As some of you may already know, I bought yet another CB7 about a month ago (my 4th CB7 purchase in the last 6 months). Its a clean-ass frost white 92 LX 5spd.
For those that don't know, this car was towed into our dealership with a "died while driving" complaint. Turns out, the balance shaft seal popped out and the motor seized up (the cam locked up and actually broke in half) ...big suprise huh, I told ya'll this was a serious problem. Anyway, obviously it needed a new engine but the customer declined the repair and said he was just going to have it towed to the junkyard. So long story short, I ended up buying the car from the customer for $500. I picked up a new head from the boneyard and overhauled it. The bottom end of the original engine wasn't completely locked up but all the bearings were in bad shape, so I went through the entire thing. All new rings, rod bearings, main bearings, balance shaft bearings, waterpump, thermostat, seals, gaskets, belts, hoses, radiator, clutch, etc etc etc.... just about everything under the hood is brand new OEM.
All and all, I have a grand total of $1200 invested into this car and it was worth every penny. I've been driving it for about a week now, and it runs like a bat out of hell. Anyway, just thought I would share the good news.
For those that don't know, this car was towed into our dealership with a "died while driving" complaint. Turns out, the balance shaft seal popped out and the motor seized up (the cam locked up and actually broke in half) ...big suprise huh, I told ya'll this was a serious problem. Anyway, obviously it needed a new engine but the customer declined the repair and said he was just going to have it towed to the junkyard. So long story short, I ended up buying the car from the customer for $500. I picked up a new head from the boneyard and overhauled it. The bottom end of the original engine wasn't completely locked up but all the bearings were in bad shape, so I went through the entire thing. All new rings, rod bearings, main bearings, balance shaft bearings, waterpump, thermostat, seals, gaskets, belts, hoses, radiator, clutch, etc etc etc.... just about everything under the hood is brand new OEM.
All and all, I have a grand total of $1200 invested into this car and it was worth every penny. I've been driving it for about a week now, and it runs like a bat out of hell. Anyway, just thought I would share the good news.
if i can save enough, perhaps we can go through with the tb package on the f22...
So anyway, there is only one bolt holding the coil on instead of two (the other bolt hole is on the intake) ...oh well, like I said, not really a huge problem but I can't beleive I overlooked that when I set out to find a head. Eh, it runs well...and thats all that matters.
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