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Z7X heads

Postby spryboy1974 » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:30 pm

With the symptons i have got regarding the smoking on my GTA Turbo i am quite sure that the fault lies with the valve stem seals.
Seeing as though i have a freshly built Laguna motor doing nothing now,would i be ok in fitting these heads without messing up the fuelling?
Or would it be better to fit the turbo cams to the Z7X heads?
I suppose i could just get new valve stem seals but i just wanted to turn it around quick!

If need be i could just put the Laguna engine in and turn it into an atmo - not sure how much work would be involved though?
I know S.Dell is after my new atmo exhaust system so i would rather not let him down!
I am still awaiting my adaptronic from DG so even though i have the Laguna ecu i could always fit the adaptronic?
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:01 pm

Z7X and Z7U heads are not interchangable, Yes they have the same basic footprint but the intake manifolds have a different footprint, the inlet ports are a different shape, the HT leads are different. the combustion chamber volume is differentI could go on.
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Postby spryboy1974 » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:42 am

Yeah i suppose i should have known that Martin.

Oh well it looks like some more valve stripping and lapping in etc... the joy of it all! :?
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Postby simonsays74 » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:33 pm

i thought your car had been sold twice on eBay!
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Postby BIG_MVS » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:34 pm

simonsays74 wrote:i thought your car had been sold twice on eBay!


I thought that as well. No luck then Neil?

I tried mine on ebay and it didn't meet the reserve. The winning bidder was from Belfast do you know him/her Richard :wink: I contacted them to try and do the deal but they have not responded.
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Postby spryboy1974 » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:19 am

No first time out i wouldn't take less than £4500,then when i decided to lower it on the second attempt the winner bidder asked me to retract his bid as you may have already read.
I'm sure everyone on ebay expects to pick up cars for absolutely nothing!!
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Postby simonsays74 » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:54 pm

BIG_MVS wrote:
simonsays74 wrote:i thought your car had been sold twice on eBay!


I thought that as well. No luck then Neil?

I tried mine on ebay and it didn't meet the reserve. The winning bidder was from Belfast do you know him/her Richard :wink: I contacted them to try and do the deal but they have not responded.


no,sorry, did not know them,

i am an honest buyer of stuff.


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