 long block, now torn down and cleaned, head, intake and block are separated. Engine was pulled from a '97 EX wrecked with 92k miles
(1) Stock P28
(0) Ability to do a swap myself (no time, no experience, no garage, and its gettin damn cold outside)
(1) Local import shop here willing to do the swap
What I want: my car running again. I really don't care if its a mini-me or the full Z6 swap.
My choices:
A) have the shop leakdown the 1.5 prior to pulling to see if the rings and whatnot are toast. If not, I could save some bucks to do a mini-me, then sell the Z6 block. This gets it back on the road faster, but could lead to more problems with the 1.5 pushing more HP than before, and the block is still questionable.
B) Just swap the Z6 in and trash/trade/give away the questionable 1.5 (though a mini-me would be a tiny bit more fun). More expensive (labor costs) in the long run, and would take longer as well. :?:
