So found out the reason why it was blowing all that smoke. I managed to install ALL of the middle piston rings upside-down, and some of the compression rings upside down too!
So I took the engine apart, all the way down to the piston and rings, then reassembled the rings on the pistons, reassembled the engine, and started it up! TaDA!! It runs and no smoke!!
Have been busy doing some tuning. So far, I am upto about 8.5psi... and that will be my base boost level. It is already SOOOO powerful! I cant wait to goto 18! Its going to be just insane!!
Will take some pictures and also a video soon.. I wonder if I can post videos on these blogs??
Stay tuned, hopefuly with a dynosheet that reads 300whp+!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Dont know what this is??
Well, I finally got the engine to idle... YAY! For about 15 minutes, then the garage was filled with white smoke... Boo! I also noticed black soot was dripping from my engine. It was suggested (by the friendly people on SpyderChat), that I may have cracked my head, the short block, or the head gasket... Well... so I started pulling the car apart again.
Sooo much sooot!! Black stuff was being spat out everywhere...
Having a look carefully at the valves, cylinder 1 exhaust valves appears brand new!! They looked like they have just been installed!
Versus, cylinder 4 exhaust valve, which is white, which is the normal colour a properly operating combustion camber exhaust valve should look.
Cylinder 1 valves after I took the head off... Its even still got the installer's pen markings on it, in white! Obviously this cylinder has not been firing AT ALL.
Look at the nice mix of oil and coolant in cyliner 1... Black and red... surprised I didnt have milk shake in my oil or coolant system.
Sooo much sooot!! Black stuff was being spat out everywhere...
Having a look carefully at the valves, cylinder 1 exhaust valves appears brand new!! They looked like they have just been installed!
Versus, cylinder 4 exhaust valve, which is white, which is the normal colour a properly operating combustion camber exhaust valve should look.
Cylinder 1 valves after I took the head off... Its even still got the installer's pen markings on it, in white! Obviously this cylinder has not been firing AT ALL.
Look at the nice mix of oil and coolant in cyliner 1... Black and red... surprised I didnt have milk shake in my oil or coolant system.
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