Engine is blown now. block is cracke,d hole in piston, apparently a valve stuck open, knocked a hole in piston, and somehow cracked the block? And this is with no nitrous yet. What happened?
that kind of power needs one of 2 things, forced induction, or nitrous, period. if he didn't say he's running a giant shot of nitrous, or forced induction of some sort, he's full of crapola
I've already paid, engine has been running well for a year. With NO BALLS! NO BOOST! NO SPRAY! Because the original tuner screwed me real nice and never did any of the hard stuff (build the piping for the turbo....)
So now I'm tired of waiting and just want to spray it instead of paying...
3" Exaust
Stock block (bored, balanced...)
JE 2618 custom pistons 8.2:1
pauter rods
.10 over
I'm giving up on the turbo for a while, so I figure I'll just spray it, fast, cheap, dangerous.
They bored the block .10 over.
The intercooler is just the core. No ends.
What kind of power do you think this block can take?
I looked up the pistons and it looks like they are forged alluminum.
The Pauter rods got good marks everywhere I looked.
8.2:1 seems like low enough compression to...
The city has been corrected. I didn't think about it, because I am willing to ship the car anywhere in the continental US to get it finished by someone who's great at what they do.
I have many pics of the car if you have someplace to host them, I'll post them
Who is the best shop (preferably most experienced) to finish up a 98 GS400 turbo?
Original shop working on project let car sit doing basiclaly nothing to it for 1 year. Want to see car finished before the year 2010.
Needs:
Turbo or turbo's.
Turbo manifold
Here's whats been done so far...