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TURTLE
02-03-2008, 09:20 PM
well, as some of you may know, my black 97 coupe neon broke on me just before x-mas, and i've been forced to make it run now that i don't have my 02 to fall back on anymore...

lift off the valvecover, and this is what i noticed...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/2k2NeonES/DSCF0213.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/2k2NeonES/DSCF0215.jpg

i dunno, ya think that would make it idle funny/not run at all:stare

i think i overtorqued it when i was assembling the engine when it went in... guess it pays to invest in a good inch/pound wrench:banana1:
GTSLOW
02-03-2008, 09:22 PM
Dam :stare
Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay
02-03-2008, 09:23 PM
Must be a neon thing
Brandon W.
02-03-2008, 09:42 PM
just JB weld it back together!!.. im kidding of coarse.
1siksrt
02-03-2008, 09:49 PM
wow, shitty:eek:
pickardracing
02-03-2008, 10:09 PM
Quality camshafts brought to you by MOPAR.

Junk.
WickedSix
02-03-2008, 10:18 PM
yikes........ that is an impressive fracture good to hear it'll be back up and running :thumbsup
nismodave
02-03-2008, 10:20 PM
Yeeeouch!!!!
spindler27
02-03-2008, 10:41 PM
will srt cams work in there?? cuz ive got a set!
awsomeears
02-03-2008, 10:47 PM
Jesus !!!!!!!!!!
TURTLE
02-03-2008, 10:49 PM
i knew i had talent in blowing up stuff on cars, but this takes the cake so far... my trans was a close second.... 3 holes in the bellhousing, and it still got me the 3 miles home after it VW-styled itself(air cooled trans FTL)
WilliamZ
02-04-2008, 12:14 AM
You seriously didn't use a torque wrench?
Cutlass Queen
02-04-2008, 12:29 AM
You seriously didn't use a torque wrench?

That's what I'm saying :wooo
TURTLE
02-04-2008, 07:33 AM
i used one, but the setting is so low, i guess i should have paid more attention to the click... i think the FSM calls for like 35 in/lb and the wrench i have is more of a bend vs. a click, so when it hits the set torque, it doesn't audibly click, it just kinda bends in relation to the ratchet head.... wierd, but it works...

ah well... live and learn... and now i've got a nice beating stick.... lol
jbiscuit
02-04-2008, 07:37 AM
go buy a nice torque wrench! Lesson learned!
spindler27
02-05-2008, 09:59 PM
the black car lives everyone, we swapped out the head and cams last night!!
Karps TA
02-05-2008, 10:02 PM
Tri overhead cams. Sweet!

I'd sell that mod on Ebay.
spindler27
02-06-2008, 09:33 AM
[QUOTE=Karps TA;331362]Tri overhead cams. Sweet!

I'd sell that mod on Ebay.[/QUOTE

damn, not a bad idea!!............................