Going for broke

[Toy_Yoda]

I imagine he had no choice but to get new pistons. He showed photos of the damage in his other thread titled "Finally, my motor went". Number 4 piston was damaged previously from a destroyed spark plug, and number 3 took some serious pounding when the valve dropped. Just wondering what piston set he went with and if there was any damage to number 3 rod.

[Blown_xa]

Same bottom end, pistons and all. Just a replacement head decked and supertech valve springs. I was amazed that the motor pulls 20inhg vacumm after seeing my clyinder walls scored.

[ilikerice]

Originally Posted by Toy_Yoda

I imagine he had no choice but to get new pistons. He showed photos of the damage in his other thread titled "Finally, my motor went". Number 4 piston was damaged previously from a destroyed spark plug, and number 3 took some serious pounding when the valve dropped. Just wondering what piston set he went with and if there was any damage to number 3 rod.

yes, Obviously he had to get new pistons. I read that thread also being I knew about the rods. Hence why I asked if there was any other upgrades he did besides the valve springs. Like you I was asking the same question if he upgraded the pistons but in a more broad approach to include other parts of the motor.

[Blown_xa]

I found out today why my 6 month old turbo failed. The oil feed line restrictor had a peice of debris in it, which cut off oil flow tremendously. I did an oil change days after installing the head, but that was probably too late. Also, I have my oil feed line going to a oil filter sandwich adapter, which is pre filtered oil. So lesson learned, turbo oil supply should always come from the block.

[Blown_xa]

Hey just an update... Im going to swing for a gt3076 this winter, but in the mean time I installed a $200 cheap turbo of similar dimension to my Garrett t3/4 50 trim which just failed. Im VERY AGAINST knock-off parts, but Im committed to attending a time attack this weekend. Im running 26psi (4psi less) because I don't want to go too hard on this turbo. Numbers are good , and notice that the car makes power all the way to 8000rpm! The supertech valve springs did wonders, those along with the hayabusa style turbo manifold allowed that to happen. Still stock head, valves, cams, intake manifold , throttle body.