lol really, the outfront block one?
TSM RR1 and Cosworth SB are about the same price. They both have about the same reputation too, honestly. Justins (other justin) car is making...
somebody needs to buy that GD turbo kit i don't need too...
ya i need to find me a chrysler minivan that's a solid plan. i've seen too many properly built subaru's lasting a long long time at high power to...
she's a loving, understanding wife who knows that I didn't intend for this to happen obviously, but she's not thrilled that it did. oh bearing or...
or i could just sell my soul, then my house, and get a cosworth longblock. lol
how is vicky's outfront SB holding up? what did she pay like 3500$ for that?
i'm sure i could ask andrew, i never did when I got it from them no.
2618 mahle 99.75mm, king bearings and scat rods just as a recap. probably a spun bearing allowing the rod to smack the case :| can we all weep...
ok that's a good example, it's not nearly that loud no but it follows rev's like that and varies like that. probably whatever "that" was, but not...
yeah i'll get one in a minute i'm trying not to wake up my lovely pregnant wife again with this thing, it IS saturday lol. it's something loose...
well the occasional idle smoke might not have been the turbo after all. pulling in to the house last night i noticed my oil pressure was ~10psi...
h23bb2 lives down there (Steve Pullzone) you should introduce yourself at some point he's a good guy to know and they always have something fun...
haha yes! justin is the man, glad he found your thread. he gave me a ton of good advice on my ej257 rebuild. I went with mahle 2618's for my...
both of those were terminating in the stock turbo inlet tube, so vacuum, but no positive pressure.
blah both my valve cover equalizers and my main crankcase vent are VTA currently. doug said I could run hoses from their outlets down to "around"...
yeah and all that was left as-is. I bolted my oil supply right on top with the fitting ETS provided.
probably because i hate talking on the phone and do that as a last resort in all cases LOL nah i like to follow the chain of accountability....
Doesn't do it every-time you idle, and 0 smoke under boost or under non-boost load just cruising. We all know the history of this motor so I...
Nah, it's 100% oil by smell and look. Weird too it happened on my drive down to steve's which was 100% out of boost the entire drive. I stopped...
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