MindIfISmoke's? Built Part 3.

[Mustangsam05]

Damn man that sucks. I noticed your video made it all the way to a local forum in orlando already though lol

 

[MindIfISmoke?]

Check the downpipe for oil, if the hotside seal blew you will have black oil all in the downpipe, also sounds like it could be a ringland which would also overpressurize the crankcase.

There is no way its a ring land...

 

[rford426]

There is no way its a ring land...

No way or you hope there's no way ??? You've done compression test?

 

[MindIfISmoke?]

I hope man! I'm on the way to do a compression test right now

 

[rford426]

Good luck man keep us posted !

 

[MindIfISmoke?]

Thanks dude. I'll post the results of the compression test in a couple of hours.

 

[JeremyH]

There is no way its a ring land...

I hope! Just giving you some ideas. If it is it will still start and idle/rev fine but when you drive under load if it starts smoking at part throttle and deccel these will be some signs. Best of luck with the compression test!

 

[Mike K]

WTF!!!!!!
That sucks man I hope it works out to be something simple.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

I'm a serious noob when it comes to the technical stuff here so I can't comment to that. But I drove up to the meet with Matt and smelled oil the whole time, I spilled some on my block a couple days ago so I figured it was from my car but after this I'm not sure anymore it could have been his I was smelling. I didn't see any smoke on the way up though. Also when the car starts up now, at least as of last night, it was smoking the whole time it was running even at idle. Hope this comes out ok for you Matt.

 

[rford426]

Oil smell is common on turbos honestly my car smells like oil from my restrictive PCV and puffs blue smoke on decel...

 

[white05gt]

Man you have the worst luck, hopefully it won't be too bad.

 

[Dillon Dollar]

My car had always smoked a little at wot and develop and startup burns a little oil but not much iv dine leak downs and compression tests I'm fine

 

[toorbeenee]

i hope its not that series,,,keep us posted

 

[JoshK]

How would anyone know that? It amazes me how many people on the local forums can diagnose a failure without ever looking at the engine. On 101 octane, I doubt he lifted a head with 16lbs of boost and 15.5 degrees of timing. Like I mentioned in my earlier post, The tune needs to be very conservative due to the overly advanced cams. The cylinder pressure in this engine is very high because of this. I lowered the gain on the boost controller and suggest that it remain there until the camshaft issue could be addressed. 101 octane helps control detonation but it will not overcome 4032 alloy piston material. I'm not saying a piston failed but that's a shit ton of oil smoke. A lifted gasket would introduce coolant into the cylinder but probably not oil.

In the video, it did not appear your car nosed over. If it ate a piston, the car would have slowed very quickly due to the boost entering the pan. It almost looks like the smoke came from under the car.


I have a few questions;

Matt, did you crank up the gain on the boost controller or did you leave it
alone?

Was the smoke oil or coolant?

How bad did you overheat it yesterday?

Was it running hot during the race?

As you know, your cooling system sucks.

Call me later today so I can get more detail.

Could you elaborate on this marc, I have the same cooling system.....

 

[Marc s]

Could you elaborate on this marc, I have the same cooling system.....

I'm not sure what fan he has but it moves very little air. To keep it from getting hot on the dyno, I have to use two fans to keep it cool. In traffic, I understand that it overheats.

 

[JoshK]

Thanks marc, not sure if I have the same fans as him but haven't ever had mine overheat.

 

[AbdullaGT500]

Any update??

 

[rford426]

Could you elaborate on this marc, I have the same cooling system.....

What does your cooling system consist of? And Marc his car has been overheating in traffic I can only imagine what was going on while racing...

 

[JoshK]

It is basically stock radiator with a slim fan with dual 12" fans and a small expansion tank mounted directly to the schroud. I sent pics to matt so he could duplicate my setup.

 

[Marc s]

What does your cooling system consist of? And Marc his car has been overheating in traffic I can only imagine what was going on while racing...

That's why I asked him in my post what the temp was during the race.

It is basically stock radiator with a slim fan with dual 12" fans and a small expansion tank mounted directly to the schroud. I sent pics to matt so he could duplicate my setup.

The setup is very clean and he did a great job with it. He needs better fans though.