My Apex Seals...
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Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Port St. Lucie, FL
.... wen't BOOOOM!!! 
$3,800 later...
I found out that the person who rebuilt the motor before I bought it did a **** job on it. Probably the reason the guy was selling it... My motor was never right to begin with. Luckily I'm getting a practically new motor with hurley seals, a monster street port, and the non-sequential conversion. Going to have him throw in some upgraded injectors as well. I went for a ride in the shop car and it was very impressive. The car ran very smooth and it accelerated like a bat out of hell. It's too bad I had to spend the money, but I'm excited about how my motor will run when it's done.
Oh well, at least I beat my friend's 430whp Supra before it blew.
$3,800 later...
I found out that the person who rebuilt the motor before I bought it did a **** job on it. Probably the reason the guy was selling it... My motor was never right to begin with. Luckily I'm getting a practically new motor with hurley seals, a monster street port, and the non-sequential conversion. Going to have him throw in some upgraded injectors as well. I went for a ride in the shop car and it was very impressive. The car ran very smooth and it accelerated like a bat out of hell. It's too bad I had to spend the money, but I'm excited about how my motor will run when it's done.
Oh well, at least I beat my friend's 430whp Supra before it blew.
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did you have a chance to call jr? I guess you did a compression check?
If that' the case sorry to hear it, since your into computers and such I recommend you get some type of aftermarket ecu and learn how to work the software thoroughly. There are a lot of tricks to tuning to save yourself an engine in the presence of a boost spike or running hot, that the stock ecu would freak out and do nothing.
For instance jims 30 psi spike and the engine lasted another 6 months before jim decided to rebuild it, or my wastgate that hasn't worked right since I installed my turbo, but I haven't blown my motor because I'm tuned for a lot higher boost than what my boost controller is set at.
if your wanting to go big power reliably an ecu is a must.
If that' the case sorry to hear it, since your into computers and such I recommend you get some type of aftermarket ecu and learn how to work the software thoroughly. There are a lot of tricks to tuning to save yourself an engine in the presence of a boost spike or running hot, that the stock ecu would freak out and do nothing.
For instance jims 30 psi spike and the engine lasted another 6 months before jim decided to rebuild it, or my wastgate that hasn't worked right since I installed my turbo, but I haven't blown my motor because I'm tuned for a lot higher boost than what my boost controller is set at.
if your wanting to go big power reliably an ecu is a must.
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Yea I know... I had the Pettit ECU and my car was just about as close to stock boost as possible. The car itself wasn't rebuilt correctly when I bought it, which helps explain the over heating problem even though I have the Fluidyne, excessive smoking, etc. Oh well, when I get it back it'll be running much nicer and much faster.
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From: St. Petersburg/Orlando, Fl
Originally Posted by Eyxom' date='May 30 2004, 06:05 PM
Oh well, at least I beat my friend's 430whp Supra before it blew.
