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10-11-2018, 01:16 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread 2019 Sixthsphere Calendars in What's Going On?

I'll sign up for one

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10-11-2018, 08:15 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Bob Gonzales - POS SL1.414213562^2 (Leaks R Us) in Member's Project Builds

Bump. Guess I'll blab on about current status and mods in here again. I also still have that one cracked/warped manifold from...

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10-10-2018, 01:10 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

Couldn't tell you since I just ran them. I hadn't looked into that before

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10-10-2018, 11:25 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread 2019 Sixthsphere Calendars in What's Going On?

Darcy-Darcy, my darlin' dearrrrrrrrrr

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10-10-2018, 07:45 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

I'll pull things out tonight and put them in baggies. Tomorrow I'll bring them up to Schmidt racing to see how much material they think needs to...

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10-10-2018, 05:03 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

Here's a video of the piston clearance. I knew that there was additional clearance for piston growth, but not that much. Cylinder 4 was a bit...

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10-10-2018, 02:54 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

I don't have a bore gauge to measure. But I'll spin the motor to see how the pistons/rings move around it.

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10-09-2018, 08:25 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

Jay revealed the magic of the public storage to me. Thanks man! Here is the link to the full sized image ...

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10-09-2018, 07:43 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

And I have the hardest time uploading pics on here now...

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10-09-2018, 07:39 AM

alexofnazareth started a thread Cylinder bulge? in Technical

After pulling the head off last night, I found that Cyl. 4 had some ridges on what feels like a bulge in the cylinder wall. I haven't pulled the...

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10-09-2018, 07:22 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Guess i'll move this discussion to technical.

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10-08-2018, 09:30 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Can't upload pics, but cylinders 1 and 4 burnes the head gasket pretty good. Unfortunately I found that on the exhaust side of the cylinder wall on...

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10-07-2018, 06:20 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Turbo Blankets in Turbo / Supercharger

Yeah, I can imagine the cheap ones getting crumbly and falling apart. I'll hop on summit and check out their wares.

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10-07-2018, 06:14 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Shifting at 6500 brought me out of full boost. I'd agree with you if I could rev higher and shift later into 3rd. Also I'm not sure how much power...

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10-07-2018, 01:16 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread What did you do to your car today? in What's Going On?

Tally up another head gasket K.I.A ;D

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10-07-2018, 12:22 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Ended up running into the same guy and a group he was racing with. Turns out he wasn't completely on it, which makes me feel like a nüb. ...

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10-06-2018, 10:01 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

The jerking was due to Accel enrich settings being way too high and adding a bunch of fuel causing it to bog and surge. Got that mostly dialed. ...

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10-05-2018, 07:43 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Two things I need to figure out: 1. How to make the coilovers less bouncy over rough road. 2. When I hit bumps, see if there is a way...

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10-04-2018, 08:22 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Found out I had the wrong wideband settings. I followed the DIYautotune instructions and got that sorted out. The gauge was accurate all along, so...

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10-03-2018, 06:37 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread SRT-4 Swapped L200 in Ecotec and Beyond

Yeah don't know what to say. I can't upload pics via my phone either. Email the pics to your computer, save them to the hard drive, then upload...

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10-02-2018, 10:14 AM

alexofnazareth started a thread Turbo Blankets in Turbo / Supercharger

Is there a preferred brand that isnt supremely expensive for a blanket? Im figuring the fan will be too close to deal with the full brunt of the...

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10-02-2018, 09:50 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread SRT-4 Swapped L200 in Ecotec and Beyond

So you're swapping the 2.4 with an auto trans into the car?

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10-02-2018, 06:59 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread What did you do to your car today? in What's Going On?

Woke up at 5am and swapped out the injectors. Car fires on 4 cylinders again. Need to bolt the fender back on and change some fluids before its...

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10-01-2018, 12:08 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread Back into the saturn in n00b Section/Welcome Center

DORIFTO. Mid-engine turd...maybe if it was a wagon. lol

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10-01-2018, 12:04 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread New here, 93 SW2 in n00b Section/Welcome Center

So is your image NA or turbo? For obvious reasons we steer people away from turbos since they more often than not spend the rest of their lives on...

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09-30-2018, 06:56 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

After rerouting the wiring and thinking about that loose connection, that's the like culprit to fry the injectors. It didn't help that I had 10 amp...

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09-27-2018, 11:28 AM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

Im tempted to take apart one of the failed injectors to figure out what it looks like inside. The 1000cc injectors looked melted, but the Siemens...

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09-26-2018, 09:31 PM

alexofnazareth replied to a thread General Calibration Questions in Tuning / Fuel Management

The snap wrapping I was talking about is that plastic, corrugated tubing that protects the harness inside of it. But I am going back through and...

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