Well guys, at 99K, I drove this thing HARD..so I think it lasted well, I finally did it in.
One of my cylenders is at 60psi. I am ordering the re ring kit from howell, and getting a valve job done here localy.

So the howell kit is like $200, the valve job (3 angle, whatever that means) is $140, and a new head gasket is like $100. So here I go again spending money I don't really want to...

O yea my dad has a full shop so I am going to do the work my self. He says he will direct me but won't help. (he has rebuilt more engines than I can count, from subaru to his 396 SS el camino). Hope I can get this done in the next couple of weeks.

Sounds like you have our work cut out for you! Well have fun with it and lemmie know how everything goes!

You might have a cracked ring landing. You wont know untill its pulled apart. If so its going to be another $1100 for the rebuild kit. If your lucky its just the headgasket but you never know.

If you are going to have the engine apart that fare just do the whole thing. Rebuild the bottom end and intercool that bitch. Then pump up the boost.

No Don't want to spend any real money on this car....Im gonna sell it soon and just want to get it going...

Are you going to sell the turbo with the car or separate?

Yes I will(and of course you all will have first grabs). It willprobly go for around a grand. COMPLETE minus walbro fuel pump. And the gaskets of course.

Then can you put me first on the waiting list?

When do you plan on selling it?

Within the next year for sure, perhaps sooner depending on what I can afford, insurance wise that is.

wa are you planning to get a factory turbo or what ??