I've personally seen three 93-94 7-bolt blocks that walked... both from the Peoria area. One block, you could actually take your hand and push the crank back and forth like 1/8" or something crazy.

There are lots of theories about crankwalk, but the only real answer to keep it from coming back is a 6-bolt block.

The 93-94's seem to fair better than the 95 and later's, but I still would never buy a car with a 7-bolt without planning on replacing it at any moment.

As soon as the gallery is back up I'll post the pics of the three 7bolt blocks I have on hand with gaping holes in them.

The spare six bolt though... no problems.

Not that the six bolt is utterly indestructable, but seeing the pile of scrap iron sitting in your living room is hard to dispute.

you have to check the manufactur date, I am not sure on the exact dates, but the early 93's had the 6 bolt and the late 93's had the 7 bolt

i will have to locate the exact date on the laser, is it in the door sill?? well i am gonna go take a look at the talon i found up in batavia on sunday, i hope it is what i want/am looking for,
-resalturbo-

yes, it is in the door sill

Here's another one that would probably be worth looking at down in the St. Louis area, I believe:

http://rothbuilt.com/GatewayDSM/MBoard/tre...ge=9298&forum=3

Joe

I was about to suggest checking with Gateway DSM, they have so many members and such a highly concentrated population that I figured they would have plenty of DSM's for sale that you could basically tell them what you want and someone's gotta have it (one thing to remember is that "everything that everone has, is for sale for the right price")

Here's the seven bolt pic I promised. It's one of triplets:


http://www.dsmcentral.com/gallery/view_pho...as_pictures_020

92 is the switch over year... early 92's have the 6-bolt, late 92's have the 7.

thats twice yesterday that I put out bogus info, man I must have been really out of it yesterday, usually my tech info is right on the money

well i am pooped on looking does anyone wanna get ride of theirs?? i can only go as high as 2200 right now so let me know,
-resalturbo-

You can have my current 12 sec, more than enough potential for 11 sec car for a cool 10 grand.

Congratulations, btw, I think you have the longest thread ever on DSMcentral.

SWEET i am proud of this thread man, i dont wanna spen 10 grand though, thanks for the offer
keep this thread going if i cant find what i want i think i am gonna get out of the dsm gang, i want to get something newer/more reliable for work, i drive 64 miles round trip every day to work, i bought the laser 4 months ago and already put 12k on the motor, i drive way to fuckin much man, need somethin with lower mileage
you all know what i mean
-resalturbo-

I'll have a really nice 90 240 sx in my possesion shortly that I'm asking $3k for, if you were interested in something other than a DSM. Around 95k on it, and I've heard that they last forever. New clutch, tires, full suspension... You know you want it!!

where you located at i might be interested??
-resalturbo-

Metamora, hope to take possesion of the car today sometime.

Check out this thread on CII for some pics and more info.

I hope you do too. but rob aint lying this car is super clean and a STEAL at the price hes asking.

man, how many cars do you plan to own in a lifetime, pretty soon your gonna catch up to Spy and KOU, psss..... you have a pm!!!!!

naaa doesnt look like anything i would be interested in right now, not my type of car man thanks anyway
-resalturbo-

Here's another one from GatewayDSM:

http://rothbuilt.com/GatewayDSM/MBoard/tre...ge=9307&forum=3

Looks like another good car down there.

wanting something with a little less miles ( parents are givin me shit about it) i am looking at the most 135-140k on the motor dont care about the body much though as far as mileage.....
-resalturbo-

U said u want something with low miles which is really irrelevant. As long as u got good compression reliability shouldnt be in question(motor wise).

should it have to be or have been rebuilt to have good compression??? how long do these motors last??? any estimates?? -resalturbo-

welll there are about two or three more that i am gonna look at and if i dont like then i might just deal with the assmatic 7-bolt laser for now, i found a few cheap cars in the tradin-post although not dsm's i am gonna look into, it has been harder than it seemed to be at first, finding one i like/can afford is a hard thing to do, at least in walking range per say......-resalturbo-

Check out the Talon in morton i told u about its mint.

yeah i went and seen it, it is nice but no phone to het ahold of this person, and it is by a garage and no one is ever there if you got the number cyclone93 give it to me man, -resalturbo-