Drove my 7 to charleston yesterday and everything was great got 28 mpg on the way down there. Around summerville on the way back i start noticing some weird hesitation every couple of minutes, but i'm still 170 miles from home so i keep going.
By the time i'm in orangeburg it's happening 2-3 times a minute and by columbia it's happening so much that the cruise control won't stay on. Well still 100 miles to go so i keep going. Then around clinton it's happening so bad that i can't keep my speed above 75 mph. So i dropped down into 4th and drove the rest of the way home at 4500 rpm Well she made it home, so i pulled into my driveway and parked and she decided to puke up about half a gallon of coolant right on my driveway. it was too dark to see last night at 11:30, so i'll have to take a look at the damage today after work. On the plus side it never got hotter than normal, so i'm hoping its still in good shape.

 

Heres your chance to do a bridge ported ITB motor it would be fun.

 

haha! i just want a reliable daily driver outta this car! i can always put one of those in my ghia!

 

Bridge port is reliable as long as you dont drive it.

 

kinda defeats the point then doesn't it

 

so what are your plans for it PP with some ITB lightweight flywheel? That would be reliable and lots of fun if you drop by Rogers shop I bet he could build you one.

 

This is what it would cost you to send the core ( if it is still usable ) of to Ernst and get it done but this is like the ultimate motor 9K red line about 300hp shity gas mileage its all good.

Delete Product Qty. Unit Cost Total
Stage one - 1 year 12,000 mile warranty $3,761.10 $3,761.10
· Engine Core: I am going to send you my engine to rebuild.
· Other Engine Options: 3mm apex seal upgrade
· Other Engine Options: Corner seal spring upgrade
· Other Engine Options: Rotor Housing Cooling Modification
· Engine Porting: Bridge Port with housing resurface
· Other Engine Options: Polished rotors
· Engine Year: 86-88 Non Turbo
· Other Engine Options: Super Apex Seals
· Other Engine Options: Engine Balancing
· Other Engine Options: Rear Modified Stantionary Gear
· Other Engine Options: Modified Front Stantionary Gear 13B
· Other Engine Options: Race Clearancing of Rotors
· Other Engine Options: Mazda Factory Race Rotor Bearings

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SubTotal* $3,761.10

 

i was thinking something like this

Stage two - 2 Year 24,000 Mile Warranty $2,124.56 $2,124.56
· Engine Porting: Street Port (Mild)
· Engine Core: I am going to send you my engine to rebuild.
· Other Engine Options: none
· Other Engine Options: 3mm apex seal upgrade
· Other Engine Options: Corner seal spring upgrade
· Other Engine Options: Polished rotors
· Engine Year: 86-88 Non Turbo

still a bit more than i can afford right now

 

Hey you will be in a hole eather you like it or not atleast go in a hole and have something fun to drive.

 

gonna have to save up for this. too bad theres already a car in my garage

 

you and your Gia POS. you see if you wouldnt have gotten it you would have garage space and money to fix the 7 but now I guess you cant.

 

is this the same car that needed the heater hose 1st aid during the feb meet? It sure does like puking coolant whenever it doesnt feel right lol

so where was it leaking, from the block? or a hose?

 

yep same car. it looks like it came out of the over flow tank. not sure why it would do it only after i stopped.

 

WOOOHOOO! no need to rebuild quite yet! turns out the gas I got down in charleston was crap. they probably put something in it, so everybody avoid the shell station at exit 177 in harleyville. my neighbor saw me looking at it yesterday after work and came over to find out what i was doing. i told him what happened and he said that the same thing happened to him 3 weeks ago. so we drained the tank and the fuel system, swapped out the fuel filter and filled her back up and reprimed the system. She started right up and ran GREAT. seriously the best she's ever run!! yay for smart neighbors!

 

^^ Glad to hear it! It sure woulda sucked to do a rebuild then put the motor in only to find out you only needed good gas. It does suck that you spent like $3 a gallon on that stuff only to have it turn out to be bad and have to re-fill the tank.