Wow dude i would be soooo ____ed. Honestly i would file a small claim against them.

How did the owner damage the engine internally like that if he doesnt mind me asking?

 

as far as diy goes that will have to wait till the next build, whenever that may be. May be soon if I can get Carlos to buy some parts to build up his engine.

 

Exactly why i decided no balance shafts on even an oem rebuild...

 

balance shafts may have been out of spec, bearing out of spec, balance shaft out of balance...lol.. and so on.

 

Damn...what caused thar though?

Are you doing an oem rebuild or Are you building the block?

 

standard run of the mill stock rebuild on this one.

 

well its been forever guys...how yall been?..lol

I havnt done much at all with the ride except fab a dump tube. funny thing is iv been running on this kit for a couple of years I suppose and never had a dump tube. Open dump has been taking its toll on my engine bay (also neglect). I hate a dirty engine bay so ill have to get on the ball and clean/polish. Though I dont think ill repolish the mani, prolly just rap it and be done with it.





nasty right?...lol

 

You're dumping to atmosphere or back into your DP? How much boost/power are you running now adays?

 

atmospere..not sure about power..made 347hp @ 20psi w/a nasty boost leak..changed a few things around and added 3psi ontop so im not sure. I think im at the ragged edge with this turbo...lol

how ya been though bro? what are you driving again?

 

Staying busy my friend! Been working and driving my '12 STi lately since the weather is so nice. The tC sits outside my driveway getting neglected...I need to sell it.

And 347hp @ 20psig? Shouldn't you be making 400+ at that boost?

 

I thought so but being a b housing along with boost leaks drags power down...not to mention im pretty sure im well out of the efficiency range of this turbo.

 

Chris, be careful you don't heat up that oil feed too much being that close to the dump tube and also make sure your SS feed lines doesn't saw a hole in the vac line going to your gate as they are zip stripped together.

 

better than the way it was, it was blowing exhaust all over the oil feed. in anycase that wrap should keep the temp down some.
thanks for looking out for a brotha

 

Long time no see bro. Guess what man, front bumper of the car got screwed up. No fixing it this time though, going a different route this go around. Got a new bumper cover instead of fixing the old one like before and ordered a new lip kit (not telling just now). Although I'm debating if I should leave the jp rear lip as is, since it is my favorite part even compared to the new one. I'll be doing all the work myself, have about three weeks before the lip kit get's here to learn whatever there is to know about paint and body. I'm sure it won't be the last time I need to paint this sucker, so might as well.

Thought about parting out and getting something new, but it's just not a good time right now and I have done a lot to her. We will be receiving a new Infiniti JX35 mid August and I don't care for having to pay for two vehicles right now. Who knows maybe three years down the road, it's nice to have a paid off car to play with.

what's up with you?

 

^^ staying busy as hell...prolly wont catch a break till the winter

 

sad day ... no more turbo. just sold it today and uninstalled it. almost done installing it on the buyers car. Freaking hot out so its taking some time to get it all done.

 

tC is back to NA?

 

Yep

 

Damn Chris. :?

 

there is always other projects in the works...lol