"roflcopter" (roflroflroflcopter)
04/19/2014 at 22:56 • Filed to: None
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"roflcopter" (roflroflroflcopter)
04/19/2014 at 22:56 • Filed to: None | 0
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Well I did two things actually. I done messed up the piston and head in my Volvo, as you can read about !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . But today I deciding I'm going to take the complete cheap/wrong way out of this and try to get the car running again for as close to $0 as possible. So... you can see the cylinder head above and here's what the top of the piston looked like...
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I decided that for this daily driven hunk of Swedish crap even compression ratios don't matter and that pulling a motor is way more work than I want to do for this, so I broke ou the Dremel and got to work. Here's the result.
As you can see, I just kinda took a grinding wheel too it and evened out most of the chunkiness. My goal was to get rid of any high points that might become hot spots that could cause detonation, but beyond that, zero fucks were given. I needed a new piston and head, so worst case I still need a new piston and head. The new head gasket, intake manifold gasket, and a few random brake components will be here by the end of the week and I'll know if this is gonna work or not next weekend. Anyone wanna place bets?
My awesome friend decided to take video of this awesome process, complete with sarcastic commentary, enjoy!
cluelessk
> roflcopter
04/19/2014 at 22:57 |
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haha that's wicked.
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roflcopter
> cluelessk
04/19/2014 at 22:59 |
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If it runs, I'll call it a win. I didn't make anything worse than it already was... I think.
blue-haired_lawyer
> roflcopter
04/19/2014 at 23:39 |
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On the one hand, plus one for ingenuity, but on the other, I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea that I might share the road with this type of ingenuity.
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roflcopter
> blue-haired_lawyer
04/19/2014 at 23:41 |
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It'll either work or it won't. It's a $400 Volvo... worst case I'm back in the situation I'm in now.
I'm honestly just curious if it'll work or not, which is more than enough reason to try it in my book.
ly2v8-Brian
> roflcopter
04/19/2014 at 23:53 |
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As long as your machined surfaces around the combustion chamber are smooth (for proper seal). It could work.
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roflcopter
> ly2v8-Brian
04/19/2014 at 23:56 |
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Yep, they seem to be good. And I laid a level on it and it still seems to be flat, and the there's no scoring on the piston walls, so the rings should be fine.
I still gotta scrape the head gasket off the block though, that's gonna be an adventure.
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ly2v8-Brian
> roflcopter
04/20/2014 at 00:04 |
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Should work then. Old gaskets are a pain though
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> roflcopter
04/20/2014 at 04:42 |
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Hey, if it doesn't work it'd be a good excuse to pick up a turbo'd B-series :)