Not Good... Not Good At All....

IanL · Post by **IanL** » February 6th, 2005, 4:52 am

johnnyb wrote:so dont tell your insurance company....

theres tons of people that dont and they never know because the ZE looks identical to the K8 with the exception of the IM. No mechanic would be able to tell

Anyone can tell just by reading the engine number. And in UK you have to report engine number change to the licensing authority.

If the insurance get a sniff that something's not kosher, they will start to look, and suddenly it's not insured and you're in court. Not worth the risk.

andy · Post by **andy** » February 7th, 2005, 8:02 am

I'm going to assume that "cambelt" is the timing belt and the seized pulley
is the crankshaft pulley. I would find it very hard to believe that the crankshaft would not come off with the proper puller. there are two threaded holes there just to insert a puller into. The first time I took mine off I used a puller, came right off. I know your at their mercy but this sounds suspicus.

good luck

Andy P. 93 GS

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » February 7th, 2005, 9:35 am

IanL wrote: Anyone can tell just by reading the engine number. And in UK you have to report engine number change to the licensing authority.

If the insurance get a sniff that something's not kosher, they will start to look, and suddenly it's not insured and you're in court. Not worth the risk.

Then just grab a KL crank and rods and stroke the K8 block to 2.2 liters.

IanL · Post by **IanL** » February 7th, 2005, 11:47 am

lakersfan1 wrote: Then just grab a KL crank and rods and stroke the K8 block to 2.2 liters.

Interesting idea - has it been done?
Do you know the effect on low-end torque?
Any idea of the best ECU & VAF combination?