Slowxr6t Member 557 Member For: 5y 10m 12d Location: New zealand Posted 10/10/24 06:18 AM Share Posted 10/10/24 06:18 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,740 Member For: 9y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 10/10/24 08:33 AM Author Share Posted 10/10/24 08:33 AM Eh don't worry about it, I'm just a cranky bastard at times, especially when I'm working on a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,740 Member For: 9y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 10/10/24 09:30 AM Author Share Posted 10/10/24 09:30 AM Here's a pic of the stuffed head gasket, farken farkers farked! This gasket was a cheap one, suitable for maybe 15 to 20psi tops. Even a high quality MLS will only hold 30psi or so, only decent options for the barra are Athena split ring gasket or copper fire ring gasket. Might be worth looking to 14mm head studs in future as well. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,740 Member For: 9y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/24 12:09 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/24 12:09 AM Made it to the track, vband on the turbo broke. No racing, going home early, fark this sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,863 Member For: 16y 6m 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/24 02:28 AM Share Posted 12/10/24 02:28 AM oh, that's unlucky... a v-band breaking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,740 Member For: 9y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/24 03:22 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/24 03:22 AM Yep fark me right?! The turbo made a zinging noise on the way up there, I reckon it's the backing plate or whatever is behind the compressor wheel. Not a big deal, got there, stayed the night, went to fix it this morning and the nut decided it was taking the bolt with it. Lucky the intercooler pipe held the turbo in position so it could be driven home. Also blew a head gasket in the Landrover towing the caravan. So basically a waste of time and money, I could have stayed at home and done nothing and be nearly a couple grand better off for it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,740 Member For: 9y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 15/10/24 02:32 AM Author Share Posted 15/10/24 02:32 AM Any farken way, I did car work on the territory and it's sorted now. Running 45psi on E42, boost cut at 50psi, 17 degrees of timing, no knock, 95% injdc, iat's climbing quicker than a monkey up a light pole. Makes the plaz front mount look like a stock top mount. It pulls pretty flamin hard, obviously making somewhere over 750kw. Farken other car can wait until I can be stuffed fixing it. The end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowxr6t Member 557 Member For: 5y 10m 12d Location: New zealand Posted 15/10/24 05:20 AM Share Posted 15/10/24 05:20 AM 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,740 Member For: 9y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 15/10/24 05:42 AM Author Share Posted 15/10/24 05:42 AM It's extremely quick and it pulls relentlessly. The tyres are the weak link and I'll keep it that way, I'd rather go through tyres than axles etc. At this level sh*t breaks, there's not much you can do about it but fix and repeat. The trans and engine seem pretty solid for now so that's something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowxr6t Member 557 Member For: 5y 10m 12d Location: New zealand Posted 15/10/24 05:47 AM Share Posted 15/10/24 05:47 AM Have you taken the wife out in it, or would she be not impressed at all by the insanity of it?? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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