We were using ARP head studs. There were a few things that I mandated any time the engine was taken apart: 1) ARP Head studs (unless the old...
If I were to put money on it then I'd wager that heat caused the initial failure. I had a very slight overheating issue on VIR that I believe put...
fairly certain it was headgasket related. cooked the oil in the heads is my best guess. Cam journals are scored pretty bad, cam lobes...
It's been a while. Little update for everyone. My heads are thrashed, cams were ground down (custom grind, woo woo!) and are completely...
So we're still waiting on ERL to get the engine back to us. I will, hopefully, know tomorrow on what the hold up is (it's been about a month)....
Engine is on the way back from ERL in Indiana. The shop is up at Summit Motorsports park right now though defending their ESA title at the...
Hoping to get my engine sent off this month. I think I had about 6000 miles in it but it failed due to poor cooling.
Bottom end is cooked, unfortunately. Time for engine #3. Going with new case halves this time and I'm going to have the deck pinned and...
I'm aware of this. As I said, TSM is on my radar and I'm weighing options right now.
I'm not concerned about +2mm rod builds. Right now I'm hoping to just have the car running by summer time. TopSpeed is on my radar but the...
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The MoTec is considerably out the question right now; too expensive. I may not even be able to go with the full Element long block now. Some...
Having a tuner is the concern with a Cosworth unit. I can get Phil Grabow to tune the Element Hydra. If there was an AEM unit I could have my...
It's already tuned on Cobb SD. I just don't like having fuel cut FFS/LC.
Can you give me more info on why it's junk? The Element Hydra seems to work fine for them.
Why don't you quit being dumb and join in on the Forza 5 Track Time Challenge? All the cool kids are doing it.
had a run in with a curb on the horseshoe. Went in too hot and just aborted and drove off. Ripped the front left off. It's back on with some...
And here's some car porn for you from Sept @ Virginia Int'l Raceway [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [img] [img]
Currently I'm waiting to see whether or not I need a new headgasket or a new motor. After that the Final final last, definitely no more, step of...
Tour of Duty. I am presently in Afghanistan. I'll be going through ATL on my way down to LaGrange when I get back around early summer-ish
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