Andrew's engine swap (pics)
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I thought about it. the first time it comes off is when it'll be taken down to him
Do it now, then you won't have to worry about it. It might be a good idea to bead the charge tube from the turbo too.
You need another silicone coupler, that one that is too big will come right off, no matter how many clamps you've got on it.
mac_24_seven
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I'm hurt I'm sure I'll be over it soo..... Yep, I'm ok now.
I wish I had thought about that when I had it down here. Dangit.
Andrew
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It's not that its too big it's just a little bit of an angle, making the bottom poke up a little.
It should run pretty good for now. we'll see what happens when i start boosting it.
Actually a little boost leak wouldn't hurt me right now. I'm not so sure what this thing is going to do with 10 lbs(WG) so if it only boosts to 5-8 I'm good with that. I'll fix it accordingly, but just to be 'safe'...
It should run pretty good for now. we'll see what happens when i start boosting it.
Actually a little boost leak wouldn't hurt me right now. I'm not so sure what this thing is going to do with 10 lbs(WG) so if it only boosts to 5-8 I'm good with that. I'll fix it accordingly, but just to be 'safe'...
mac_24_seven
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Once you get it going, you can drive it down here one day, after school and I can have it fixed.
Andrew
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Haha thats exactly what happened. I slipped that snap clamp back and clipped in a worm clamp too. so now it doesn't leak... that was thankfully the ONLY leak i had during the runup and heat cycle process! wow is that cool. thats never happened to me before; on any of my engine swaps! IDK what that means. Better mechanic or Better motors?
GlassHeadlights
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The test looked a bit unbalanced anyway. How long has it been running? Did you warm it up before the test?
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Haha thats exactly what happened. I slipped that snap clamp back and clipped in a worm clamp too. so now it doesn't leak... that was thankfully the ONLY leak i had during the runup and heat cycle process! wow is that cool. thats never happened to me before; on any of my engine swaps! IDK what that means. Better mechanic or Better motors?
Probably better mechanic. If you do it enough you're bound to get better. I haven't done anything much so I'm terrible. Sounds right to me, haha.
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Shit, reread nvm.
mac_24_seven
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For the record, I tried to get Andrew to do a compression test THE DAY WE DRILLED THE HEADGASKET!!! Or at the bare minimum, shortly after.
My reason: So when (yes, not if, WHEN) you test it and its leaking, you can go ahead and get a new one in and ON your engine BEFORE you get your turbo stuff ready.
Now, your turbo is ready, but your engine is not. It does not make me happy in the pants. And I don't like not being happy in the pants.
Anyway, get that leakdown test done Wednesday mang! And, if I was in yoru position, I'd order a OEM headgasket and throw on your 5 lb or 7 lb wastegate and call it a day. Plenty of 11:1 CR motors out there with bewst. You know Max is gonna put a good, safe tune on there.. and thats the main thing to worry about. I mean, think about Tracy's 302: 15:1 compression ratio and he's spraying 150 shot of nitrous. I have no idea what that static CR (isn't that the right one?) goes to when he's spraying, but it's gotta be alot.
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My reason: So when (yes, not if, WHEN) you test it and its leaking, you can go ahead and get a new one in and ON your engine BEFORE you get your turbo stuff ready.
Now, your turbo is ready, but your engine is not. It does not make me happy in the pants. And I don't like not being happy in the pants.
Anyway, get that leakdown test done Wednesday mang! And, if I was in yoru position, I'd order a OEM headgasket and throw on your 5 lb or 7 lb wastegate and call it a day. Plenty of 11:1 CR motors out there with bewst. You know Max is gonna put a good, safe tune on there.. and thats the main thing to worry about. I mean, think about Tracy's 302: 15:1 compression ratio and he's spraying 150 shot of nitrous. I have no idea what that static CR (isn't that the right one?) goes to when he's spraying, but it's gotta be alot.
My .02
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mac_24_seven
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I dunno. With the way you drilled that HG out, it would make sense that 3 and 4 would lose compression, but not #1.
Do you have a pre-cometic HG compression test? Sounds like it could be a valve too....... Did you check the head and block with an engineer's ruler or anything?
Worst case it could be your block-guard causing the sleeve to sink. That'd suck.
