the MX might not make the trip.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » June 21st, 2005, 2:37 am

so last night i got the boost controller on. nice!

but

i started it up this afternoon to get my greddy BOV welded on. and a few miles down the road i notices some hesitation. i pulled over to check it out. and nothing but white smoke and the sweet smell of good old anti freeze, came from the exhaust.
yep i blew another head gasket. well. after i pulled the head off a couple of hours ago i later found that in the winter one should always run a cotton filter, NOT a screen meshed one like i have. cause now i have to swap heads to a different one. i would have to mill the head almost 30 thousands to fix it. and with the turbo, not so hot on the idea. so its a good thing i have two extra motors sitting around. the Forged pistons got a little scortched as well, on the outer rim of cyl 1 and 4. so im hoping i can get it all together by friday to head up to the MX-West meet. if not i might be taking the Spyder. the car felt real nice with the added boost though. i should just go to the a 1.8L. everytime i think its going good; its not.

wyldside · Post by **wyldside** » June 21st, 2005, 10:01 am

That sucks! At least with the 4 cyl it's not hard to do extensive engine work. I couldn't imagine pulling the heads appart on my V6 in that short of time (with the engine installed). It's starting to feel like something is trying to sabotage our trip...

Hopefully you can still make it to Kelowna.

MX-West Car Club · Post by **MX-West Car Club** » June 21st, 2005, 10:55 am

That's not good, Josh. Hope you'll be able to fix the car in time. Looks like everyones running into a string of bad luck lately.

wyldside · Post by **wyldside** » June 21st, 2005, 11:05 am

Josh is pretty smart. He should be able to get things up and running in no time.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » June 21st, 2005, 9:16 pm

i got the head gasket this afternoon, and im going to use one of my other heads. its not all too fancy but it will get the job done.

If all goes well i should have it up and running tonight. We will see!

wyldside · Post by **wyldside** » June 22nd, 2005, 7:32 am

Good Luck and keep us posted.

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » June 22nd, 2005, 10:40 am

Dang, that sucks. Hopefully you can get everything in running condition so we can bomb up to canada.

wyldside · Post by **wyldside** » June 22nd, 2005, 10:52 am

AAAAAAH! Did someone say BOMB!

Josh · Post by **Josh** » June 24th, 2005, 5:40 am

the car is up and running great. just hope i diont have any other problems. it has a stock head thats been ported and has my cams in it but it still goes very nicely.

RoundTop · Post by **RoundTop** » June 24th, 2005, 10:17 am

nice josh.

see ya in Kelowna? I'll be driving up early sat morn.