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Feels like im posting to myself sometimes. Cheers keith for putting my post in here.

Today I got fgx back together after mechanic mate and I supported engine, dropped sub frame, removed sump, cleaned it all up, new half moon seals, used loctite 518 as the goo of choice this time instead of threebond 1215. Removed a snapped sump bolt out of block, tapped a 8mm thread in block, cut all new 8.8 tensile bolts with 10mm heads to length and re-installed the sump. We made 2 studs to screw into bolt holes, one on each side in middle of sump to line the sump up correctly. Iv started car on hoist and had a good look around and so far no leaks, I hope it stays that way!!! Also my new turbosmart 50mm gate doesnt seal shut, at idle exhaust gasses come out screamer pipe, and yes its installed properly, iv taken it off car, and assembled with v band shell and clamp and you can see a small bit of light thru valve, I took it to shop I bought it from and he checked it all out and said we will have to send it back to ts to do a warranty claim. Pretty annoying cos I wanted to go to drags this wknd. Before I did sump I drove it with screamer and to start with its really obnoxious but the noise it makes grows on you and is really quite entertaining but still obnoxious haha, it puts a smile on ya dial every time gate opens.

@Puffwagon merry christmas, im taking sump off fgx to reseal it hopefully properly this time, I dont want to do it again. So im gonna support motor from the top with my frame I made and drop the front subframe. Question is can I successfully remove and re-seal the sump back on with the zf still bolted to motor? Is Threebond 1215 grey still the go-to sealant or should I use hondabond or something else? Should I replace the halfmoon seal on the front of sump, I cant recall if theres a half moon seal at the back?? Im gonna make some threaded studs to thread into block to make the sump re-install way easier this time. Thanks

Hopefullly your cp bullets are still ok except maybe 1 and you can re-use all your other high end expensive valve train, hope the head is still good, new rings and swap it all into one of your other good sonic tested blocks. With any luck another 2k barra. Sweet as mate, turn her down a few notches and it should last more than 10 minutes lol.

Time to build another 2k barra

sh*t is that 2 vertical cracks with rusyy coolant coming thru? Rather terminal. May want to run less boost I reckon, be content with 600ish kws. But then we wont get many bad storys from terrotorys adventures. Will that need a new block or can the cracks be repaired and put in a sleeve?

Hahaha so highly practical family wagon.

Have you taken the wife out in it, or would she be not impressed at all by the insanity of it?? Lol

Great work. Its hard to imagine how that many killawasps would feel like on the road!! Whats the weak link in the driveline? The tires? All the best for the next Roll racing. I hope nothing lunches itself on the terry.

I wasnt being nasty and not sure if you took it too seriously, we know by now youre a pro, it was just some light banter between backyard barra mechanics.

Well if you dont get it done right, even though its easy, you might not be chopping many.

Dont forget quality is best, not necessarily quantity, especially when fixing a barra that will chop a few at roll racing.

Oh yea, might try a 4 port if my next move doesnt work, watch this space for updates.

@PuffwagonTalked to tuner about putting more spring in my 50mm ts gate. It currently has a 14 psi spring in it and we suspect its getting pushed open a bit cos boost drops at 5000rpm from 20 to 15ish despite 95% duty on mac 3 port feeding top and bottom of gate. Gonna try it. Should I put in a 3psi or 5psi spring in with the 14? I thought I will try get it to boost and hold 18psi all the way to 6k rpm because it currently has 750nm torque at 3k rpm and my short lived previous turbo combo gen2 gtx3582r on stock manifold had 550nm at 3k rpm. The barra loves to expell all its exhaust gasses out through the Artec and efr9174. A few less newton meters down low rpm might stop my rods bending I figure.

Sweet tires bro! They will get you through some sand.