OK you know.......
I'm done have fun destroying your car through ignorance.
last hint before I go try READING what people post not just the parts that confirm your misconceptions.
JDM: If everything was perfect I can't see a stock gasket blowing from cylinder pressure.
Flat surfaces, good hardware correctly torqued, good tune, no detonation if any of these are missing it will die in seconds!
Joel: I used the Aluminium Paint thing many many years ago on Iron motors with steel shim gaskets!
Grim: Do you have your Tin Foil Hat on ? :)
(Gotta stop those mind control waves)
Ok this is getting ridiculous......
Dude if you don't understand a Mod DON'T do it.......
I read on www.doityourselfvasectomys.com you could do it with a scapel and needle n thread I'm NOT about to hack my nuts with a box cutter....
Shaeff used 6>7mm and it worked but every single motor...
Amazing but no surprise!
Here the powers that be have decided a 3% margin for error is a good thing as it allows the speed cameras to raise more money!
110 kph ok 113.3 busted! never mind the Australian design rules for speedo accuracy is a 10% error.....
See the pic below there is only 1 of these that's NOT on an NA block (the one in front of the filter mount) and you can use any of them as the Oil supply for a Turbo.
I said in Shaeff's thread on shimming the pump that 5mm is the maximum safe thickness......
(I run 4.8mm)
No Where in the...
Jimi: No idea really!
This is the same guy that asked the serious question "Where are the head bolts?" so who knows.....
I was just having a guess at what he's done based on the symptoms ;)
(A bit of a clue is Turbo's DON'T have "seals" as such like a rubber lip seal they're a...
Don't think Brian or I said anything about Forged outlasting Cast that I can remember my point was built correctly Forged will give good service life.
If I get 75>100.000 KM's from a performance motor I'm ecstatic and don't mind chucking a fresh set of pistons at it!
If he's shimmed it solid like I suspect (coil bind) and is running 20w50 he could have seen 160 psi on that start but as soon as the filter pops the pressure drops.......
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