greasemonkey Member 96 Member For: 7y 15d Posted 20/08/24 10:56 AM Share Posted 20/08/24 10:56 AM So, you are reusing your pistons? These aren't the original pistons on your engine are they? For the power you are making, I'm guessing they are forged items. Your car is quick, even not when tuned. My dream is to rebuild my own engine one day. I just have to get familiar with the tools and what clearances you need to check upon rebuilding. Trying to work out if I wanted 600rwkw, what internal engine parts you would need. I guess already it would include: *Forged conrods and pistons *Aftermarket cams *Surge tank? *Bigger fuel pump and injectors *Turbo upgrade *Aftermarket timing chain gears and kit *Cylinder head seals refresh. Of course I'd have to rebuild my trans too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 20/08/24 11:44 AM Author Share Posted 20/08/24 11:44 AM The ones in it now are high km stock turbo pistons, one of them has a cracked ring land. The ones going in it are used cp bullet forged pistons, hence coating them to make them serviceable again. Hp Academy has many courses, engine building being one of them. Look into it if you want to learn more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/08/24 03:04 AM Author Share Posted 25/08/24 03:04 AM All the engine parts are here, just gotta be farked getting it done. I pulled the hotside and intake off yesterday, then had a beer and couldn't be farked doing any more. I also ordered a 5 bar tmap and hopefully that will keep my boost needs covered for a while. I always tell the missus, yeah this will be enough I won't need a bigger one, then nek minute I need a bigger one. I doubt I'll be maxing out a 5 bar tmap any time soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerTurbo Donating Members 241 Member For: 6y 7m 13d Posted 25/08/24 05:36 AM Share Posted 25/08/24 05:36 AM 2 hours ago, Puffwagon said: I doubt I'll be maxing out a 5 bar tmap any time soon. Famous last words 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 25/08/24 05:38 AM Author Share Posted 25/08/24 05:38 AM I would say don't give me ideas but pretty sure I already have them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/08/24 11:45 PM Author Share Posted 27/08/24 11:45 PM The 5 bar tmap arrived today, I opened it, gave it a sniff and put it back in the bag. Might even go do some work on the car later if I can be farked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tucker Donating Members 669 Member For: 5y 5m 21d Posted 28/08/24 02:53 AM Share Posted 28/08/24 02:53 AM What 5 bar did you go with? I think I ended up getting an omni 4 bar on mine, which was a revelation after the Bosch one that had no low end resolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 28/08/24 05:46 AM Author Share Posted 28/08/24 05:46 AM Omni 5 bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 28/08/24 07:07 AM Author Share Posted 28/08/24 07:07 AM Baking a goddamn cake up in this bish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,972 Member For: 9y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 29/08/24 08:56 AM Author Share Posted 29/08/24 08:56 AM Ok well that was a slight fail. Turns out the instructions for the coating stuff say DON'T use glass bead, use garnet. I thought it said DO use glass bead... So I blasted the fresh coating off with garnet, blasted the crowns to rough them up more, cleaned them up and coated them. I had literally just enough skirt coating to do the job, literally ran out on the last spray pass, but it was enough. I have plenty of crown coating, probably another 50 pistons worth. Also when swapping the media over, I dropped 3/4 of the bag of glass bead on the ground cos I missed the bag, lucky I decided to blow out under the machine before I did it. I scooped it up, swearing my arse off and all was well. Here's a pic of them completely finished, I measured them and they are spot on, so I'm very happy with that. Have a close look, you can see where the valves hit last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now