DOH! there goes the Head

[Shane124]

First, let me apologize for ruining the string ofno bad posts in here LOL


I was droving to work the other day and my serpentine belt broke fr the third time in as many weeks. and the car started to overheat so I pulled over. I let it cool off and tried to go the last 1/2 mile (at the most) to work. i was keeping an eye on the temp and it never really got that hot I didn't think and then the car just would move at all any more. I got help to roll it off the road and was going to get towed back home. when I got home my dad had already installled the new belt and I was going to check to make sure the battery was going to start the car in the morning. It would not start, though the battery was charged. then the other day we decided to check the timing, and the compression. We couldn't see the timing cark so that was a waste of time, then we tried the compression and there was 0 compression on all the cylinders, the guage didn't even jump a little.

anybody think there could be any other problem other than the head.

If not i have three other engines:

1 '73 spider pinninfarina 1.8L
2 '73 spider 1.8L
3 '79 spider 2.0L

the first had a 5sp manual trans. which is now in my car. The second has a manual 4 sp trans(we think). The third has an auto trans. i will probably be keeping the 5 sp manual trans. that's in mine right know no matter which engine I choose. My question is which engine/trans combination would be best if it comes down to replacing the engine?

I'm assuming that all the engines will have basically the same trans. mount.

P.S. My car that I'm trying to fix is a '78 pinninfarina spider.
I also have a porshe 924 that could be another option if need be.

[So Cal Mark]

there isn't nearly enough info about any of the engines to make an educated vote, but 2.0 engines make great street motors due to the torque over the smaller motors

[brad131a4]

2.0L bottom end 1.8L top end . Marks header dual 40s and some good street cams and there you go.

[Shane124]

Sorry I haven't updated you all in a while, Iwent on vacation and had to work alot. but I do have good news. The head wasn't bvad after all, the timing belt tensioner bearing went out and it jumped time. We replaced the bearing and reset the time and it fired right up.
sorry Mark about the lack of info on the engines I posted what little I knew about them myself (I know just a little about engines or cars at all my dad does most of the work while I try and watch and learn but he does not like blogs like this for some reason, maybe he just doesn't like asking for help )
Now we are trying to get ready for inspection(ran out last month). It now needs exhaust work, parking light electrical, rear brake pads, and I have to remove my aftermarket fog lamps

[So Cal Mark]

well that's good news.