I have no doubts that this motor will last me a long time, unless I push for to much power and throw a rod or something. I boosted my y5 and I has like 160xxx when I boosted it, it lasted till 210xxx when my car was rearended and I took all parts off and gave it to insurance
future boosted 99ex sedan with A/C
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looks like i either had some head lift or my head gasket just decided to give out, my car was at about 3/4 on the heat gauge idling but would go down as soon as i start moving. i checked and the overflow was full and not getting sucked back in and i also noticed bubbling so i have a few problems, i ordered a new head gasket, arp head studs,thermostat and radiator cap so i will replace the little stuff first and check it
not a huge deal
its going to suck if i have to remove the turbo crap to pull the head, this will only be my second headgasket job in my life though lol, i feel pretty confident.
got my foglights installed finally, stupid ebay foglights gave me such a hard time, the part that said top had to be on the bottom so the foglights were on the wrong sides at first with no way to screw the cover on.
hydrographic carbon dip
trying my wheels on my buddies car, he bought his car with super wide stanced wheels on it and wants to get rid of them
trying his wheels on my car
got my foglights installed finally, stupid ebay foglights gave me such a hard time, the part that said top had to be on the bottom so the foglights were on the wrong sides at first with no way to screw the cover on.
hydrographic carbon dip
trying my wheels on my buddies car, he bought his car with super wide stanced wheels on it and wants to get rid of them
trying his wheels on my car
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Hydrodipping is badass!
got the head gasket changed, thermostat changed, arp head studs installed and torqued to 60 ft lbs in 4 steps 25/35/48/60
im thinking this might be why i started overheating randomly
all finished up and back together, everything seems good. i had to redo my oil feed at the back of the block because it randomly started leaking after i put the head back on.
im thinking this might be why i started overheating randomly
all finished up and back together, everything seems good. i had to redo my oil feed at the back of the block because it randomly started leaking after i put the head back on.
so i pulled the head again, i think i need to resurface the block what do you guys think? it looks like the oil leak was the small oil feed hole right above the oil filter next to stud between #2 and #3 cylinder. i can see a little black spot on the block next to #1 cylinder on the intake side, i think it is a low spot in the block which sucks. looks like my car will be down for a while..... if i pull the block to resurface it im tempted to buy another rebuild block and just drop it in but then i might as well spend money and buy an aftermarket clutch while im at it.
got my head resurfaced, now im just waiting on my keeper removal/installer tool and my new headgasket from a honda dealer on ebay. also i think im going to plug my air injection on my manifold so i can use my golden eagle thermal intake gasket, oh and cant forget im waiting on straight edges from Greece to check my blocks flatness
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How much was the re-surface
Ya I told him just take off as little as possible just to flatten it, I think my problem was slightly warped head+slight warped block. Oh and i think I caused all this work for myself, forgot to put 91 when I put my turbo back on so im pretty sure I got head lift
Running lower grade fuel won't cause head lift. It will cause detonation at lower heat, which will cause you to run rich or lean, or could cause turbo detonation. Head warping is usually from running high boost/having a bad head gasket/overheating.
From what I have read detonation can cause head lift, im assuming I had head lift because the gasket wasnt "blown" but it was leaking compression into the coolant, after that started yes I did get the car hot but not to bad since it wasnt above the H on the gauge . Also it only overheated at idle for about 1 minute before I noticed and as soon as I started moving it instantly dropped to the normal range on the gauge