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Smallblock454 · 12-27-2014, 01:31 PM

Hi flaps10,

i know you will not do a complete engine rebuilt. Don't know what is on you replacement list. I hardly recommend to replace all plastic parts on the chain ramps. They sometimes fail and can produce massive engine fails. As an exmaple: over here in germany we had a 996 with a broken valve case cause by a broken plastic slide part of a chain ramp.

Thanks for your write up. I enjoy it.

Thanks for the DOF link, ultimate1. This looks very good instead of the LN solutions. Problem is that it is very expensive for poeple outside the US, because we have to pay shipping plus tax and customs on parts and shipping on it. So unfortunately it's very expensive - approx. 840 euros = 1025 usd at the moment. Plus eventually a new ceramic bearing which is around 250 euro = 305 usd. So in the end we end up at around 1330 usd.

Regards
Markus

12-27-2014, 01:31 PM	#95
Smallblock454 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: LB, Germany Posts: 1,456	Hi flaps10, i know you will not do a complete engine rebuilt. Don't know what is on you replacement list. I hardly recommend to replace all plastic parts on the chain ramps. They sometimes fail and can produce massive engine fails. As an exmaple: over here in germany we had a 996 with a broken valve case cause by a broken plastic slide part of a chain ramp. Thanks for your write up. I enjoy it. Thanks for the DOF link, ultimate1. This looks very good instead of the LN solutions. Problem is that it is very expensive for poeple outside the US, because we have to pay shipping plus tax and customs on parts and shipping on it. So unfortunately it's very expensive - approx. 840 euros = 1025 usd at the moment. Plus eventually a new ceramic bearing which is around 250 euro = 305 usd. So in the end we end up at around 1330 usd. Regards Markus Last edited by Smallblock454; 12-27-2014 at 01:43 PM.