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trial and error is the best lesson learned. you cant learn that in a book, and they cant teach you that at school. for every screw up, there is a valuable lesson waiting to be learned... like not to drink when building engines...lol......
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Old 12-30-2010, 12:43 AM   #126
 
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trial and error is the best lesson learned. you cant learn that in a book, and they cant teach you that at school. for every screw up, there is a valuable lesson waiting to be learned... like not to drink when building engines...lol...
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Old 12-30-2010, 12:43 AM   #127
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She runs!!! again!! lol..

Compression is now 260 psi across the board.
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Old 12-30-2010, 12:44 AM   #128
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trial and error is the best lesson learned. you cant learn that in a book, and they cant teach you that at school. for every screw up, there is a valuable lesson waiting to be learned... like not to drink when building engines...lol...
lol.. so true on all counts!
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Old 12-30-2010, 01:04 AM   #129
 
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congrats on the car running dude. now to see what she'll do...
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Old 12-30-2010, 04:22 AM   #130
 
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as for break in...

i beat the shit out of mine from day 1. i did some street tuning and did the leaving it in gear thing that was mentioned. it was on the dyno revving to 9000 with less than 100 miles on the engine lol.
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Old 12-30-2010, 06:08 AM   #131
 
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the hard break-in worked well for me as well. mine was done on the dyno and saw 8000 rpm pulls in its first hour of run time. still runs perfect 2 years later, no oil consumption, just did a comp test a few weeks ago and it was dead even at 200 psi across the board (not a high compression build, only 9.7:1).
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Old 12-30-2010, 08:41 AM   #132
 
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Awesome, way back in the day you got me interested in HPDE's which has led me into STL SCCA.
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:32 AM   #133
 
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well, the old tried and true way is to just drive it normally for about 500 to 1000 miles, while changing the oil 1 to 3 times.

the new way, that some are arguing is to get into third gear, take it up to redline, then, let off the gas while keeping it in gear to let it slow itself down.
and do that a couple of times.
something about how the new technology that we have eliminates the need to baby it to break it in. the claim is that the quick acceleration to redline and the strong vacuum caused by allowing it rev itself down in gear helps break it in.

somebody will link you to that article im sure.

i just hope i remembered it correctly, been a few years since i read it.
I did that on my CRZ for several hundred miles on the was to Southbridge. Funny thing is that I still got 43MPG. :P
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:49 AM   #134
 
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is your mileage still climbing?
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:51 AM   #135
 
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Just hit 3k yesterday on the way to work.
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Old 12-30-2010, 11:12 AM   #136
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Awesome, way back in the day you got me interested in HPDE's which has led me into STL SCCA.
Nice! I just went through your GSR build thread. I see you're no stranger to build issues either.. haha.. Did you get a new motor for your CX yet?
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Old 12-31-2010, 02:29 PM   #137
 
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Nice! I just went through your GSR build thread. I see you're no stranger to build issues either.. haha.. Did you get a new motor for your CX yet?

Ha! Issues!

Yeah I decided to go with an all motor B18B with cams and high comp. STL should be an interesting class since its basically a toned down STU class.

I dont want to take away from your thread but I will be doing another full build out and welding in a full roll cage etc.
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Old 01-03-2011, 03:00 PM   #138
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Tuning scheduled for Wed... fingers crossed.. :P
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Old 01-03-2011, 04:03 PM   #139
 
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Tuning scheduled for Wed... fingers crossed.. :P
hope it goes good
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Old 01-03-2011, 10:28 PM   #140
 
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I hear the best way to break in is on the dyno
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Old 01-03-2011, 10:35 PM   #141
 
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I hear the best way to break in is on the dyno
thats how I broke in my fit.
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Old 01-04-2011, 11:54 AM   #142
 
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well its wednesday


edit: time owns me.
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Old 01-04-2011, 03:38 PM   #143
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lol.. Wed at 8:00 P.M. PST.
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Old 01-04-2011, 09:47 PM   #144
 
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well its wednesday, idk what time it is there, but its almost 11 here
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Old 01-04-2011, 11:53 PM   #145
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I think peoples computers are fucked up, its Tuesday yall! LMAO
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Old 01-05-2011, 12:07 AM   #146
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Its wednesday on the east coast, but i'm pretty sure no one has a dyno open at this hour
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Old 01-05-2011, 05:38 PM   #147
 
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4.5 hours.
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Old 01-05-2011, 07:38 PM   #148
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Leaving work soon! Will update as soon as I get final #'s.
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Old 01-05-2011, 08:45 PM   #149
 
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wow i failed haha, but howd it go?
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Old 01-06-2011, 12:21 AM   #150
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From one problem to another. We think a main bearing is out now. Got about a dozen pulls in and then an aweful noise. Def not rod, sounds like main.

Couldn't seem to make power with these cams. Was doing around 160whp. Wtf, the b16 with ctr cams did better than that.

Back to the garage, drop the pan, redo bearings. Hell, thinking of just dropping the b16 back in at this point. Sigh...
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