N12 Turbo Forums

Hi
You shouldn't rev a cold turbo engine...
Grinding noise...
Coked bearings?
Wheel to housing contact?
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Nope
Dark colours show every surface imperfection...
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Hi
John 8:7

He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her

I am afraid all of us here have damaged at least a HG and learnt it the hard way
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Hi
When reassembling torque it down as per fsm
Then torque it down again after the first warm up
Again after a couple days
Again after the first week
Bolts stretch
http://www.aa1car.com/library/2005/eb70536.htm
Hope it helps
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HG
Time to check that head
Be sure the AF ratio is not lean before having fun again...
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Hi
Cam sprocket has 40 teeth
1 cam turn = 720 crank deg
720 / 40 = 18 crank degrees
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Hi Found this Porsche and, later on, Honda showed up and cleaned house to the point where turbos were banned. Honda relied on a mixture of 84% tolulene and 16% heptane and ran up to 58 psi of boost to achieve up to 1000 hp. Honda did not use water injection. Taken from http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/wa...

Yes, thanks for your answer I am trying to find the book written by sir Harry Ricardo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ricardo He experimented with internal combustion engines increasing CRs, richer mixtures and water injection Back in in 19** I got that stupid idea from this site http://www.thetu...

Aromatics like toluene, xylene and benzene all have high octane potential, and all are present in some racing gasolines in varying concentrations. They are also poisonous before combustion, but their combustion is not nearly as complete as the alcohols and their combustion products coming out the p...

Hi I was trying some wild settings a couple weeks ago About 15 psi, 35-40 deg fixed advance and 98 oct fuel, really rich Tried some iridium ngk 7 and 8 spark plugs, and melted some tips... Car run, but sound was like forcing things innecesarily... Til my top HG failed Then I readjusted things to the...

Hi I use an otoscope (5x magnifying glass I think) to examine my spark plugs looking for tiny aluminum balls over the central insulator and plug 'ring' High heat transfer rates will cause localized component temperatures, which exceed the melting, or even vaporization temperature. Aluminum specks on...

Hi
Accel super coil (old school)
No ecu...
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Hi
Degree wheel?
You can print this one and glue it to a piece of cardboard
http://www.tavia.com/free_degree_wheel.html
You will need a dial indicator...
Hope it helps
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Nope, na e16 pistons have no valve reliefs...
A set of e16 pistons had to be valve clearance cut when i had that crazy na cam (sold the pistons with the lightened crank...)
The second set is in my engine right now
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Hi
This is a more-than-500hp fuel system
http://www.turbomustangs.com/fuel.php
Hope it helps
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