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Ok, thanks for the detailed answer
The reason i asked in the first place is because i crashed the main bearings on my stock motor and got a new DOHC very cheap, and that one is tested to be at 14:1 on all cylinders. Getting that one installed this week so i can finally get out on the road again.

Hi all, just wondering about compression in engines, what's better, high or low compression?

Edit: also what would be considered a good compression for my DOHC?

<small>[ June 11, 2004, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: SpaceWiz ]</small>

Hi, just wanted to ask here what you people think. I have to replace my current engine since it's bascially dead, i got one that's exactly the same as the one i have, this leads me to believe i should be able to change it myself, but since i'm not experienced with car engines im not 100% sure. The o...

I have the same problem, i got it diagnosed as the main bearings gone bad.. i hope this isnt your case but you might wanna check that out.

Ok thanks for your reply, im not gonna run it at all until it's fixed. The problem now is that i dont have any money since i spent all my money on getting the car just a month ago

Just wanted a little more info on this to make sure that it's actually the main bearings that are the problem. Before i only had this noise coming when i was accelerating, but now it's whenever i turn on the engine, i havent used the car for a few days but i went out to check something today to try ...

Hi, was just wondering if it's possible to swap from a SOHC to a KL-ZE? I saw the engine swap info and it was only listed under V6 engine swap.. also if it's possible will it work on a 5-switch manual? It says under the KLZE info that it only comes from automatic transmissions.. And finally, what's ...

Yeah i was counting on that i had to pull the engine out and do some work on it.. as long as i dont have to replace it, because i have no money left right now so i have to get together what money i can to just fix this engine.. In the future when i have some money stored up i think im gonna look for...

Another little update.. now that i know the english word for the faulty part

It's the main bearings that's gone bad, and from a little looking around these should be replaceable without changing the whole engine wich is a good thing for me!
Anyways, is this a hard procedure?

Ugh this sux, had the car for less then 1 month..
Got a quick look from a mechanic today, he said that most likely i need to change the engine :/

Yeah the metallic blue should be lighter, and also this color is shifting between blue and purple depending on the light wich makes me even more sure that it's not metallic blue.

Thanks for the suggestion, will look into it :) Also thanks for the comment. And also btw, does anyone know what the color of the car is called? From the description I read on some posts I think it's creek blue, but in my papers it's listed as blue metallic wich im 100% sure it's not :) <small>[ Mar...

Hiya, since yesterday afternoon im having a problem with some wierd noise coming from my motor. It sounds like something is vibrating but it's very loud. And this comes mostly when my rpm is between 3000-4000, below and above that there is no such noise. Any ideas what this can be? I checked the mot...

That's odd, the last week here in sweden have been around -10 every day and i've yet to have this problem. Edit: Anyone have suggestions for what to do on my car? I would like to lower it a bit more but i dont think that's such a good idea since i already have to crawl over all the speedbumps at lik...

So far i only had that problemonce, and that day it was somewhere between -15 and -20 degrees celcius.. so it takes more then just a little frost