Fuel's Winter Project: Build It Before It Blows

[JoshK]

After dealing with a lot of headache getting my new tuning laptop setup and able to recognize the car, I am making a few logs again. This process has been so slow that I am surprised Manuel hasn't fired me as a customer yet. Right now the car has sat for over a week again because the brakes are shot and I am waiting for new rotors and pads to show up.

 

[JoshK]

Short video i made a couple weekends ago

 

[swflastang05]

^^Nice! So your tune must be close enough that you can have a little fun with it?

 

[JoshK]

I haven't been easy on it, lol. Keep my eye on the wideband and beat on it. Took it out early morning a couple weekends ago and did a log in 3rd. Lost traction at about 3700ish rpm and it didn't grab again till I let out at 6000. Was supposed to be 16lbs of boost but it creeper up to 20

 

[05stroker]

20+ psi is a blast!!!

 

[lito]

Did you hit 88MPH? I ask because of the car on rear view mirror?

 

[JoshK]

The car in the mirror isa 50 something Chevy wagon. Pretty cool car that is local here

 

[JoshK]

20+ psi is a blast!!!

16 lbs on this engine feels every bit and strong as 20 was on the last setup. If I could quit having little issues here and there, I would get it on a dyno. That way Manuel would actually be able to get somewhere on this instead of me holding things up for weeks at a time.

 

[weather man]

Is it spooling the way you want Josh?

 

[JoshK]

I think it is what I expected it would be. The 1.44 turbine housing is plenty big for a 87mm hotside. It is coming in a little faster as Manuel dials the car in I believe. I think when I turn the n2mb back on it will be plenty.

I would like to try a 1.28 or 1.01 turbine housing, but at $5** each I am not ready for that just yet. I did take a video of how long it takes the turbo to stop spinning after I cut the engine off the other day. Can you believe the turbo continues to spin 2 1/2 minutes after the engine is shut off!

 

[JoshK]

One more top off before off to the dyno in the morning. Its just too much to make any higher boost logs on the street.

 

[Doug M]

Good luck!

 

[jodadejss06gt]

I want minute by minute updates!

 

[cm581978]

You are overdue for new vids and updates lol

I want minute by minute updates!

 

[JoshK]

It broke

 

[BruceH]

You broke the dyno?

 

[weather man]

Crappola

 

[JoshK]

Can't get over 10lbs of pressure in cylinder 4 when trying to do a leakdown in that cylinder

 

[BruceH]

Did you have a boost spike or other obvious thing happen?

 

[JoshK]

Nothing obvious. I am thinking it was me starting the dyno pulls too low in the rpms putting too much load on the engine down low lugging it. Cylinder temp went up because of this and caused the only rings I used to fail. That's my initial thought. Either way I am taking full responsibility for this. I built everything so its on me.