Well I am in a drafting program and I need to do a final project. It should be something that would benefit humanity or somehow be beneficial. I would design it on a CAD program and would be able to send it to a machine to make a 3D model. Im having trouble coming up with some good ideas so I...

check to make sure the neck on the radiator(where the hose goes on to) isnt cracked. My buddy just had this problem. It was just sliding off the cracked neck.

its coated both in and out. Guess I will just keep it them. Seems the save a lot of parts.

Right now I have a fp race mani that is ceramic coated and I have a jmf heat shield for it . I am wanting to sell the heat shield and was wondering how important is it? What would be affected by the high engine bay temp? I do have my air filter in the wheel well so it is getting cold air. So...

exactly, no reason to try to reach a cars top speed on public roads.

well the car seems to run real good. Maybe it is just phantom knock, but its still pulling my timing. I have a keydiver chip with a stock 2g timing map on it. Any way to see if its just phantom knock?

I have my stock boost guage set to read knock. When I'm cruising in 4th(auto) and hit some low boost (5psi) trying to speed up, I notice that its getting some knock. Any ideas?

fp88? you mean the 82? I plan on running it with a 2.3 maybe, to get the spool down a bit.

Anyone running this turbo? Hows the spool up on a 2.0? I looking to keep a dsm exhaust housing so that it will bolt up to my fp mani. I used to run a 2.3 with the fp3065. I just want to see how this turbo would be on a 2.0 .no body ever ran one? Not too much actual data on it.

500awhp will be nothing for your rod/piston combo. Dont even worry about them.

how much $ in fines you think you'll get?

Do you have to remove the radiator to remove the ac condenser? I never really looked at it closely when working on my car. Whats would be the easiest way?

yea, I will have to get new connectors. As long as it doesnt stat open then that cant cause my problem. I will be looking at some more things tomm then. Thanks so far!

Will do. Just another thought. A couple of the plugs that go on the injectors cracked. I was still able to get the plugs on but they dont clip in anymore. If one happened to get loose, would the injector be stuck open and shoot fuel in or would it not work and have no fuel go through it?

yea, i dont get pressure until I start cranking. My car always had trouble starting after it sat for a couple hours. It would just want to die and I could smell raw gas. But my oil would akways be good. This just started a week ago.

yea, Im trying to lol. I hooked up my dads snap on scan tool and monitored some things. Looks like the coolant temp sensor is working right and the o2 voltages were always changing. Is that right?

how would I be able to test and see if its the injector?

Im pretty sure the pcv valve is working fine. I do have a check valve in line. My fuel pressure always drops to 0 when I shut the car off so I dont think a leaking injector would let too much fuel past it without pressure. And I just have a keydiver chip for my 880 injectors. I had it for over a...

Not too much miles on the rebuild...about 5000. Never had this problem before this. My fuel pressure is at 43 psi on my afpr. I am getting pretty bad gas mileage. Not sure what to do. Im gonna hook up a scan tool tomm to make sure my coolant temp sensor is working. How can I check the o2 sensor?

I just changed my oil today and noticed that it really smelled like raw gas. I have never smelled it like that. And this oil is really new, just a week of use. I had it in to flush the engine after a head gasket failure. I dont know what could be wrong. Nothing has changed, and it runs the same...

I will deff change the oil twice but im just wondering if the bearings would get damaged from driving a couple min with the milky oil?

I just called the machine shop. They use a stone grinder so that seems ok. He really seemed like he knew what he was talking about.But, do you think my bearings are still ok with running with oil like that? I didnt run it long and only 10 min with fresh oil yesterday after replacing the...

thanks for the help. I am looking at the links right now.When I call the machine shop, How should I ask how they resurface the head? What the right way?

I used a felpro gasket with a little bit of copper spray on it. I'm gonna have my dad take a look at it later today. It will probly have to come off again:cry:

Ok, so last week while driving on the highway I noticed the temps starting to rise. I checked it out and my coolant was boiling from the over flow tank. I got towed the next day and ran a leak down test and the head gasket was blown. The oil was all milky. We replaced the gasket and flushed the...

anyone know of anyplace or somebody that powder coats? Im looking to get my valve cover done and dont want to ship it out.

Ill be down for something around Reading. Ill keep checking this thread.

I have my chip set for 750 rpm idle. Im trying to set it for 1000 so that I have higher oil pressure at idle. I adjusted the BISS by turning it out and it seems to hold at 1000 but sometimes surges. Do I need a new chip for 1000 idle so that it will idle right?

just curious, why would the filter effect oil pressure? Is it because of how they flow? And did you notice an increase in oil pressure at idle too?

someone should really start making them again. Im sure they could sell a bunch.

I know they don't sell them anymore but is there anyplace that can make them still? I have it ceramic coated but I still feel like its emitting a lot of heat, plus having both would always be better:rocks:

how do you take them off?

ok, I will get some primer. Thanks for the help.

could I just wet sand it with a fine sand paper and is primer really needed?

I need to repaint my side view mirrors. I got some black and clear spray paint made for autos. Is it easy to remove the mirrors or should I just tape up and paint them on the car? How should I sand it to prepare the surface? I never really painted body parts:p

62 at idle? I have about 10 psi at idle warmed up and have no problems. Its about 40-50 cruising and about 100 at redline.

What kind of projectors should I look for If i wanted to do a retrofit?

I also just changed mine. Yes, you should replace the gasket. They're not too expensive. I had no problems with breaking the studs. Maybe spray to pb blaster if your worried.

Im thinking about upgrading my tranny cooler for my auto with a cooler from IPT. Im not sure which way to mount it. I could just move it to the passenger side and bypass the radiator or I could put it in place of the stock cooler where it is inline with the radiator. Which way do you think would...

+1:d

I'm just gonna keep it how it is and see if there is a leak. If there is I will fix it next week. I just hope there isn't, but I guess we'll see.

Is there any way to fix it with the manifold on? And its not the middle one on the bottom.

I was putting on a new OEM 4 layer copper gasket and I got all the nuts torqued down good except for one. It would just get kinda tight but never fully tight. I noticed that it was pulling the stud out of the head. I still have the nut on the stud just not very tight. You guys think I will have...

yea, thats one mani. And you cant even compare the fp mani cracking to ebay manifolds cracking.

uhh, no. The fp mani rarely cracks.

try dejon tool

Anyone know of a place that will buy used cams? I have my stock turbo cams laying around taking space. Maybe a shop that grinds cams like Delta? Just looking to get rid of them.

So WITH a restrictor, a -10an drain will be enough? Its only not enough when running unrestricted?

I want to install 6.5 inch speakers in the front doors but the mounting holes do not line up because the speaker is smaller. Do they make mounting plates or anything for this?

7 blade flows more so that one