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Raspberry flavoured methanol acquired, time to add some timing

Fixed the boost leak by welding a pipe onto the outlet of the turbo. Turned it back up to 24psi and it loved it. Farken thing hits boost like a mofo now, like a light switch lol. It also tolerates 12 degrees of timing at that boost level which is unheard of on 98, so that rear housing must be night and day better than the stock housing. Hmmm, I wonder what would happen if I pulled some timing for safety and asked it for 30psi? Coming to you in a future episode of Puffwagon's Territory Adventures

I did it more so to use less fuel, picking up 10 or 20kw is neither here nor there for me.

Thanks Andrew two nights down and I'm loving it more and more. Even took public transport to my workplace's Melbourne city office and it wasn't a huge increase compared to where the rental was, so that's acceptable. morning all, happy Wednesday 🧰

Yep it holds it to 6400 where the rev limiter is. This car would be perfect for traffic light drags if that's your thing. My nearest traffic light is probably 30km away so the big turbo was never really an issue, I could just wait for the 100kph sign and let it rip. With the converter, it'll hold 3500rpm and full boost on the converter but that just smashes the tires. It is noticeably better with normal driving though, you can get it boosting in the blink of an eye. Power wise it's getting back to the point where you can't really floor it very often, cos it hits the speed limit too quickly. Once I have the water meth system set up properly, I will push it to where the turbo runs out, just to see where that is. I suppose that'll be 30psi/600awkw but we'll see how that goes.

So far I've only just got it running today and I've only got water in it. Seat of the pants is farking ridiculous but I've yet to plug in the laptop to see what it's doing. The tune was getting borderline hectic for 98, but still ok, so it'll be interesting to see how it's changed. My dyno install has been set back a few weeks, but I'll be sure to lay down the data nice and thick when it's in.

Fitted my Aquamist water meth kit today, could have done that 3 years ago but here we are lol. I only fitted a couple of jets to the intake pipe, it'll be enough for now. Later when things ramp up I'll do the direct port install. I only have to fit a few trim pieces back to the car and it's all done. Took frigging ages but you get that on a first attempt. I'll head down and get a 20L drum of methanol on Monday, but I'll look into getting a 200L from cos it's roughly 2/3 the price of smaller quantities. So yerp, I'll be able to run E85 levels of timing going forward, and it made 503awkw @23psi last time I had this turbo on E85. Should be a decent upgrade.

Internet is out today, got bored, turned the car up. It was running 17psi so I sent it to 20psi and it was all good. Sent it to 24 and despite closing the gate it only made 22psi up top. It has reached the limit of the valve springs, it literally hit an imaginary wall at 5000rpm. Oh well, I'll turn it back down to 20psi and look into putting some hectic springs and retainers in it. At this rate I may as well chuck my hectic cams in it too, cos it's never fast enough apparently

Thanks Puff. My pistons are good but to check you have to take the seals off. With the multi grips, how would you go about doing without scratching the piston on its way out? I used the caliper off and the brake pedal method with the caliper still hoooked up. Once the pistons are near the end of their range, you can twist and wiggle them out. To put the boot back in and get it to seal inside the caliper lip is a pin until I found this video. Heaps of people stated they pressed it with a screwdriver, their finger or something else in videos and forum but I found some part always came out and the video below was the best and most logical method to get the boot in. Protex front caliper kit is this one. Guy at the parts store said that from AU onwards, they are all the same seal sizes! Found my local auto shop had the Protex kit. Looks like this for anyone if they need a reference. I'll try sealant with the oil sump. I've done my front main seal and there is no oil leaking from the sump gasket I can see. I've cleaned it a few times and you can see one very very tiny hole. I reckon the sealant should work a treat. If the oil gets on the sealant then I know it wasn't the tiny little hole I thought of. Thanks Puff and El Andrew.

I went to ebay and typed in Falcon caliper kit and this was one of many listings. Use a pair of multi grips to remove the piston. That bit on the sump is from when the sump was cast in the foundry. If you are adamant that it is leaking from there then you can either get it welded, chuck some JB weld or fuel tank putty etc over it.

This is not how you check the level. It has to be dead cold and then you check it, you are probably 600mL to 1L low on fluid still. Do this before you pull the trans apart.

Indeed. Did some car fixing today, 2 steps forward, one step back. Oh well I'll have another go at it tomorrow and it'll be sorted.

My car is making a bit over 700hp at the wheels, it's on boost instantly, straight to peak torque thanks to the converter and will hook up from a 50 roll. I give it a solid maybe/10

Car is still going hard, gonna go to roll racing tomorrow and hand out the chop. Will bring the laptop and turn it up more if needed lol.

Here's a couple of pics

Ok I bought a boat, here's a pic.

Boat licence acquired, a whole bunch of fit out and other stuff acquired, boat is ready for action. Just gotta wait for a semi decent day and get out there!

