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out and about early this morning for a run up the range and bacon and eggs at Elis Beach on the way back the lads let me lead the pack up the range cos nobody wants to be overtaken by a chook chaser

quote: "NO SEX FOR YOU TONIGHT, YOU TRYING TO KILL ME OR WHAT???????"

Finally arrived

So after a month or two, something arrived in the post looks different to the previous blocks I have used Soooo much candy I was really impressed Card getting prepared for the upgrade Clean and ready Getting there slowly, checking for alignment and getting screws in place Final check to make sure it all seems to be together right. After a few hours and she is ready to go Tested and temps have come down. Not as much as I was expecting, but definitely has come down. I was so used to the temps I had with the I7 4770 and the EVGA 1080Ti, I was expecting to be in the high 30's or low 40s. I was on 49 for CPU and 55 for the GPU. After a couple of days though......... .... ... .. .

Ah, no worries back to the dyno. More power then... haha

then it'll likely just be a timing cover gasket seal... it's a bit of a pain in the butt job to do but not overly difficult in terms of effort.

Oh nah I played with it well before the tune, haven't touched it since. Everything is the same just the head gasket job. I did connect the blow off valve back up but can't see that being connected to the issue. I must have fixed something along the way or the head gasket was an issue from the start. I've got a plan and have 2 things on my hit list for now, dyno time to check tune and a surge tank.

Put it back to what is was in the tune

Any boost control in open loop will see big difference in boost levels due to ambient temperature. I can see up to 3psi change going from 10 to 40 degrees ambient.

I spoke to Phil and he said he got his grommet from Perth brake parts https://www.perthbrakeparts.com.au/

Phil hasn't been on the forum since 2016. I am not sure he is going to reply. https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?p=4915073

I envy you right now. I am in the middle of the pilbara

good obscenities, probably

I think the problem relates to the step from 500kw and beyond. You can get a nice responsive turbo on the stock exhaust manifold which flows perfectly up to 500kw. Beyond that, you really need an aftermarket manifold to avoid engine damage. As soon as you move away from the stock manifold you give up response. So a lot of people end up jumping from 4-500kw to 700kw. There isn't really an in between

Less boost during summer due to intake temps, I would say is what I have noticed.

I’ve never had the pleasure of driving a tuned up supercharged v8 but I’ve driven a factory Supercharged VF gts completely stock tbh there fairly gutless under 2800 rpm...... although when cruising along you plant it kicks down a gear or 2and it’s just instant power fun cars... my personal opinion on the Barras is that for a STREET car the GTX 3582 & G35 sized turbos (and other manufacturers equivalents) are about perfect for them lag is minimal and they make enough power to keep 99% of people happy any bigger then that and there not such a good street car anymore... keep in mind this is just my opinion and I’m sure some will disagree, I’ve driven a Barra with a gtx 42 wasn’t for me nothing power wise then suddenly it’s a smoke show and your tearing tyres apart and revving at 7000rpm in the blink of an eye it is fun to begin with but when smaller frame turbo cars with 50% less power then you are belting you off the lights and up to 120kph... it gets fairly annoying. @01txr have you considered pulsar turbo systems equivalent on the garret g35-900 or 1050 there much much cheaper then the genuine garret.. tbh I’m considering a pulsar turbo, I know the garret is probably better but bloody hell garrets have gotten super expensive gtx3582 gen 1 supercores used to be $1500 a few years ago can’t touch a garret for that money anymore... pulsar seem to have a decent rep maxx performance is using them on the regular and some YouTube reviews rate them highly. pulsar turbo g35-1050 with a t3 and Vband is $1325, it’s $1600 if you want the t51 mod done on the comp housing Genuine garret cheapest I’ve seen is $4000 and most places want around 4300, tbh it’s a ridiculous price for a turbo