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[Raptor]

You should ask James what I told him the night he picked up that head when he called.

[john]

Yeah, I remember him saying the valves were pitted. I thought it would still seal though. Didn't ever think it would be this bad. Makes up for the little power gained by the 1G mani, TB, and 1G head. Should have just replaced the bad sensor and not tried to go overboard by doing valve seals, HG, and timing belt...

[LightningGSX]

So does this thing run now?

[john]

Nope...

[john]

...has compression atleast. Turned over once and died right away is the best it has seen.

[LightningGSX]

DAMN. How many fucking problems can you have at the same time? I think Mike and I will head out there again tomorrow, make sure the battery is fully charged.

[john]

Thanks alot for coming over. The car now runs and can get on the dyno for a decent tune.

[A//// Guy]

You sure you guys dont want to get rid of that car so in the future it wont break ;)

[john]

No, it is just that several things went wrong at the same time. Had "phantom valve bend" on the ported head, a head with crappy compression, the 2g head finally back on. Then no spark twice and spark and fuel without starting. Everything was going wrong and I did not have any time or will to help him with the car after swapping the head, intake mani, etc for the third time. After swapping it three times, the car ended up with the head that was on it originally instead of an upgraded 1g.