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Old 10-12-2007, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by junqueyardjim View Post
Bajaman has an excellent non turbo engine for sale in the parts section as of about last Saturday. You ought to talk to him about that one.
If I change the motor in this puppy, you better believe it will have a turbo attached!

Thanks for looking out for me, though. I actually have a good used hardened camshaft of the "08" flavour, along with the proper hardware to do the upgrade. Compression is pretty decent on this motor, blowby doesn't make the cap dance, and it has just the faintest whisper of smoke at the tailpipe when idling cold. I'm just going to swap the cam and run it. For all I know, the entire power loss issue is just due to reduced valve lift from the camshaft wear.
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'77 300D Euro Delivery
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