Getting Tuned on Friday! A little Nervous though!
05-23-2007, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rhythmnsmoke
^^Did you make a pass on the dyno at 8lbs?
05-23-2007, 02:10 PM
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Re: Getting Tuned on Friday! A little Nervous though!
Originally Posted by rodlandscion
Well my tune is scheduled in for Friday. The cars going to be there all day and I'm penned in for 2-3 hours of tuning. I'm runnin the dezod kit on the base map. Is this amount of tuning necessary? The tuner (who was working on a twin turbo 350z when I met him) seemed a little sketch though. He asked what kinda boost I plan on running. I told him I'm on an 8 pound spring but I want to turn it up to ten. His immediate response was why not 12. I told him I don't think the stock block could handle twelve without water/meth or something of the like. He said he would try ten, and if that worked, eleven, and if that ran good, he would try twelve. I told him we'd talk about it lol. Should I just tell this guy to not turn up the boost above 10, or should I let him do this thing and try to tune for twelve? How could he run the boost that high and know it coudn't handle it without toasting my motor?
05-23-2007, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
Well I've got great news. The motor got toasted . I was sitting there and watched it happen. The tuner and I pulled in the car and he installed the TurboXS boost controller, which he did perfectly correct. had it turned so that the car could get a run on just the wastegate spring. First pull, overboosted to 20 pounds and he immediately let off. Car idles fine, drives fine, perfect oil pressure, intact block, but you can hear the rod....The boost controller was acting funky though until we took it apart and put it back together, then it worked perfectly.
So now it's time for low compression pistons and stronger rods! As soon as we get them we're going back to work. Expect numbers off a built block by the end of next week. It sucks really bad but at least it can be rebuilt better and stronger...
So now it's time for low compression pistons and stronger rods! As soon as we get them we're going back to work. Expect numbers off a built block by the end of next week. It sucks really bad but at least it can be rebuilt better and stronger...
05-23-2007, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
There were two other guys at the shop looking everything over while he was putting it in too since they'd never seen a turbo'd tC.
I reckon that about sums it up..
And this sucks, so any idea on if the shop is going to help you out?
05-23-2007, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
Yep they're helping me out on the picking up the labor, so I just ordered the rods and pistons today. The car's going under the knife tomorrow!
05-23-2007, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
Yep they're helping me out on the picking up the labor, so I just ordered the rods and pistons today. The car's going under the knife tomorrow!
Its all good I better be seeing some 400+ whp numbers!
05-23-2007, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Rasta
Its all good I better be seeing some 400+ whp numbers!
05-24-2007, 02:50 AM
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You said you blew the motor. What exactly did you do? Lifted the head? warped the head? threw a rod? punched a hole in the block? stuck valve? crushed valve? Blown rings?
What exactly did the over boost do to you?
What exactly did the over boost do to you?
05-26-2007, 11:26 PM
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The list so far:
CP Pistons
Carillo Rods
ARP Head Studs
ZPI Main Bearings
ZPI Rod Bearings
We didn't know the head studs weren't reusable so we probably won't be done til tuesday or wednesday. We ditched the balance shaft too so I should pick up about 30 horses (according to ZPI) from that. Fun stuff!
CP Pistons
Carillo Rods
ARP Head Studs
ZPI Main Bearings
ZPI Rod Bearings
We didn't know the head studs weren't reusable so we probably won't be done til tuesday or wednesday. We ditched the balance shaft too so I should pick up about 30 horses (according to ZPI) from that. Fun stuff!
05-27-2007, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
Originally Posted by Rasta
Its all good I better be seeing some 400+ whp numbers!
05-28-2007, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
The list so far:
CP Pistons
Carillo Rods
ARP Head Studs
ZPI Main Bearings
ZPI Rod Bearings
We didn't know the head studs weren't reusable so we probably won't be done til tuesday or wednesday. We ditched the balance shaft too so I should pick up about 30 horses (according to ZPI) from that. Fun stuff!
CP Pistons
Carillo Rods
ARP Head Studs
ZPI Main Bearings
ZPI Rod Bearings
We didn't know the head studs weren't reusable so we probably won't be done til tuesday or wednesday. We ditched the balance shaft too so I should pick up about 30 horses (according to ZPI) from that. Fun stuff!
05-29-2007, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rodlandscion
We ditched the balance shaft too so I should pick up about 30 horses
