warning: carb spring users
#1
warning: carb spring users
I decided to use a carb spring for my first turbo setup. It worked well. But from reading around on this forum, i was under the impression that the spring needed a lot of tension to hold the flapper shut. Well turns out the spring hardly needs any tension. Too make a long story short i blew all my ringlands by running 10-11psi (by accident) on a sohc zc with ~50k on it. but now i know, you dont need much tension on the carb spring!
btw, the carb spring worked great, im not sure if it was the carb spring, but when i shifted the boost spiked a bit.
btw, the carb spring worked great, im not sure if it was the carb spring, but when i shifted the boost spiked a bit.
#4
Re:warning: carb spring users
10psi blew your ringlands with a 14b? What were you using for fuel? Nothing? I don't think the motor would have lasted much longer N/A if it blew at only 10psi. How long of a pull was it when it blew? It has to be a weak motor. I ------- abused a D15 with spikes past 14psi and never had a problem. I even ran the ---- out of it with a blown head gasket and overheating and the rings were fine after thousands of miles of abuse.
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Re:warning: carb spring users
Well it shouldn't have. Are you pissed at me for saying it? I'm not trying to **** you off, but damn. It really shouldn't have blown. That's crazy. My guess would be the motor was on it's last leg before this happened.
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You would think if he was detonating that bad at such a low boost level he would have heard it and layed off the gas though?
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