The head gasket slayer!

[Lucalare]

Originally Posted by Cliff8928

There are plenty of rods out there that are made from aluminum... either forged or billet... Less mass=more HP.

Ok, I've never seen them, but like I said, I'm no expert.

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Looking good Chris

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Thread cleaned. Keep it that way. this is a good thread, I want to keep it open

[clutch1]

so awesome.

[wrestlingandrunning]

^^^Can we start a group buy for that lol

[xXManwhoreXx]

Originally Posted by tunerkid

well that's what i meant. using the multilayer ones are thicker for giving up a little less horsepower but can handle more boost pressures.
forged is another word aluminum. hence forged pistons
some racing style spoon engines used forged pistons for more power and those engines always have to be gone through

Your dumb spoon uses 100% OEM parts they just balance the entire rotating assembly so they rev high trust me they make like 140hp at the wheel at like 10k rpms... not a big deal..

anyways Chris hope you have luck with the cometic I have one too :-)


anyways you should have go the precision sc6262! such a nasty turbo! Garrets are now made by 12 year old asian kids in a tin warehouse lol! joking though haha

[[ion] C2]

I torqued the head to 88 lb-ft this time.

It would've been running last night, but I ripped out half of the threads in the head where one of the exhaust camshaft tower bolts go, which holds everything up. Just need to pick up a longer bolt from this Metric fastener store on Monday (nothing's ever open on the weekend -_-) and then we can get back in business.

[clutch1]

Originally Posted by tunerkid

forged is another word aluminum. hence forged pistons

Wrong. Forged means machined from a billet of metal, like via CNC.

Vs. Cast, which is metal poured into a mould for shaping.

[[ion] C2]

Originally Posted by clutch1

Wrong. Forged means machined from a billet of metal, like via CNC.

Did you smoke some of what he has before you posted that?

[cherrington17]

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

Did you smoke some of what he has before you posted that?

have you seen clutch's car? hes just sampling product!

[heineck]

Originally Posted by clutch1

Wrong. Forged means machined from a billet of metal, like via CNC.

Vs. Cast, which is metal poured into a mould for shaping.

[widbyj]

Forging is the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces. Forging can produce a piece that is stronger than an equivalent cast or machined part. As the metal is shaped during the forging process, its internal grain deforms to follow the general shape of the part. As a result, the grain is continuous throughout the part, giving rise to a piece with improved strength characteristics.

Conventional machining, one of the most important material removal methods, is a collection of material-working processes in which power-driven machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, and drill presses, are used with a sharp cutting tool to mechanically cut the material to achieve the desired geometry. Much of modern day machining is controlled by computers using computer numerical control (CNC) machining.

Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process.

Casting and forging both produce parts which need further machining to perfect surfaces before use. Forging will produce the strongest and usually lightest parts. Casting makes odd shapes easily, look at all the engine block. Machining parts from a solid block/billet of material may look nice but often is not as strong as cast or forged and is usually only done with aluminum, a soft metal.

For these reasons all of the best pistons are forged.

[clutch1]

Wtf that's what I've been told.

I remember specifically in my auto class some jackass telling me that a forged crank forged was a crank machined from a block.

Neeeeeeeevermind

[xXManwhoreXx]

lmao so much misinformation! who tunes your shit chris?

[heineck]

he does. you get it running yet C2?

[[ion] C2]

Originally Posted by heineck

he does. you get it running yet C2?

Tomorrow.

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

Just need to pick up a longer bolt from this Metric fastener store on Monday (nothing's ever open on the weekend -_-) and then we can get back in business.

[[ion] C2]

Back up and running. Cometic sealed and leak-free. Only thing left to do is install a gasket between the wastegate and dump tube because I forgot to and it leaks noise, and the turbocharger oil feed fitting leaks oil a little still, so new fitting for that.

[Malibu369258]

Looking good, I see you got yourself a new coolant reservoir.

[[ion] C2]

Forgot to mention that. It's nice to have one whose cap screws on and off properly. I broke 3 replacement caps on the stock unit. Plus I can actually see the coolant through this one, but the carbon fiber cover will go on soon again.

Once I'm sure everything is set I'll get some videos.

[[ion] C2]

Drove it home, exhaust leak fixed. Minor oil leak at the turbo from a previous incident, new fitting arriving tomorrow.

Hopefully the cooling system will be all bled tomorrow and running nice and chill like it used to (just a hair under 1/2, always, which is 180-195)....