--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Simms" <MrSimms7@xxxx> wrote: > sure have...I've already shook off the nuts to both of the snubbers > and lost one...bent a spring...blew off the water neck and stripped > the bolt hole in the intake...and lost both of the bolts that hold > the trans mount to the trans... > > all of that...and the cam doesn't draw enough vac. to open the > secondaries...tho I have springs for that on the way...along w/ new > snubbers (using some old POS lakewood snubbers for the moment)...and > all of the above has been fixxed... > > its only been running 4 days...2 of which it sat at my buddies house > right after an alignment when I blew off the water neck...took the > whole next day to gather everything up to fix it... > > > the car feels good now...'cept the motor seems lacking...maybe after > readjusting the valves and gettin the secondary spring swapped it'll > wake up...but I think I've got a wore out ring...(only thing that > hasn't been replaced in the motor)... Man that sure sounds like a bad run of luck. Why weren't the rings replaced if the motor was open? "Doc"