Recent content by gorganl2000

off the top of my head, my initial thoughts are piston ring clearances may be a bit on the wide side to accommodate higher boost levels, and a distant second are valve stem seals. the fact your compression is consistent and within reason across the board is a good thing are you noticing any...

if i remember correctly, the front/timing side crank and cam seals are the same size on the 4e/5e; however some sources seem to indicate different materials/colours (brown vs black) for them and they have different part numbers the rear crank seals are different sizes on the 4e and 5e...

hail sir long time, hope all is well on your end and you can find some clues as to the whereabouts of your old car

did you see Mr. Bean around? :D

i've always stuck with the OEM headgaskets...they seem to be of decent quality and do the job.

good stuff

in the past we used gray sealant on engine builds---any of the reputable high quality brands should work gray because it looks oem and you can usually identify engine leaks easier on the sump, we tended to put slightly more sealant around the "curved" areas to avoid leaks on the oil pump, be...

the headlights have really made a big difference in the aesthetics :cool:

hail goldenvtr :cool: hopefully Jay can direct you or has some laying around,,,else you may have to take some pictures and measurements, find a good graphics shop and get them replicated as best as they can

those drivers must have been very happy...lolololol

first, let me put this out there ---- I'd strongly suggest you try to get oem or forged 4efte pistons now after saying that, I've ran shaved/machined 4efte pistons in a "5efte" in the past. This was long ago when forged pistons were relatively expensive and not as widely available as today...

yeah, i observed that same thing you and Jay mentioned during a past build.

just a related thought...how does the baffling compare on the two different sumps?

i can totally understand that...since my mechanic passed away (he was meticulous), any mechanical work that i can undertake by myself, i do just that sometimes it's very hard to find reasonably priced competent people/businesses

i've participated in rebuilding a few 4e/5e engines with my former mechanic (unfortunately he passed away a few years ago), so if i had to do it now, i strongly believe could...would i want to?? probably if i was forced to....i'm not a mechanic by trade, far from, but i'm lucky to have acquired...