has anyone ever bought head bolts? i need head bolts for a 96 avenger v6 and napa and advance both say its a dealer item, napa says they have the 95 head bolts but cant get 96. what is the difference and will the 3.0 head bolts work i dont understand why they are any different for the years. any help would be great

it doesn't cause in the 3.0 swap write up it says wrap the knock sensor up and tuck it out of the way cause you wont be using it

My '98 has 74,000 mi.  The manual recommends replacing the timing belt at 60,000 for CA (me), 100,000 for everyone else.  I'm in the middle, but it is 10 years old.  I'm planning to sell it in 3-6 months.
Do you think it's risky to leave it alone?

yea im getting antzy waiting on my motor by the way I dont need that head since i decided to do this

sroufe


did you ever look into the 99-03 galant and 00-05 eclipse rear engine mount? from what i see, it look like it bolts up to the all the 6g7*. On the 6g73 the trans to engine bracket would have to be removed or modified to use them, but on all blocks i believe the bosses are there to mount to

say you used two of them (front and back) and made a custom cross member? I think that would be easier? Get some structurual steel...say 1"x3"x.125 and make it work...Idk? just thinking.

or would all the torque and stress crack the block... hmmm, well it's cast, it got to be strong!


CMC

I tried contacting a couple of parts stores and both told me that there is no such part available. Any suggestions on where to find this sensor? Maybe at a dodge dealership?

Any words on pricing yet? If it's done before I get the auto rebuilt I'll get this instead.

Do you know what kind of problems they ran into trying to do the megasquirt on the v6?

lol. i love that.

So Scott, how much progress is there [and be specific this time. lol]? Specifics?

is there any progress yet?

AirCare = our emmissions testing rip-off here in British columbia - http://www.aircare.ca/
For 1998 and newer cars they just hook up a OBD reader to the vehicle and verify that there are no errors recorded in the system, and that the car runs through it's own diagnostics cleanly.  For older vehicles they analyze the exhaust with a sniffer.  And for both types of vehicles they only charge $45 every 2 years. 

Now that my car was just run through the test, one of my neighbours informed me that AirCare is being closed down in September.  Glad to see it gone - it was a glorified tax grab, and a giant waste of time.