The alfa's autopsy is complete

"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 08/15/2019 at 20:00 • Filed to: None

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My guess to what happened is that the no. 1 exhaust valve dropped and when the piston came up it knocked the valve apart which made the exhaust cam loose it’s timing which bent the other 3 valves as well.

I already have a lead on a replacement engine so we’ll see how well that goes.

Nothing > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/15/2019 at 20:11

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Kudos to you for not throwing in the towel. When I detonated the engine on the MGB, I let it go. It is what I’d consider my first real project non-dd vehicle.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/15/2019 at 20:13

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Sad that it happened, but kudos for keeping the Alfa alive! Definitely one of my favorite Oppo cars! :D

MM54 > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/15/2019 at 20:16

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Ouch, that’s a pretty significant failure. How’s the bore look?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/15/2019 at 20:17

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well that sucks :( but now you have a block and head to make a p ower-build on ; )  

Steve in Manhattan > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/15/2019 at 20:43

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Oy, condolences ... which Alfa does that engine go in?

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > MM54 08/15/2019 at 21:11

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Not as awful as you would think, just some light scoring from the debris that’s not a huge issue anyways since these engines have removeable liners.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Steve in Manhattan 08/15/2019 at 21:32

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my ‘76 spider

Steve in Manhattan > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/16/2019 at 00:59

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Well clearly it must be restored to as new ...

pip bip - choose Corrour > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/16/2019 at 05:02

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ouch

RacinBob > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/17/2019 at 14:01

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Just saying; A little compression added and a Euro 1750 cam wakes that motor up nicely,,,,

RacinBob > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 08/18/2019 at 12:19

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PS - make sure you shake out your intake manifold. Debris will get up into there and come back to do more damage if not cleaned.