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..so I go to the store and tell the guy I want a head gasket for an h-motor. "What you want it for?", he says. I say: 'I'm going to swap a 900T head to my old 90, turbo and all.'
He says: 'It can't be done. Do you have the oil lines?'
'Sure', I say.
'What do you do with the manifolds?'
'I leave 'em on.'
'Well', he says, 'it can't be done.'
'Well', I say, 'there's people out there doing it.'
'I've been a Saab Mechanic for fifteen years and I'm telling you it can't be done!'
'OK', I say, 'I respect your opinion, but there's people tell me different. So why can't it be done?'
'A turbo engine has a different camshaft.'
'I know', I say. 'It comes with the head, don't it? I've been told the big problem would be the compression.'
'Sure', he says. 'You'll blow your engine within 60 miles.'
'Well', I say, 'there's people that tell me different.'
'It can't be done, you'll blow your engine. You'll get loads of knock immediately and it'll be bang and all over.'
'I don't know', I say. People say it's not so bad. In fact, on saabnet.com I've seen people get good results.'
'People on saabnet talk bull.'
'Why would they?'
'They talk bull and you'll blow your engine.'
'OK', I said, 'I'll blow my engine. So what? Saabs are a dime a dozen these days. I'll buy another one. I won't pass my annual inspection anyway.'
Well, maybe this wasn't the totally exact version, but it was about this bad. Luckily I got my head gasket and wasn't thrown out. I think I really pissed him off. Maybe he was right too. I'll find that out later, people like him make me real stubborn in doing what I want to do.
So anyhow: you know how the experts feel about you all. Well, at least one of them...
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