okay my timing belt snapped. i through a new timing belt on there, along with a water pump and thermostat. it ran good but it idled really awkwardly. it kinda sounded like it was about to die when it was stationary. i got confused so i did a compression test and found that it was blowing like 175 except one. which was blowing like 30. i take it to this mechanic who says one of the valves are bent and it needs to be completely re bored. i'm like cool fine.... so i take it to the machine shop and they say ALL 16 valves are messed up. at this point i'm looking at like 1200 dollars to fix it... but i want to say the hell with it and just drive it because it drives fine but idles awkwardly. im just... so confused. and angry.

 

that 1200 is in labor and overpricing, if you bought the valves and replaced it yourself it would be way cheaper few hundred dollars

 

Buy a set of valves and a spring compressor...take a few hours and replace the valves. It isn't that bad of a job granted it sucks you have to do it....its better than spending $1200 though

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 99integralsboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">okay my timing belt snapped. i through a new timing belt on there, along with a water pump and thermostat. it ran good but it idled really awkwardly. it kinda sounded like it was about to die when it was stationary. i got confused so i did a compression test and found that it was blowing like 175 except one. which was blowing like 30. i take it to this mechanic who says one of the valves are bent and it needs to be completely re bored. i'm like cool fine.... so i take it to the machine shop and they say ALL 16 valves are messed up. at this point i'm looking at like 1200 dollars to fix it... but i want to say the hell with it and just drive it because it drives fine but idles awkwardly. im just... so confused. and angry.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What does, the block?

 

for $1200 you could damn near find a b16 head, or at least a gsr, $100 for oil line kit and a wireing harness and you got an ls/vtec, screw just fixing it when you can make it faster

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b18b1turboej &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for $1200 you could damn near find a b16 head, or at least a gsr, $100 for oil line kit and a wireing harness and you got an ls/vtec, screw just fixing it when you can make it faster </TD></TR></TABLE>

and then blow it up in 2 months

unless you want to have problems, do it right the first time...and skip the ls vtec

if you're not confident in your ability to complete the valve job, search around...i'm sure you can get this done alot cheaper