I would get an oil cooler... the new engine and you will be happy with it...

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

> ​RE: I'll get 100k trouble free miles
> Well, let me tell you about the engine coming out.  I've been driving it
> for 13 years now.  When I bought it it had 94k on it.  Receipts from the PO
> said heads had been done at 88k.  And it now has 188k on it just double
> what it had when I got it.  What has been done to that engine (original) in
> the 13 years?  Water pump and AFM and starter and alternator. AND a lot of
> TLC in oil changes (ran synthetic most of those miles) and kept in perfect
> tune by a top mechanic the last six years.  If you treat a stock WBX right
> and with respect (maybe Red Lined once by accident) they will give you the
> miles.  So, why not push for 200k miles?  Well, compression down to 70 on
> #1 and intermittent indications of low oil pressure.  I don't want to put a
> rod through the case in the middle of Wide Spot Nowhere.  So bite the
> bullet and new engine.  And get the whine in the differential taken care of
> at the same time.  I'm also going with a custom rebuilt 2.3L from a
> rebuilder (NW Connecting Rod) with a great reputation.
> And I damn well better get 100k out of it with only regular service!  If I
> even live to put a 100k on it :)
>