Rod knockin blues

[Pandaplastic]

Well it finally happened after the BHG I had 2 years ago my 1990 supra has rod knock. im thinking of either parting it out OR doing a rebuild. I have another 1991 supra in the garage that needs to be finished being slapped together so I don’t have to ride my motorcycle in the rain.

How much am I looking to spend by doing a stock rebuild with an upgraded oil pump a MHG and cleveite bearing?


Yes I did do a search im just not proficient with it.

 

[Topher E]

If you do the top ned you might as well replace the rings and clean the block out. I wouldnt think it would be too costly on parts but machine work might kill ya.

 

[Bishop92t]

Machine work usually runs $300-1200 depending on how much work needs to be done and of course the actual machine shop you bring it to. A gasket kit is in the $300 range. The rest just depends on how in depth you want to go. You can usually reuse the rods and pistons, but some people replace them anyway.

 

[Topher E]

Bishop, can you reuse the rings too?

 

[suprapower1221]

i wouldnt reuse old rings. you will have better compression and there pretty cheap. You can buy new pistons and rings for like 150 on ebay. gl with the rebuild.

 

[Bishop92t]

Rings are cheap. Pistons can get expensive but aren't too bad. Personally I would never reuse rings unless I was 100% sure they were in perfect condition.

 

[OneJoeZee]

sucks, Ton. good luck on whatever you decide. at least you have another mode of transportation

 

[johnathan1]

What caused your rod knock?

 

[themadhatter]

just replace them there fairly cheap and will help in the long run. I sajest totalseal but thats just what i like

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

Rings are cheap. Pistons can get expensive but aren't too bad. Personally I would never reuse rings unless I was 100% sure they were in perfect condition.

or low miles.

 

[Disced]

What caused your rod knock?

He had a bhg 2 years ago; so I figure the oil/water mixed pretty good but it never started knocking. So just plain wear on the internals after said oil/water mix had taken it's toll.

 

[johnathan1]

Jeez, that kinda scares me, because I had a BHG about a year ago...it has been fine, but it's just really scary.

 

[bigaaron]

 

[OneJoeZee]

bent rod knock on wood?

 

[johnathan1]

Haha, I remember that rod!

 

[Pandaplastic]

well what i think caused the rod knock was the 207k on the motor...

 

[thetanzer2006]

man i just got bad rod knock today, and i thing i blew my head gasket, ill find out tmw moring when the guy comes and does a estame. i think i either broke the rod or bent it, what ever it is its freakiy load, lucky the dude i bought the car from gave me 2 other motors, one runing and one parts, so im think a swap is happening soon....

 

[bigaaron]

When the bhg is rockin', the rods will soon be knockin'! :evil2: