Leak Down #'s
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Leak Down #'s
I did a compression test a few days ago and my numbers were roughly 1 thru 4 185, 170, 170, 130 so we did a leak down test tonight. With a 100 psi pressure I had 93, 93, 90, 39. I have no idea how long its been low since this is my first leak down ever and first compression test in about 6 months. It might have something to do with me driving on 14+ psi everyday. I'll be going to the track tuesday to see if my mph has dropped since my last run 2 weeks ago.
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Re: Leak Down #'s (boostaholic)
It will smoke a slight bit at full boost. I might go through a qt every 3000 miles. It is the ring. I'm hoping I can just drive it until I finish my other motor.
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It will smoke a slight bit at full boost. I might go through a qt every 3000 miles. It is the ring. I'm hoping I can just drive it until I finish my other motor.
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I know exactly what's wrong. The SRP's are not designed for anything above 10psi. They are made of a high silicone base material which compresses the ring lands at anything above 10psi. Out of all the turbocharged engines we've built everyone that had SRP's always compressed after 10psi, this is why we no longer use them. I spoke to a tech at JE and he even said that those pistons are not designed for that kind of boost because of the material they're made from. You're much better of spending an extra $100 bucks, and going the JE route. Hope that helps.
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Re: Leak Down #'s (abid@sfp)
Damn that sucks I ran 10psi on the stock pistons without ever having a problem. Do any other pistons besides the SRP's have this problem? JE, Weisco, Ross, Aries?
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To be honest with you, once we had that problem with the SRP's, we just switched over to the JE's and we've never had a problem since. Wiseco is also a good piston, nothing like an SRP.
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Re: Leak Down #'s (abid@sfp)
I know exactly what's wrong. The SRP's are not designed for anything above 10psi. They are made of a high silicone base material which compresses the ring lands at anything above 10psi. Out of all the turbocharged engines we've built everyone that had SRP's always compressed after 10psi, this is why we no longer use them. I spoke to a tech at JE and he even said that those pistons are not designed for that kind of boost because of the material they're made from. You're much better of spending an extra $100 bucks, and going the JE route. Hope that helps.
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The SRP is made of a 4032 alloy which is made of a high silicone base. This keeps the piston from having a high threshold for boost, approximately 10psi limit before the ring lands begin to compress. These pistons are fine for naturally aspirated road race applications and maybe even a descent amount of nos such as about a 100hp shot, but that's about it. Hope that helps shed a little light on the subject.
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Re: Leak Down #'s (hybrid901)
I went to the track last night and never got a clean run but my best mph was 113.7. The weather was a little worse that my runs at 115.5 but I was suprised that my mph didn't fall off more than this with my shitty compression/leak down #'s.
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Re: Leak Down #'s (hybrid901)
the run where the boost pipe came off looked like it was going to be an 11 sec run. it seemed like you got off the line really good. maybe next time.
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