Turns out I was wrong, the missus won't let me shag her in the boat in the front yard while it's freezing wet weather. Apparently you were right, there's better places lol. I'll post a pic in the appropriate thread tomorrow... Of the boat that is

Just bought a boat. Had to drive nearly an hour and a half each way but it's home now. How sick would a cruise be that involved water skiing up the river?!

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You're always welcome here mate, holidays right now lol

Finally bought my own ladder multi-function aluminium (as pictured) hopefully it'll last longer than me, based on how well-regarded Bailey ladders are.

yeah, your life doesn't suck bro! you had lasagne so that's a huge win

Pins will open up, even after a single encounter. It's worth a check, although you have already assessed it multiple times.

Unplug and replug is a common fix for this type of scenario. Contacting customer support for the unit is also a first port of call.

It was good food, of course one of the kids complained about it, another one couldn't keep his mouth shut after dinner and lost his dessert and the car is still hauling ass thanks. FML

You know what time it is!!!

yeah, going to smash through as much as I can this weekend, yeah... we'll see... short cold days are a bit of a pain, but liveable. Good stuff on playing the guitar properly

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It currently works based off injector duty cycle, although there is the provision for map input. It comes on at about 20% duty cycle and the injectors are maxing out at 65% up top. The water meth unit is operating at about 50% capacity right now, it can be adjusted up and down and also the injection slope can be modified to flow more or less up top. Hmmm nitro sounds expensive in more ways than one lol

Well it's happy with 13 degrees in the middle and 16 up top, still at 26ish psi. Dunno what it's making for power but my guess is low to mid 500s. So yerp there's that, I don't really have any other plans for it right now. I was gonna send the turbo a bit harder and I still might, but I'm just gonna enjoy it for a while before I do more wrenching.

Yep I have noticed the long duration pulls have benefitted immensely with the water, as far as keeping the iat low and the timing stable. I do have a hygrometer but it's for home brew, not fuel mixing. I'll just mix it by volume, it's good enough, not that crucial and the knock control is in the tune rather than the addition of the water meth. The fuel can change up or down a point, I've got it very rich anyway cus it still has stock turbo pistons. For example, I could switch the water off and the current tune will be fine, it just pulls all the timing after a long run.

EGT's with a decent duration (drag strip or high speed full throttle on the highway) is where it makes a big difference along with lower intake temps. Fwiw, I always mix ratios by weight not volume. Probably not hugely critical with water/meth injection unlike making RC car nitro mixes but we mixed our water/meth via weight as well... You've probably got a hydrometer though.

Yep it goes pretty good hey. It's now on 26.5psi, 98 octane fuel, 6 degrees of timing, water injection and is a little bit quicker than the clip. I tried a launch and let a fair bit of the smoke out of the front tyres in first and second. I've organised to purchase some methanol tomorrow and I'll have that after lunch. That is what will allow me to safely increase timing and make more power. At this stage of the tune, each degree will pick up around 15kw at the wheels. I'll update as things progress

fair dinkum, it's a great feeling will have to sort out a few things before posting in the "houses" thread.

yep, sleeping at the new house tonight first time loving being here in comparison to the rental.

Almost everything got moved; the movers were around all day. Bit of a shame it's not completely done but everything will now fit in a car in a few more car loads, so no big deal there. Fun times. My missus has so much crap it's ok, we'll cut down a bit with a hard-rubbish collection in the next few days/weeks.

absolutely... I moved so many times when I was younger and it's a huge pain in the butt every single time... but now that I've bought a house it's worth paying for it to be moved into. Smashing through it and a couple more hours to go.

morning all, happy Monday ⛓️ It's the big move day for me. Excited to have all of the stuff moved by professionals.

I dont know why he does this to me, makes mine look so slow.. I might need a bigger turbo... Haha nah looking good mrpuff.

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Here's a video boys, this is 98 and water injection with 24psi of boost https://I.imgur.com/CMgtKlp.mp4 @k31th can you embed please?

Lol I made a hella update post a few pages back. So now it is the same but new optitorque head studs and thinner head gasket. And it's all in the turbo car instead of the na car.

Exciting times bro

No it won't do that, it'll just dry in place.

Looks like I jumped the gun, the springs are rated for 24psi and I thought they were done. Turned out I had blown a hole in a silicone coupler. Oh well, someone has to post the downs with the ups

morning all, happy Thursday ⚖️ Settlement day for my house purchase 🏡 to say I'm excited is an understatement. Updates to come in the "house etc" thread.

Just finished my car...I repainted it....basically rebuilt it from ground up, engine, suspension drive line, interior....and got a plate that reflected it's performance. Cheers....

More for wet weather and emergency braking on front. Front end grip is superb, will oversteer before understeer. Rears can grip in dry 450rwkw manual on the straight, but only when warm. I do have upgraded driveline and diff though. R888R is a bit better on rear for dry straight line grip, but for a predominantly street car is way too noisy.

you can use a long screwdriver as a sort of crude stethoscope to help pinpoint which part of the engine is emanating the sound you speak of.