alternative engines, now Hemi

[Todd....!!]

Cool deal Gary,

Plus ya got like up to 30+ mpg, ey?

I did, on the hiway anyways...

My Eclipse NEEDS all the lil rocker arm adjuster thingymajigs that noone
knows the name of, and therefore can't sell me!

A mechanic told me they cost $20 a piece, but no way to verify til I get
that part name or number!

Then the mechanic said they'd charge $500 total includin the elusive
part to replace all 16 of em, which would take me about a week to do,
cuz I'd have to pull the timin belt off and a bunch of other stuff, been
there, done that, even ran outa money for parts in the middle of the
timin belt replacement last time, ran out amoney durin the clutch
replacement time before that!

Parts are REALLY expensive for that Eclipse, still have it, sittin in
the backyard now, looks fairly decent back there, with the Bee in the
driveway....

Later....

Todd....!!




Gary Derian wrote:
> 
> I had an Eagle Talon, same car as yours and it ran flawlessly for 110,000
> miles.  Just tuneups, well ok, it needed plug wires, brake pads, tires,
> timing belt and a wheel bearing.  Not bad.
> 
> Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>
> 
> > Gotta love them overheads!
> >
> > My Mitsu Eclipse Turbo 5-speed is one piece of work...  The 4 cams are
> > all ROLLER cams, and the thing is lifter-less!  The rollers are in the
> > middle of the rockers!  The cam rides right on top of the rocker arm
> > rollers themselves!  ALL 16 of em!
> >
> > Guess what happens when a lil unsee-able hydraulic adjuster mechanism on
> > the opposite side from the valve on under the rocker arm getss worn or
> > gets crap in it?
> >
> > The thing clatters like I don't know what!  Like it's not gettin oil
> > pressure or somethin!
> >
> > That's my current delimma with my Eclipse, the lil adjusters are
> > supposedly $20 each! Times 16 of em puts me WAY over budget for that
> > car, that's one of the reasons I'm drivin the Superbee to work n back,
> > I'd like to see a part that breaks cost more than $200 on my Bee!  My
> > ENTIRE friggin 440 didn't even cost more than $135 from the junk yard!
> >
> > The Eclipse also could use another transaxle, have a crank in this
> > one...  That'll be fun to pull again, just replaced the clutch and
> > timing belt within the past year... Oh what fun it is to have a foriegn
> > car in your lot!