Blown head-gaskets on MY '91 BJ w/ 254,000 miles

siouxbe · Post by **siouxbe** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:08 pm

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... st20481181
Well...what do ya guys think?

Arctic Assassian · Post by **Arctic Assassian** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:43 am

cool, what cams are you gonna run?

siouxbe · Post by **siouxbe** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:50 pm

I'll be runnin' the Delta Cams in my Phase I 2.2l port & polished re-man. heads

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:31 pm

you should check these heads out, they are also built by delta cam.

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:07 am

Different strokes for different folks I guess. Whats the point?

Matt Monson · Post by **Matt Monson** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:33 am

ciper wrote:Different strokes for different folks I guess. Whats the point?

Ciper,
I know you were away from the scene for a while, so I don't know if you are familiar with the high compression frankenstein? This is essentially the same thing but with a brand new shortblock. The one thing that is new about this is the use of the ej257 bottom end.

It's something siouxbie and I have been batting around for months. The primary advantage of using the ej257 bottom end is that it keeps the compression below 11:1. It also costs almost exactly the same as a new ej251 and that's too high of compression.
And if you knew siouxbie like I do you would get it. I've never seen a better cared for first gen legacy. I've owned ones with 100k fewer miles that didn't even come close. And he's an NA junkie like myself. He tracks the car and burns off punk kids in wrx's and swapped gc's. And then he could take it straight to a car show and win an award in preservation class. It's an old skool thing.

Arctic Assassian · Post by **Arctic Assassian** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:45 am

Core to the brand.

siouxbe · Post by **siouxbe** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:25 pm

Damn, a grand fer a pair of heads?...I'm gonna go with re-mans. ported and polished from C.C.R. and use my Delta Cams. The $ I was quoted was $550 per pair after the core for the heads + labor on the port & polish.

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:44 pm

They have bigger valves than the stock 2.2 head. i was talking to my friend who's helping out with testing the sohc 2.5 heads and he was telling me about the 2.2 heads that they put 2.5 valves in it so they flow WAY better than stock 2.2 sohc heads

Matt Monson · Post by **Matt Monson** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:54 pm

Where'd the listing go? I didn't get to see them...

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Blown head-gaskets on MY '91 BJ w/ 254,000 miles

Blown head-gaskets on MY '91 BJ w/ 254,000 miles