In a message dated 2/17/00 3:47:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] 
writes:

> this apparently has the possibility of trashing my valves.  at
>  the same time however, i dont want to blindly start ripping things off
>  my engine.  

Um...that's what happened to me.  Pulley came loose of the crank, valves hit 
the pistons, it's all over.  Now you can count me $1500 in the hole.

>  if anyone has ANY thoughts on the matter, please shout em out.  im
>  really at a standstill and dont know what the next step is.  i could
>  probably swap in the other 2.0 block i have lying around my garage, but
>  i really dont feel like spending an afternoon doing something that i
>  dont need to do.  (besides, that block is 200 miles away)

If you can swap a bottom end into a car in "an afternoon", you are more than 
welcome to come to my place and put this head back on my car.  Bring a torque 
wrench...

-Dave
'91 GTX 16V
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