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Location: Newcastle. 330bhp-289lb/ft @ 1bar boost - 12.4s @ 105mph
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Don't have the money. I've sold my water injection kit to fund the turbo and rods.
Got a wife and baby, mortgage to pay and I'm in the process of gutting my house! I'm not some young lad living at home with mum And dad, or I would be buying forged everything brand new! A budget is a budget. I'll not be using new oil pump either as that's far too much money.
Got a wife and baby, mortgage to pay and I'm in the process of gutting my house! I'm not some young lad living at home with mum And dad, or I would be buying forged everything brand new! A budget is a budget. I'll not be using new oil pump either as that's far too much money.
You're going to need more power, as you said earlier, than me to do similar times.
Not trying to teach you to suck eggs, I've seen the other posts so know that you know about drag racing.
Your car is heavier for starters, then your gearbox will be heavier than the OEM 5 speed. Your brakes are heavier that what was on mine, I had 2 pot fronts and 1 pot rears.
Look forward to seeing it come together.
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That's fair enough.
You're going to need more power, as you said earlier, than me to do similar times.
Not trying to teach you to suck eggs, I've seen the other posts so know that you know about drag racing.
Your car is heavier for starters, then your gearbox will be heavier than the OEM 5 speed. Your brakes are heavier that what was on mine, I had 2 pot fronts and 1 pot rears.
Look forward to seeing it come together.
You're going to need more power, as you said earlier, than me to do similar times.
Not trying to teach you to suck eggs, I've seen the other posts so know that you know about drag racing.
Your car is heavier for starters, then your gearbox will be heavier than the OEM 5 speed. Your brakes are heavier that what was on mine, I had 2 pot fronts and 1 pot rears.
Look forward to seeing it come together.
My blob is still 300kg lighter than my old golf that did 12's
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I'll probably open it up a fraction, to be on the safe side.
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Bigger wastegate is only ever going to help, the exhaust side of this turbo is no bigger than the 16g I'm running, so any extra gas made from extra power will be getting gated.
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These pistons look more than strong enough, I was running 2 bar boost on my golf with cast NA pistons no probs, looked nothing like as strong as these
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I struggle to buy into the HG problem thing, I think it's more of a temperature, flatness, clamping thing.
I have split MLS head gaskets when using decomp plates on Na engines that I have turboed on countless occasions, never have any HG issues. The subaru has more bolts per cylinder than a 4cyl too. Having not had a problem with the second hand ones I'm currently running I just can't justify splashing out on head gaskets. I will maybe make some high tensile studs with nuts the increase clamping force (not spending £200 on studs!) but I think the gaskets won't be a problem. There are cosworth YB's and SAAB b204/234's making 400hp 2.0 bar boost on fibre gaskets!
Is 360-380 hp and 1.6-1.7 bar too much to ask of a MLS gasket? Do they blow out?
I have split MLS head gaskets when using decomp plates on Na engines that I have turboed on countless occasions, never have any HG issues. The subaru has more bolts per cylinder than a 4cyl too. Having not had a problem with the second hand ones I'm currently running I just can't justify splashing out on head gaskets. I will maybe make some high tensile studs with nuts the increase clamping force (not spending £200 on studs!) but I think the gaskets won't be a problem. There are cosworth YB's and SAAB b204/234's making 400hp 2.0 bar boost on fibre gaskets!
Is 360-380 hp and 1.6-1.7 bar too much to ask of a MLS gasket? Do they blow out?
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It's funny cuz you say what a lot of people don't , I'm sure there are a good few who have run hg's twice and other frowned upon practices but no one dare mention it lol , I have a cobbled together engine with newage wrx used crank , sti7 rods , classic forged pistons with their orig rings etc
Hasn't many hours on it yet so might lie down at the first sign of boost but sure , it's cost me very little and taught me a lot
Good thread carry on
Hasn't many hours on it yet so might lie down at the first sign of boost but sure , it's cost me very little and taught me a lot
Good thread carry on
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My thinking with re using te gaskets I'm currently running was that if it's ok to re use a decomp plate, split a new MLS head gasket and put the plates either side with some hylomar then re using basically sound looking gaskets with a bit of hylomar would be fine, and they have been with 7000 miles 1.5 bar and 300+hp. No coolant use or pressurising coolants system at all.
I think the new MLS gaskets I have bought will be fine for what I'm doing, providing the block and heads are flat and clean and that I don't cook the engine (this aneals the bolts and you loose all clamping effort)
Still brain storming head stud ideas
I think the new MLS gaskets I have bought will be fine for what I'm doing, providing the block and heads are flat and clean and that I don't cook the engine (this aneals the bolts and you loose all clamping effort)
Still brain storming head stud ideas
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