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Big day on the dyno today. We had to chase a few small issues. First was a sensor failure, then a misfire issue. We replaced the sender and installed another new set of plugs and the issues were resolved. We pushed the old girl as hard as we could, but had to pull it up due to the fuel pumps laying over. We ended up with 911 rwhp @ 26 psi. It look like I'll have to install a bigger gate springs and some 523/535 pumps to push it any further. Overall, I'm very happy with the results.

Nah haven't pulled the head off but while I was pulling the balancer I got an idea of the extent of the valve damage. There is still a bit of compression there so I expect most of the valves to be bent but not too much. I was decelerating when it let go and had it switched it off and into into neutral quick, so there should be minimal piston coating and valve seat damage. HP Junkie oil pump body is intact but cosmetically damaged. Atomic crank sprocket is toast, exhaust cam gear has a couple of chips on it but can still work, custom machined Atomic timing guide is fine, the alloy fixed guide is snapped at the base. I'll have to go through the oil pump to check nothing went through it and fingers crossed it's fine there. Bottom end, head and turbo etc will be fine, the filter would have picked up anything that went through the pump and the turbo has an extra filter. On the subject of the Atomic tensioner, there are wear marks on a couple of the teeth on the plunger, the spring lock has definitely been jumping over the teeth. Without the posi stop setup it would have failed much earlier. There is also significant marking on the inside of the timing cover where the M4? bolt has been backing out of the tensioner. There's only so much you can do with hardware that small. I have more to say on the matter but that'll do for now

It's all paid for, just waiting for the download link from PCMTec...

Anyone know a good puncture repair place?

You don't usually use loctite on the oil pump to block bolts, but in the case of revving the piss out of it, it might be worth doing. The bolts only get done up to 10nm so they may very well shear off trying to remove them, if they are loctited.

Loctite everything, even your wheel nuts

Hey Puff. thank you for your post. We've gone down a similar path, but we're adding 3 x addition 7/16 bolts and installing bigger, deeper dowels. We feel that the Atomic units are not long enough, which creates the ability for them to walk (pivot) and elongate the holes. This is what happened with my rig. Btw, how in your rig going? This is the jig that we made to facilitate the procedure. We will likely adapt atomics boss's into our design, so that we can drill and tap the holes straight. We will be running this system with all big hp Barra's moving forward. Thanks @k31th for providing the specific liks to Puff's thread. It saved me a lot of time.

Latest discussion of dowels starts about here in Puff's thread -> https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95767-puffwagons-territory-adventures/?do=findComment&comment=1715253 and ends about here -> https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/95767-puffwagons-territory-adventures/?do=findComment&comment=1715391

Yeah man, just some ideas to check. After the radio thing I'd be inclined to look into the battery health first.

I actually get more hyped up once I set foot in the gym compared to talking about it... yeah; I'm weird

I'll measure it for the plates we use commonly across Anytime Fitness gyms, if I can remember... Then bumper plates etc that are specifically for certain use-cases inside these AF's. They're all 20kg bars as far as I've experienced. Makes sense to run 5kg each side with a 10kg bar. I haven't deadlifted for a while and don't have it as part of my regimen as it's the one lift that I got the most niggles/injuries from, over a few years. But last time I did, I lifted 140kg for 3 but didn't try to lift anymore.

We drilled and tapped the crank today. I decided to install a new spigot and CSC and rear main while the box is out. I've gone back to the ARP bolts that I used previously, simply due to size constraints. We're still undecided on which 7/16 bolts we're goin to use. We'll sort that tomorrow and reassemble the car. I can't wait to drive it with this power. I'll post some pics soon.

Can it run Crysis?

+ this is good advice, I allways Loctite my spark plugs.

11300kcal in a jar... 1100kcal in 2 sammiches

Think I found my neighbourhood's new favourite song

Hehehe maybe that's why

yeah, it's a great way to go about it if you need 48hrs of rest for your whole body, like me ahha

I actually really enjoy training my dog, since the results speak for themselves

yep, I followed Zak's training advice throughout his videos and it's a great way to train a dog - force free and discomfort-free for the dog.

