Thread: Can my block be saved?

Ashton, ive seen worse deck, sleeve and piston damgae then that with the ringlands being perfectly fine.

Stratton.

I will pass I like turbo too much.





Yeah its only the top the cylinder walls look fine. I am going to bring it to a machine shop and see what they say. I'm looking at repair cost of block and most likely of milling the head down too -vs- cost of new motor.



Here is a picture of the plugs I had in there - Cyl #4 plug is the middle with the greenish tip.



I'm trying to figure out how long its been running like this. I think the pistons are still in good shape.

Wow man that spark plug looks like it has a ton of deposits on it lol.

surprised the plug lasted that long too without blowing off the ground strap. Its probably been running like that for a while. Detonation every time you get on it heavily. You are either too lean or have too much timing or both. Since the damage isnt on all id say more its probably a lean problem. Need to fix the tune or up fuel pressure significantly and probably back down your base timing a couple degrees, If you have the ability to fine tune then please do so.

The thing that's strange to me is detonation is usually on the intake side. Maybe this is more heat related...

I've seen that to it happen to me on my 16ve pistons.

Ve plus the already bolt on y25.. you crazy jigga.

Might cost you less anyways in machining , parts and work.. but yet if you do it yourself its priceless knowledge