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Old Aug 11, 2004
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Originally Posted by REDchirp
how expensive is it to take it to somebody, and have them take the head off and see if I blew a Headgasket? I just find it too weird for it to just be the headgasket when the 2nd 3rd and 4th cylinders all have the same compression reading and the 1st one just plain sucks...
If the hole in the head gasket is at the first cylender then it is possible to loose compression throught that hole.
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Old Aug 11, 2004
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Oh well... I've already taken everything off and put it back to being NON-Turbo.... selling the kit and getting rid of the car...
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Old Aug 12, 2004
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Originally Posted by REDchirp
Oh well... I've already taken everything off and put it back to being NON-Turbo.... selling the kit and getting rid of the car...
You gave up too easy.
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well i plan to put the money i get from selling the kit as my down payment for the car i'm getting ready to purchase as soon as i sell the kit... i just decided it's much smarter to play with are car that already came from the factory boosted and a lot more reliable....
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Old Aug 12, 2004
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Originally Posted by REDchirp
i just decided it's much smarter to play with are car that already came from the factory boosted and a lot more reliable....
That all depends on the user and whether or not it's tuned properly. I've seen/had boosted Honda's that have been very reliable.
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Me too. turbo is not a mod to go halfway through with. Done right you can, for the most part, drive a turboed honda just as far and just as long with proper maintance if you are sensible about boosting.
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Me too. turbo is not a mod to go halfway through with. Done right you can, for the most part, drive a turboed honda just as far and just as long with proper maintance if you are sensible about boosting.
Amen to that
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