Last night I tuned a mustang for a guy with a 5.8L engine............get this.......it had 10.5:1 compression and 24lbs of boost with NO INTERCOOLER!

I warned him several times, but he wanted to do it.........in the end I was lucky enough not to blow the damn thing up, but it only made 745hp at the wheels........jackass.

 

well i've had it for about a year driving it on 10psi daily and it's held together. I spiked to 2bar and she held together just fine.

 

how long is the longest time.

 

You know I ran 7-9 lbs (15lbs on accident) on the stock D16Y7 bottom end for a year. Only problem I had was blowing up an ACT clutch....well, that and turning tires bald very very quickly

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tinker219 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how about the <U> shortest </U> amount of time boosted before KABOOM? </TD></TR></TABLE> I got the car. A week later put the turbo kit on. A week after that got it tuned. Two days after tuning POW cracked all four ringlands and now i am waiting for my new Importbuilders block, and new turbo and my head to be finished. Dont ya love boost

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00SIBOOST &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I got the car. A week later put the turbo kit on. A week after that got it tuned. Two days after tuning POW cracked all four ringlands and now i am waiting for my new Importbuilders block, and new turbo and my head to be finished. Dont ya love boost </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ouch that sounds like the worst!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PseudoSilvia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You know I ran 7-9 lbs (15lbs on accident) on the stock D16Y7 bottom end for a year. Only problem I had was blowing up an ACT clutch....well, that and turning tires bald very very quickly </TD></TR></TABLE>

The "BEAST HERSELF" to bad i couldn't meet her.

 

One of the guys from Homemadeturbo.com boosted his CRX and popped the motor all in the same day. That's pretty quick!

 

I know there is someone who has popped it within minutes.

 

I've been running my Vortech SC for about 2 years now and probably 20k miles with good results. Its been pushing 12-15psi pretty much the whole time too.

 

Sounds good are there any 4yr people out there. We've gotten to 3yrs.

Can I get a 4 here
can I get a 4 there
SOLD! TO the big eared guy with the funny little hat


Modified by HybridcivicLS-T at 8:17 AM 5/17/2003

 

so like, what do you long term guys attribute the reliability to? tuning of course, but any safeguards most dont consider, please share! ie boost controller preventing spikes, certain afr at certain rpms, pcv system, oil line size/fittings, coolers? ah hell just list in detail what you have =P

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by XDEep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so like, what do you long term guys attribute the reliability to? tuning of course, but any safeguards most dont consider, please share! ie boost controller preventing spikes, certain afr at certain rpms, pcv system, oil line size/fittings, coolers? ah hell just list in detail what you have =P</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think it's pretty simple, no your motors limits, don;t beat it constantly and great tuning. Just a guess.

 

maybe i should add, for cheap with a ghetto homemade setup on a stock motor hah. the most expensive part for me will be the wb02. spending more on the tuning device than the rest of the turbo setup- priceless

 

That's how it works because most of the turbo parts are the same. As long as it's tuned well and you have a half-way decent equipment you should be fine, but that's what i have realized. It needs to be tuned to get the best results.

 

2 months.

I'm planning to make it last for another 3 or 4 years.

 

had a 2.3l 4cyl (Ford) i built for a Mustang i had. Stock ported head, crane custom gring cam, custom manifold, TE-44 turbo @ 21psi, custom FMIC, etc.

Ran around for a year putting a pounding out it (never took the boost controller off of 21psi) on pump gas with no problems. New owner still has the same setup, running 21psi with no problems (been 2 years now).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EFIGUY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Last night I tuned a mustang for a guy with a 5.8L engine............get this.......it had 10.5:1 compression and 24lbs of boost with NO INTERCOOLER!

I warned him several times, but he wanted to do it.........in the end I was lucky enough not to blow the damn thing up, but it only made 745hp at the wheels........jackass. </TD></TR></TABLE>sorry, i dont believe this at all. That motor would have been blown to smitherines had it been at 24 lbs of boost and no intercooler. Not buyin it

 

 

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I'm Sure Chris is working on that as we speak. He has been very busy I talked to him yesterday.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just threw the chip in the ecu today. Can't wait to put it in my car!