I finally got my car back together and took it for a short spin this morning. The only issue was it kept stalling at the stop signs in my neighborhood. This was quickly remedied when on my second drive I attempted to make a u-turn and the fender liner on the passenger side ripped off. After that it stopped stalling and is now running perfect.
nice Mike, congratulations - looks like they're all coming together now Mine got hauled to BG on Friday, I'm a few days out on mine as well
can you let the OP answer? I've heard several different things going on and just wanna see what the final outcome was.
Same setup except I have perrin fuel rails and am now wingless. The block has 2618 Mahle pistons,scat rods and acl bearings. I also went with an 8 puck clutch that has 0 chatter on engagement. We'll see in about 500 miles how it can handle the power.
I will need a retune but I doubt I'll get a race gas tune anytime soon. That will come in the next year or so when I add the nitrous. I had the heads and block milled to get them cleaned up and with the new pistons the compression is probably a little higher thus necessitating the need for a retune.
So how is the cold startup with the new pistons? Also, can you tell me which clutch you ended up with?
not to hate but I have a hard time understanding project cars like this. They run great for a few weeks, make a ton of power and are fast but then they blow up and spend months not moving. Maybe I'm just getting old
To understand a project like this you must drive a first gen Scion Xb for a few months. First off my car ran for few years not weeks. Even if it lets go every other year it is still cheaper than buying a new car. I do have to admit though that I am getting tired of spending time crawling under a car. It may be time for a new hobby. Something cheaper like macrame or oragami. Either of those would certainly make my wife happier. This time I took it real slow because I had so much other stuff going on and I had another car. If I ever have to do it again I'll probably just part out the car.
The cold start up is what I would consider average from all the built engines I have heard. Not the loudest but not as quite as the Mahle 4032 I had in there before. You can't hear anything from inside the car but it is noticeable from outside. When it warms up there is still a slight tick but only a little more than the injectors make. The clutch is a South Bend feramic. It drives great but we will see how it handles the power once everything is broken in.
Ill be interested to see how you like the Southbend setup. I ran one in my Supra and it held over 500whp very easily.
When I used to work in a shop in NYC back in the 5.0 Mustang days I used to see broken fast cars all the time. A kid would come to us and ask us to make his 'stang faster and we would. Two weeks later he'd come back saying it is making a funny noise or his towed in on a flatbed and the process would repeat. I'm sure Golf would take up just as much time and money but perhaps be less exciting. oh I know, you could try autocrossing! I know you have already but get back out there.
YAY!!! Lets see if this one will hit 9K... hahaha.... I thought the proper break-in for an engine was to use regular oil, blast on it for 30-40 miles, then change the oil. Then go another 500ish normal paced miles on regular oil then change it again. Then you're ready to go. Something about the cross-hatch texture on the cylinder walls seating the rings, rather than the texture wearing off before the rings are seated.
Breakin procedure I follow..... http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm I'll be up soon enough along with the rest of you guys.