Making tons of money is the other half, apparently.

that would be ironic https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif[/quote]



He'd just loose it, blame me and I'd wind up dead is all.

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I know what it is but I'm sworn not to tell.

crap that means i actually have to pay back the credit card companies https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...>/rolleyes.gif

Werent you warned about this? LOL! There comes that point when you KNOW it will be easier to take the engine apart and check it out when its sitting there on the floor, but then you say "Im sure it good, lets just put it in". I thought you had done a compression test on it? Reminds me of my first car, my 1984 Trans Am, I bought this used 350 small block from a "friend", just threw it in, then ended up taking it out a month later with 3 spun bearings. Wiped out the crank and all, when I first got the engine, me and my real friends were all ready to take it apart and freshen it up, but I got tight assed about it look where it got me :(

it has great compression. hell i was doing 140mph on the way home from the shop 5th gear is hitting 15psi https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub... you can't check the coolant seals without tearing down the whole engine. oh well

Ah, I only said that because you said something about doing a compression test for the hell of it.

i still might do one

You were hitting 15psi???? With a stock turbo? Hmm...no wonder none of your turbos ever last..geez! How exactly did you get the stock turbo up that high?

my ecu controls boost to 11psi. i guess when its high rpm in high gear the stock wastegate can't control a FULL 3" exhaust. the car is def humming along at 15psi. approx how fast is 5000rpm in 5th. i haven't had a working speed for a few months now