whats better abt the 6bolt motor then the 7bolt?

[hicks10]

I see that alot of ppl change out there 7 bolt motor for a 6 bolt motor. and what is better abt it?

[scottsee]

7bolt are more efficent, 6bolts are stronger.. both will hold 400+ hp stock.. Check the 1000 allready answerd questions ""Newbie FAQ"

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[Blackcrow64]

The best reason is because most of us have had our 7 bolts crankwalk on us... Now some have gone and rebuilt their motors only to have them crankwalk again within 600 miles... Some of us would rather not risk the crankwalk again, so we swap over to 6 bolt motors which have never crankwalked...

[scottsee]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

The best reason is because most of us have had our 7 bolts crankwalk on us... Now some have gone and rebuilt their motors only to have them crankwalk again within 600 miles... Some of us would rather not risk the crankwalk again, so we swap over to 6 bolt motors which have never crankwalked...

Stop... Everything crankwalks. It's just more common in 7bolts. Don't be giving a noob the "7bolt crank walk" speech.. It's still pretty rare, even though its happend to several of you a couple times. You run a higher chance of detination problems causing your block to fail then a thrust bearing failiar..

[Blackcrow64]

Originally Posted by scottsee

Stop... Everything crankwalks. It's just more common in 7bolts. Don't be giving a noob the "7bolt crank walk" speech.. It's still pretty rare, even though its happend to several of you a couple times. You run a higher chance of detination problems causing your block to fail then a thrust bearing failiar..

Ok, how many 6 bolts have we seen crankwalk then?...


And you cannot say that crankwalk is rare in 7 bolts when it appears to be happening more often all the time...

[david-b]

As these 7 bolt motors are getting older and have higher mileages on them, it's happening more. It can happen to ANY motor, but it's more common in the 7-bolt. It's rare considering how many Eclipses/Talons there are with them in, but it's better to be safe then sorry, espeically if you plan on modding.

[scottsee]

I guess we will agree to dissagree. I'm so tired of hearing the same "7bolt crankwalk" story over and over and over. It's prodominent in 7bolt's, and it happens to lots of people, the 6bolt are less likely for it to happen, but it does happen with the Pre 4/91 model engines too.

I have no foot to stand on with this assumption, but for discussion's sake consider the following

90-4/91 6bolt engines = roughly 16months of production ( I don't know the actuall # of cars produced)

5/91 -99 7bolt engines = 84 + months of production.

There are ALOT more 7bolts then 6bolts out there. I'm agreeing that the design of the 7bolt is more sucessable to thrust bearing failier, But 6bolts have walked. It's just very, very uncommon. Take the amount of cases of 7bolt walks and divide that by the raio of 7bolt/6bolt's and you have "real data".

[hicks10]

ok so do u think before i even put any money into a 7 bolt i should put a 6 in or stay with the 7

[scottsee]

stay with 7bolt untill you have a "reason" not to do so.. Lots and lots, and lots of people have made 400+WHP from 7bolts. Which will keep you bussy for a long time before making it to that point..

[Blackcrow64]

Originally Posted by scottsee

stay with 7bolt untill you have a "reason" not to do so.. Lots and lots, and lots of people have made 400+WHP from 7bolts. Which will keep you bussy for a long time before making it to that point..

I will agree with that. I had no intentions of doing a 6 bolt swap until my motor crankwalked. Then I decided not to even risk a 2nd time around with it.

[Mikelb]

Why not swap a 7-bolt into a 1G then...





j/k you guys

[Shpyder]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

I had no intentions of doing a 6 bolt swap until my motor crankwalked. Then I decided not to even risk a 2nd time around with it.

Yep, I couldnt agree more. The only time a swap would be worthwhile, imo, is when your current motor says bye-bye. Be it crankwalk or anything else. Till then, youre good to go with what you have.

[hicks10]

ok so my gst is totally stock what should be the first few things i should do to it to get more power?

[thunderchicken2]

Originally Posted by hicks10

ok so my gst is totally stock what should be the first few things i should do to it to get more power?

Better do some research before you ask that type of questions, or the guys on this forum will own you. There are tons and tons of guides on modding, and make sure to check out Vfaq.com. It has a step-by-step on where to go with you car, and they have all your questions answered somewhere on that site. Just search around bro, that's the best way to go.

[gthompson97]

Read.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/sub.php?page=2gtupgrades