it lives!!!!!!!!!!!!

[selmerguy]

well the last week has been fun and long. here was my problem. i just blew my motor cause my boost spiked from 5.6 psi to about 14.(make sure you tighten the vacuum for the wastegate real good ) destroyed two pistons . so not to far after that i got orders to move from ga to mo. the army being the great organization it is, would not ship my car within the USA so i spent the money to get a performance rebuild kit from concept illusions.(they rock) and then i kinda ran out of money so i built the motor myself. i have never built a motor before and had about 2 months to do it. so i got it all togeather and started it up. it idled for about 20 mins just fine and then it died. and would not start again(no fire) so i pulled the valve cover and had my wife hit the starter and to my suprise the cam gear on the exhaust side spun but the cam didn't this was all about a week from the time i had to leave. i got another head for 300 and i actually used a torque wrench on the cam caps and it ran good. so i drove from augusta ga to ft Leonard wood mo on a brand new not broken in motor that i built......... the car made it just fine and i ran 8 psi of boost. so i am relocated here in the middle of bum fuc$ egypt(Mo) but i got to keep my car. thanks for all the help on my little project guys and gals. and i hope to be a little more help on this site with my little experience.

 

[XMasta19]

congratulations

good job guy

 

[SnoopySLR]

Lets see some pics!

 

[selmerguy]

i uploaded to my profile. i can't post pics on the thread cause i don't know how to resize them.

 

[SnoopySLR]

hows that oil filter adapter workin for you? I got one, but don't use it because it makes the oil filter hang too low.

 

[selmerguy]

i have busted 3 oil filters since i moved to missouri. in ga it was fine but here the roads suck. as far as a oil supply it works great. i get my supply for the turbo, my oil pressure and my oil temp out of it. i am Trying to find a short oil filter for it.

 

[SnoopySLR]

I wish I remembered the number of the filter I used... I went to autozone with my stock filter and how thick the adapter was, then found a filter that would hang at stock hight.

 

[selmerguy]

dude!!!! if you can find that number it could save me a lot of troubles.

 

[White97eclipse]

Awsome! Which rebuild package did you get? and how long did it take to ship?

 

[selmerguy]

i got the stage 2. I think the only difference between the stage 2 and 3 is you get a crank with the 3. I didn't even turn my crank is was well within spec. it took about 2 weeks but they forgot to ship my main bearings. so that took another week or so after i got my first package. you might want to check in to them now cause i heard they are making a 2.4 stroker kit.