Finally Boosted!!!... Big Thanks to SL... Update and Dyno Pg. 117
#2123
My stupid S-Pipe dosn't fit right. I might just get the Descendant S... Gonna save up for their tuner kit now... My gf owes me 16,000 still and she should be giving me 3k pretty soon (finally settling after that drunk driving wreck)
#2136
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Scikotics
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Location: Rockland, NY
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Turbo install soon to come. Finally got an exhaust system!!! Purchased a custom 3" mandrel bent exhaust system from one of the members on this forum. Exhaust looks really good and i can't wait to finally get this kit installed
#2140
I stuck with 5w30 for two reasons 1. my car was fairly new when i boosted so i felt that a higher viscosity oil would do more harm than good considering the tight tolarances and the fact that my car is a DD and not a race car.
2. I had an oil cooler that helped to dissapate heat and help to keep the oil from breaking down.
Also found that it took quit a while in coolder weather for the oil to warm up and thin out some with that oil cooler, going to a thicker oil would make the issue worse for a DD.
This go round i plan to run 10w30 synthetic. for one its getting pretty hot around here and i dont want the oil to thin out too much. another reason is the fact iv logged over 50,000 miles on my car so far so having a higher viscosity oil would be ok to use cause the engine is getting fairly worn at this point. Im also not running an oil cooler this time around, I would but dont have the molla to deal with that.
2. I had an oil cooler that helped to dissapate heat and help to keep the oil from breaking down.
Also found that it took quit a while in coolder weather for the oil to warm up and thin out some with that oil cooler, going to a thicker oil would make the issue worse for a DD.
This go round i plan to run 10w30 synthetic. for one its getting pretty hot around here and i dont want the oil to thin out too much. another reason is the fact iv logged over 50,000 miles on my car so far so having a higher viscosity oil would be ok to use cause the engine is getting fairly worn at this point. Im also not running an oil cooler this time around, I would but dont have the molla to deal with that.