Still was a good clip to show how quickly dogs can be trained

Pretty sure over the house is 6 and out

A quick update on the car. It started to make a few funky noises on the last few runs on the dyno. So I borrowed a hoist and pulled the box (Again). It seems that the dowels have elongated the holes in the crank and flywheel, allowing it to twist and come loose. There was minimal metal transfer and all bolts were in place and still secured by the bolt retainer plate. In saying that, one bolt head broke off when I unfastened it with the rattle gun and another was bent. We put some thought into the cause of the failure and we surmise that the failure is due to hitting the limiter, causing extreme forces from the reverse rotating mass of the flywheel and triple plate clutch. So, we are drilling the flywheel and crank for an additional 3 x 7/16 ARP bolts, as well as larger dowels. I will not make a new fold plate, as I sourced one from Planet Parts. We will also be implementing either a timing retard or throttle reduction parameters 500 rpm before the limiter to soften its effect. I'll try to get some pics up as it progresses. Later...

Happy to help mate

PUFF You are a bloody legend! the manifold bolts were only hanging on by a thread and 3 of the 4 turbo flange bolts were loose too. Ticking noise is no more! appreciate the help!

yeah, I've got a tiny bit of DOMS but hardly noticeable. I probably needed to lift a little more

also if your tyres are worn it makes them like new too.

They help with focus, that's about it.

Nothing like an icypole straight after a workout

went to a gym I've only been to once before... it's a good'un. Smashed a workout and now I'm home. Going to sleep soonish, too, to top it off.

yeah, it's OK, it's peaceful... sututututu

Woo Tuesday fun 🐒

Yay Tuesday

Haha maybe next time

@Puffwagonyou can't tease me with a good time like that hahaha We've arrived at the airport, old mate is having a nap and I'm sinking down a Sapporo, courtesy of work. I can do this work travel thing more often

probably even better on IG I had a look, looks pretty good

You probably just covered the ABS sensor with shredded/melted tyre rubber.

Looks like it comes on very nicely for a 42!

Lovely

^^ does sound like the battery.

Haha that's gonna be a handful on the street. Good job man

yeah, it'll probably feel light to me until I do the weighted pull-ups, then I'll be at my limit

Yeah man I had a great workout today. Sweated my arse off but weights felt light.

perhaps... I guess it's not really worth considering. Can't wait to get in the gym this arvo

Keep pushing, few companies have been participating in 4 day work week studies. Overall not bad results. Some companies workflow & results improved while others worsened. Its a subject that will take time and research but I believe it can work!

Long weekend for WA, PH on Monday. Good to have a 3 day weekend every once and a while 😄

Finally edited together the footage in a way that really shows what I experienced and what the others experienced in the snowy section nearing Hotham Will probably put together a timelapse video of the entire trip, at some stage.

Well fark me, I'm gonna go out there and pull it off again. I'll get it dowelled one way or the other cos ain't nobody got time for sheared bolts. Plus I think my luck ran out on bolt number 5 today Haha it's pretty tempting to run the tig around that inner circle there

Nothing like a nearly 40 degree day to do some tuning but it is what it is. I put the car back on e85 today and after a bit of frigging around with fuelling and adjusting the preload with a crowbar, I got the comparison below. After doing some lower boost pulls I put the wgdc map at 100% with a desired boost of 30psi to make sure it was 100% the whole run. I was running into fuel pump issues with the intank 525 dropping from 58psi on the reg to 50psi for the run. It was supposed to ramp up to nearly 85psi so there's something to fix/upgrade another day. The plazmaman intercooler was doing a stand up job with iat's being about 12 to 15c above ambient through the run and 20 over at idle. Chucked some water on it and the iat's were 7c over ambient! The garrett turbo on the previous run wasn't at full send either so there could be plenty more mid range to be had there. GREEN - GTX G2 3582 1.06 38mm P&F T3 11.8 psi actuator RED - Pulsar GTX3584RS 1.06 40mm P&F T3 15psi actuator

Works well at 300rwkw, but what about at 500. My car would probably suck it in and eat the foam