Time to rebuild, Opinions / Suggestions Options

[BPGREER]

Well it looks like it may be time to tear my engine apart. McMark was kind enough to point out my lack of compression this weekend. It looks like I have about 110 lbs on 2 cylinders, and 120 on the other 2. The motor has 64,000 miles on it (original), but it did sit for 17 years in a garage by the ocean. A guess is that the cylinder walls have pitted. I am thinking about rebuilding the top end. I realize there are some who disagree with ever taking this approach, but being that the engine has relatively low miles I hope it will work out. If I do choose this method, what would you all suggest in the way of cylinders/pistons sets, etc. I am running the orig Djet, so would going with the 96mm setup still function properly? I'm not trying to stray too far from stock (or to spend too much $$$), but wouldn't mind a little extra power. Thanks for any advice.

Brian

[SirAndy]

yes, yes and yes.

higher compression (can) mean higher grade fuel. i run 9:1 on my engine and i run 91 gas. i'm sure i would get away with 89, but i've never tried.

going to a 2056 with euro P&C will give you more HP, even with the stock D-Jet. you'll need to fiddle a little bit with a few components, like the MPS, but it has been done before.
ask Geoff for advice, he's running a 2056 with stock D-Jet ...
and Lyressa is running the same setup as well.

as long as the heads turn out to be ok, a top end rebuild (new P&C) is easy and affordeable.
if the heads are cracked, you'll have to fork out more $$$ for machine work.

all in all, i vote for the top end rebuild with the 96mm euro P&C.
same price, more HP!

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) Andy

PS: did you find that vaccuum leak?