Weird, im 98% sure i tqed my arp studs to 80ft/lbs on my turbo set up & i never had a hg problem...
Hmm, I thought I only went 20 over stock, with oil.
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
still Jerry, 60lb ft with oil is like 45lb ft with arp moly lube.... im at 80lb ft with arp lube. waaaaaaayy tighter.
429whp 362wtq A20 TURBO. A20T>*
I went 65 with arp lube
Agree. Can't compress a liquid so when you tighten down the stud it may feel like you hit bottom. But you haven't. Air compressor is your friend.
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I went 50ft lb with arp lube and a victor reinz gasket this time and it still blew in the first 10 miles. At this point I guessing the block is warped. I'm tired of wrenching on the car so Im putting it up for sale. Ive got way too much time and money into the car in general. At this point I'm probably going to buy a faster bike and keep racing that. Im just sick of it
429whp 362wtq A20 TURBO. A20T>*
it happens man. i went b series an all motor lol so i dont have to worry about blowing it up as much lol
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I'm just sick of screwing around. I think the motor needs to come apart again and I don't want to bother. I can have the head off the motor in less than an hour... But I started a fs thread...
The car is easy 10 sec capable but I've been running almost that fast with the bike since the car has been down...
Last edited by AccordEpicenter; 09-05-2012 at 03:52 PM.
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Definately understand that feeling. What would it take to prep a jy block for that crank assy. ?
youd be much better off just getting the block decked or the head milled, whichever. The pistons are fitted to this block as are the bearings
429whp 362wtq A20 TURBO. A20T>*
Did i just hear the towel hit the mat?
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
Fwiw, jason i have admired what you have accomplished with your 3rd gen. I aswell as the rest of the fourm were excited to see that car run down track 1 more time. Maybe it was not ment to be. Eithier way my hat is off to you. Good luck with the sale.
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
update: Thanks guys!
At the urging of a few close friends of mine we tore the head off and started looking it over and the head had less than a thousandth warp (like my machinist said before) and the block was about a thousandth off as well (so both are in spec) so we still dont know why we are blowing gaskets... Ive heard we need to heat cycle the motor with a new gasket and retorque the bolts... Weve used 4 gaskets at 3 different torques so Im pretty sure we ruled out bolt torque as the direct cause.
One other thing: Dont ever use a straightedge from harbor freight, complete junk and was at least 4 thousandths off from flat. Ironically, the other side of it seemed flat. It took a minute to catch this.
429whp 362wtq A20 TURBO. A20T>*
I need to go back and find what the specs were on your cam if you posted that before.
Wouldn't that be a hoot if you were lifting the head with backpressure!
Last edited by 2oodoor; 09-14-2012 at 10:42 AM.
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this just LITERALLY made me sad. You were the first guy that ever inspired me to build an A series.. Hoping you keep it, and get it all figured out. Good luck, Jason!
on the 2nd heat cycle the motor started to use water yet again. Im completely stumped as to what the issue could be at this point, so at this point ive had enough. Id like to sell the car whole but i doubt there is much interest in this car...
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