Jam Performance

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Agree, as mentioned it was map related, the car came in to the country last January as a grade 5 import with 39k miles on the clock with full dealer history (very rare for a JDM car), since then oil has been replaced every 3k miles with Millers or Motul and generally maintained regardless of cost, the hole in the piston has got nothing to do with antilag or any other mechanical part, as mentioned the vehicle always had some sort of det when coming on boost in high load since its last mapping session, tbh im not really bothered about the blown engine, im just looking foward to getting it back on the road !

Jam Performance

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1. possibly
2. no chance!
3. I wouldn't call putting my foot down in 5th gear and hitting 5k revs driving hard

It will be ready by the end of this month, then theres the boring part of running it in for 1k miles

Pete

Bloodyhell K18LLR, i ,ve only just seen this thread, wounder that fella...

BUT, atleast it can lead on to bigger and better things now fella....

Jam Performance

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Yes will definately have one of harvey ready for the mapping session once run in, im still using the old style bar and plate core

Jam Performance

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I hope so! Hows comes you sold the type r?, I thought you were looking in to a forged build, etc

Pete

I was yes mate, hence the reason i sold it tbh, i couldn,t bring myself to spending 12k that,a with gearbox too on a classic mate, so i sold it to my Nephew who,s loving it to bits and rightly so, it,s a great car at 350/350..

I,m going to go Spec C again now mate, i,ll wait for the right car though...

banny sti

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At 500bhp, on the fuelling side either run two walbros in tank or use the walbro as a lifter pump and a swirl pot with a Bosch 044 feeding the injectors.

Banny

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I do not agree

Im sorry guys but im just specking as i see it im not having a ago.

You (killer) and rally have both said the car was detting really madly in high gears when you too took it out for a drive before this happened.

So why the hell was you in 5th gear giving the car all it has over taking everyone at 100 MPH plus when you knew there was a problem.

From what you say it seems that u knew there was something wrong with the map before this happed so why did you not stay at home and come out and play after you got it sorted?

All so i would like to see a pic of the rest of the block (pistons) to see if they have any damage showing a lean mix as if they do not it will be a flue issue on the one cylinder and not a map issue.

Ash

P.s, Flam suite on

Jam Performance

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The car was taken back to have timing removed from the map and I was assured there was no sound on the det cans whilst mapping, I was also assured that the car mapped to the best of the mappers ability, now then the car previously ran 100% on a apexi management setup also setup by the same mapper with good results on the dyno and drag strip, since after switching to the simtek is when trouble started, im not blaming the mapper for putting a hole in my piston due to dogey mapping as he had set it up to the best of his ability, its difficult to see why the engine lamp flashes with a simtek ecu as the lamp flashes as a shift light as well, I probably could have prevented the hole in piston scenario by having the map checked over by a independant specialist just to be safe! I'd always intended to go for a big power build anyhow so Im not bothered, if you want Ash I'll have an engineers report made about the blown engine by a top Subaru Tuner / Mapper if it makes you happy

R4LLY

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I think your missing the point Ash.


When a car is mapped or built by someone, it should not at any time leave the workshop or mapper's hands unless it is fully roadworthy or driveable.

What's the point of paying someone x amount of £ if you can't drive it?

On top of which, if as Omar says he was advised to drive by the mapper without issue, why shouldn't he?

He was advised that the detcans were quiet and it should be fine.

Weather it was a fuel issue or a det issue, either way they were both issues which should have been looked at. Nonetheless with Subaru engines you cannot say that all pistons have to melt for it to be a lean mix.

With the Simtek you can actually control how much fuel each cylinder is getting and adjust it accordingly. Some mappers add more fuel to a certain cylinder as it is prone to heating the most and causing issues.

I think this also is maybe the 1st car running a Simtek that has melted a piston?...

But it's all by the by now anyway, there's no point in continuing to speculate on what Omar should have and should not have done.

Don't worry about it Ash, as said when the car is running again the map etc can all be looked at and Omar I'm sure will be happy to show everyone a report of the full damage and possible causes.

Omar, just get some pics of the new build up asap, so we can see how it's going!

Going 4 400bhp

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As said guys im not starting a fight just most people on here know i say what i feel and i cant help but feel if u both thought there was something already wrong with the car why push it so hard.


Ash I'll have an engineers report made about the blown engine by a top Subaru Tuner / Mapper if it makes you happy...

Thanks for the offer but if it's not gonna make me any money it's no good to me.

rickya

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rickya

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Well thats settles my old thread discussion!!

R4LLY

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Could save you some though


I know where your coming from Ash, and appreciate it.

I'm just saying it how I see it as well

If my mapper told me that I could drive it hard if I wanted to I would, as would anyone else.

banny sti

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If the simtek had a display like the power fc commander, that would help a lot as you could check the knock reading regularly.

Banny

madisonmonkey

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Some might say point proven.....

Jam Performance

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lol they are reliable mine is just a one off, honestly !

Mus

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no there not i should know ive owned a grade 4 auction ver 4 type r, reliable and subaru just dont mix untill im proven wrong.

north london scooby

Thats poor fueling

rikky

Omar viewed all the comments and advise but one thing you must do is get a fire extinguisher no matter what the cause was. I am having mine remapped by Amir over at evolutions in luton just waiting for the apexi from Japan. if you can remember my thread it was lean on fuel at 5.5 rpm dettining hard would never of known if was not put on the dyno anyway will let you no should be done this week ready for the tunnel run.

Jam Performance

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Good stuff hope it gets sorted, he's the one that sourced my car for me and bought it over from Japan

Jam Performance

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Yes that would help alot, how comes you are selling the Simtek?

Mus

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come on ki8lla its obvious lol

Mus

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detting hard at top end maybe you need to look at an uprated fuel pump is your car moded.

fire extinguishers are a must my engine set a light TWICE once when i was pulling in to a petrol station didnt even know till some one shouted it. 2nd time when i was out ripping it with the lads luckily a close friend of mine noticed the fire flashed me got extinguisher out and put it out.

you can buy them for around a tenner and a very wise investment after what i saw on another thread with the spec c. not nice at all.

Juice

Mus - Rikky already has a uprated fuel pump (walbro), it made no difference, he needs the car mapped really

Omar - who mapped your car?
Mus - what exactly happeend to your car again? who built it and mapped it?

banny sti

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I have found some VVT heads that I can use on my next build, therefore need the solaris to run them.

Banny

Going 4 400bhp

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Just so people know it is only the classic simtek that can not run the vvt.

The newage simtek can. Im sure you could of got it updated on to your simtek for £150

Mus

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when i was having my car mapped it was running lean on top end didnt have clue weather it was a fuel pressure reg, injectors eventuly found out it was a faulty walbro pump.

i bought my short engine of r4lly, slowboy carried out the engine swap and mapping.

i dont quite know what really happend to my engine as yet im due to find out by mid next week. all iremmeber i was on the a406 passed the finchley exit heading to colindale and just after a camera past the bridge i was too busy smilling looking at my rear view mirror the check engine light flashed i took my foot off and the point was too late oil went all over my windscreen and i was on 6.5k rpm 4th gear with smoke everywhere i was ****ting myself as the car totally stalled and at that speed im greatfull to god.

but like ki8lla im looking forward to my new build. anything else mr M.I.5 lol

Mus

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i feel like im in court lol

anything else you honour .lol

R4CE U

Seems like you have suffered a similar scenario to K18LLR's car...