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Originally Posted by Jamesp
I was asked to bump this thread and report out how it turned out. 14,700 miles later this is still my daily driver and it just doesn't get old. Top down, wailing flat 6 every day, very nice. I hit redline at least 4 times today - I need to pick that up a little. I have to say that the forum was super supportive during the rebuild. It would not have come out nearly as nice without everyone pitching in, with a special thanks to Jake Raby and the other professionals on the forum for giving their encouragement, knowledge and advice.  I planned to take the IMS bearing out at 15, 000 miles to inspect it just to see if my modified IMS shaft worked then replace it with new bearing for grins, but now I'm thinking more like 20,000 miles... Thanks to all. |
Awesome. I did a rebuild to a Fiat 124 spider years ago and it was a similar "get your feet wet" learning experience. The original engine in that car had a connecting rod failure that went through the side of the block at about 105k miles. I beat the snot out of that car...driving 90mph on the freeway on a long drive to work. Replaced it with an engine from a coupe that had a low 60k miles which I tore down. The valves were coated with a this layer of "coke." I used a wire wheel to remove the carbon build up and replaced the valve seals.
So the original owner got 120K out of the car before the bearing failed? Do you know what oil the original owner used? Do you know his oil change interval...ie. 5k, 10k?