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help me plz... my 1.8 is gutless i cant even spin my bald 14's when its wet out....it been like this since the day i got it running....can anyone help me?

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well the 1.8 is not the most powerful motor, but you should be able to spin bald 14s on wet pavement. i would run a compression test and see how much compression your motor has. sounds like a tired motor too me. it should be able to spin them stock shouldn't need any performance upgrades. best upgrade i ever did was overhauling the motor. went from 90 psi compression to over 160 psi compression. almost doubled my compression which almost would double the power. i noticed a big difference. the header gave it a little better acceleration, not much of a difference. the weber is great, just got it on the other day. gave me alot more power and acceleration, still not as good as the overhaul though.

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1980 chevy luv 4x4 1.8 liter
1979 luv long bed parts truck
1984 2wd isuzu pup parts truck

"A man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt a man doing it."

when i rebuilt my engine, i bored it .020 over, and cammed it, and i got a holley 5200 series carb, it will spin both tires on dry pavement.

do you have lsd?

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by lsd i assume you mean limited slip differential. i dont know what is up with it, but often times it will posi up when i get the tires spining fast enough, or easy enough like in mud.

My luv does the same thing... when it wants to. Kinda weird i thought (stock rearend, with nothing but an aftermarket air filter)

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yeah something must be up, i can spin my tires on dry pavement. when i started on a hill the otherday i did a burnout complete with smoke and rubber left on the road, and my truck is stock.

actually i spun a tire on dry pav. w/ my 2.2l, even though i didn't mean to, the only thing non-stock is the exhaust and a little jimmie-rig.

I had the acc. half down at an intersection then just let out the clutch slowly till it grabbed, let the tires spin a little then dumped it and then let of the acc. till i got traction then took off b4 traffic got held up... i'm suprised what my diesel can do....

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

forgive my ignorance... but what is a re-ring kit... just all the gaskets for the engine?

New piston rings. Helps restore compression.

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Richard Barnes Salt Lake, Utah
1980 Luv Mikado 4X4
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well if you want to spin the tires bad u can loosen up the adjuster at the rear brakes below the pads

then u can push the brakes it should roast them cause its only locking up front never tried it yet though

80 percent of your braking is usally up front so it should be somewhat safe to drive

im goin to try it u just reminded me too