joe65
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ok i'm with you now, and i do remember seeing the piston picture.
Rio Red 98 GT Build
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Piston is in and the head is on. Still need to torque the head down. Going to try to get most of it put back together today. I’m still waiting for the coolant crossover to get here, so I’ll keep the intake off for now.
Is this running yet?? [emoji6]
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Actually...
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Yes. Yes it is.
How’s it running?? We’re those stock pistons or an upgrade??
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Can’t really say yet, I’ve only got some idle time and about 4 miles on it. It’s not making any noises and no more blow by. I only replaced the one piston and ring set. Got the parts from the dealer, so it’s still all stock. I’m going to take it to work tomorrow and probably do a compression test on it at lunch time.
and a burnout
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I thought about doing one this evening. Figured I better be kind of easy on it for just a minute.
I still haven’t done one so..
This place has had a serious lacking in the burnout department lately.
Guess we’ll have to start cracking the whip again!!!!! [emoji12]
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Guess we’ll have to start cracking the whip again!!!!! [emoji12]
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Made it to work this morning, seems to be running fine. I’ll report the compression test results at lunch time.
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While I was putting everything back together, I managed to break a damn oil pan bolt in the block. Got it out though, it went really smooth and I didn’t even have to pull the pan. Kinda drilled on an angle though, just because there wasn’t enough room to get the drill straight.
And a picture from work this morning
And a picture from work this morning
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Compression test looks promising. I checked 7&8, they are identical. I only pulled the #8 piston out. No smoke from the exhaust, no oil in the coolant, and no strange sounds while running. Might be good to go.
Lets think about it!
If your average rpm was 3000 and you drove 20min..... 3000 x 20 = 60,000 rotations and thats the piston sweeping down the cylinder once and up the cylinder once.....basically 2 sweeps per rotation. So thats 120,000 sweeps!!!
If your average rpm was 3000 and you drove 20min..... 3000 x 20 = 60,000 rotations and thats the piston sweeping down the cylinder once and up the cylinder once.....basically 2 sweeps per rotation. So thats 120,000 sweeps!!!
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120,000 passes over the surface of the bore? I think that should be plenty to get the rings worn in.
Its sort of unbelievable when put it into mathematics! And thats the piston coming to a complete stop at the top and at the bottom!!! CHANGING DIRECTIONS!!!
Truly phenomenal!!
Truly phenomenal!!
Frank.JD.Perez
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makes me wonder how many passes i put on my car when im at the track... hmmm avg 17 minutes on track with a 7100rpm limit
also...run some race gas in that bish lol
also...run some race gas in that bish lol
I want to know if the CTS reading from the cylinder head reads the same or lower with the addition of the head cooling mod.
