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Old 03-04-2006, 08:28 PM
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I just got done swapping my head.. but i'm getting a windy sound on it.. is it something to do with my water pump?
Old 03-04-2006, 08:51 PM
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well it's petty much completed.. we swapped in a z6 head on the y7 block.. everythings seems to be working.. the only thing is vtec isn't hooked up.. and i ghetto rigged my y7 distributor on there untill i could find a z6 distributor. I drove it around without vtec it did have a little more kick on the top end.. but i lost power on the lowend due to the lower compression. Everything seems to be fine it idles at 800-1000rpms which is roughly okay.. but back to the point it still makes that really windy sound when i drive.. like the earlier post i think it's the water pump bearing.. but i am not too sure.
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if it sounds like it comming from the water pump than its prolly the water pump.
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which timing belt u use?
Old 03-06-2006, 05:06 AM
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i reused my y7 timing belt.
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did you change the water pump? how many miles does it have on it?
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my engine only had like 58k when i swapped in the z6 head.
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