JSLAYZ - 283awkw pics pg 39,41,53,55,63

[d-chang]

Hahaha you are one crazy man Mr JSlayz!!

[jslayz]

Thanks again Bezza for popping past for the reflash!

So it has a 16psi Wgate spring and goes pretty well for such low boost.

Roll on the dyno tune in a few weeks!

J

[Bezzza]

"Pretty well" is an understatement J! Bum dyno says crazy fast to me already haha.
Once you've wound it up a little with a proper tune, it's going to seriously turn some heads

[jslayz]

OK had turbo off as it blew an uppipe gasket......strange right!?!?!?

So pulled out turbo while still attached to uppipe and discovered that the middle flange nut was not able to be turned any tighter but still needed to tighten another 0.5mm to squish the gasket like the other nuts and studs........the flange on the nut was touching the exhaust housing but this was fouling and stopping good gasket sealing.

Hallejuyah!

Sooo the Dom 1.5 xtr was very likely not seated properly either, ever......

Definitely need a retune but the car is driving smoother and seems as fast at 16psi now as it was with the 24psi from the Dom 1.5 xtr. Obviously more rpm required to get it going but once going

Sorting this motivated me to give the car a much, much needed bath and put up some pics of the new front bar.

Fingers crossed I am now entering the happy zone of owning this beast. It will need a retune, hurry please Matt!!

[Spec BSC]

Looking good, and soon to be wickedly fast

[shav]

It's little wins like this that make the pain worthwhile. Great to hear its been sorted. The car is looking mint.

[Bezzza]

It just doesn't look quite right without the large scoop on the hood
Must be a massive change when driving not having it in your vision no more!

Your loss is my gain though I guess. Will be in touch when I can swing round and grab it off you

Looking good, and soon to be wickedly fast

It already is wickedly fast Richard. It's going to be STUPIDLY fast after it has been tuned proper!!!

[THE SpecB]

We all need some video of this animal

[chook]

That looks sooooo nice bud well done! Can't wait to hear the results of your pending tune.

[jslayz]

That looks sooooo nice bud well done! Can't wait to hear the results of your pending tune.

Thanks Chook, If I never changed turbo I probably would never have got to the bottom of the jerkiness at cruise!

Also, Matt did ask me if I had a leak.......at his visit before last.......
I could not find one in the intake....and everything looked solid on the exhaust......

[jslayz]

Car has used 1L of oil this week, going to repiston/ring it asap.

Will use this as an opportunity to change to Cosworth Pistons at a higher compression ratio.

Displacement will increase a poofteenth too.

While apart we will check and adjust shims/buckets, degree the valve clearance to piston and a general check over.

So short motor lasted 34,000kms of sorting and abuse, had hoped for more....

Will see how the next one goes.

[KiDo_Tuning]

Car has used 1L of oil this week, going to repiston/ring it asap.

Will use this as an opportunity to change to Cosworth Pistons at a higher compression ratio.

Displacement will increase a poofteenth too.

While apart we will check and adjust shims/buckets, degree the valve clearance to piston and a general check over.

So short motor lasted 34,000kms of sorting and abuse, had hoped for more....

Will see how the next one goes.

Lets see whats causing oil usage first? That turbo is notorious for oil seep. Dry then wet comp test first would be my choice.

[jacks-GTB]

Car has used 1L of oil this week, going to repiston/ring it asap.

Will use this as an opportunity to change to Cosworth Pistons at a higher compression ratio.

Displacement will increase a poofteenth too.

While apart we will check and adjust shims/buckets, degree the valve clearance to piston and a general check over.

So short motor lasted 34,000kms of sorting and abuse, had hoped for more....

Will see how the next one goes.

that sucks j.....are u running standard bore still? I'm going 9:1 high comp CP'S....cosy's should be good...e85 & high comp is DA bomb...

[jslayz]

Car has used 1L of oil this week, going to repiston/ring it asap.

Will use this as an opportunity to change to Cosworth Pistons at a higher compression ratio.

Displacement will increase a poofteenth too.

While apart we will check and adjust shims/buckets, degree the valve clearance to piston and a general check over.

So short motor lasted 34,000kms of sorting and abuse, had hoped for more....

Will see how the next one goes.

Lets see whats causing oil usage first? That turbo is notorious for oil seep. Dry then wet comp test first would be my choice.

Please remember that compression doesn't equal oil control.

Turbo has only done 1000kms and runs a 35thou restrictor

The large black mud spatter on ground behind each exhaust where I warm it up in morning is a good clue too.

If I drive it relatively cold and then idle it, it will puff blue smoke on idle.
Manley spec is 4.5thou piston to wall clearance, clearly too large with darton sleeves

[jslayz]

Car has used 1L of oil this week, going to repiston/ring it asap.

Will use this as an opportunity to change to Cosworth Pistons at a higher compression ratio.

Displacement will increase a poofteenth too.

While apart we will check and adjust shims/buckets, degree the valve clearance to piston and a general check over.

So short motor lasted 34,000kms of sorting and abuse, had hoped for more....

Will see how the next one goes.

that sucks j.....are u running standard bore still? I'm going 9:1 high comp CP'S....cosy's should be good...e85 & high comp is DA bomb...

Yep still standard bore size in the sleeves, going to next size up.

I'm interested to see what issues we find as I suspect 2 things.

Its a hot debate 9.2 compression or 8.2 compression...E85 is nowhere around here anymore.