So my kit's done again. Everything beautiful. Tyrus intercooler, SMC controller DSM 450's, the works. I finished this morning, and went for a drive. It was so nice and fast and wonderful, then I caught a faint whiff of oil. The whiff turned into streaming smoke from the tailpipe and crankcase breather, so I went to my friend's house, did a compression test. My comp is somehting like 150-150-100-150, so now I'm sittin' here with a shitty #3 piston and awesome turbo kit. Isn't it ironic? Anyways, I was just bitching cause now I have to tear the engine down and replace that piston next weekend.

Do you guys think it'll be allright for me to drive until then? I'm so pissed.

 

Damn, I don't know how you guys do it. I beat the ---- out of my car on a daily basis. It has been overheating for the last 4 months. I hit 11 psi every stop light I hit and this thing runs like a champ. *knocks on wood*

I guess it's just dumb luck?
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i want pics!@!!

 

hey doctor boost, how many miles were on your motor when you put your turbo on.... and how was it taken care of..... i mean your a moderator so you know your ----....but how come i hear a lot of horror stories but you say it's luck??

 

Damn, I have the worse luck ever, or maybe its my shitty Toyota pistons!!!

 

i bet its ringlands dude. same as last time. what kinda boost were you pushing on what turbo? did you do anything to pull timing since the smc advanced it?

 

That sucks man I'm sorry to hear about that. When my kit is finished I'm known to have the same dumb luck so I might be in the same boat.

guido has a good point I mean if this is the second time I'd look into that timing. If yours isnt distributorless like my stupid car then maybe just retard it a little bit. Predetonation can kill pistons in no time flat

 

Yeah, that sucks Rolla, i've been waitin' for a turbo comeback from ya too. How is the turbo? Could the seals in the turbo be bad and thats what's dumping oil? I mean, the compression ratio does seem a bit off in that cylinder, so it could be that also.

 

When I bought this car it had 74,000 miles on it. When I put the turbo on, it was at 100,000. I'm not sure of the actual miles now because I changed the cluster, but I'm guessing it's around 10,000. I'm pretty sure the person(female) who owned it before me took good care of it. It had those oil change stickers on the windshield showing all of the oil changes she had done. I really haven't taken care of it that good. I have gone 10,000 miles without an oil change. I beat the hell out of this car with no letting up and it never lets me down. I don't know what it is, but I'm just guessing I got a good motor. My cylinder walls look brand new even after 10,000 miles of boost. :P
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For sure, I'll post some pics later of the turbo install and piping and intercooler and all that.

I did retard the timing at the distributer by 10 degrees, a little more than the SMC instructions said, so I don't think that was it.

Well, this kit is so good that it's staying on, and as soon as I locate and order new (stronger) pistons, the head and oil pan are coming off, and I'm installing them with the engine in the car. How's 8.5:1 compression sound?

Now all I really really wanna do is make my engine bomb proof so I can run some serious power without worrying about stupid ---- like this.