***LQ4 S475 E85 Non-Intercooled - Daily Driver***
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I also just found the other screw from the TB in the #1 cylinder... woof.
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So, I got her all buttoned up last night after work... Started it, and there is a NASTY knock... I was so pissed. Felt dumb for thinking the engine was fine when it wasn't. So I went and did something else for a couple hours. Decided to try and diagnose the noise... found it was cylinder #1... pulled the valve cover and found that the pushrod wasn't seated correctly in the exhaust rocker! are you kidding me... another gross oversight... Fixed the issue(pushrod was fine, luckily) started her up, and she is just purring...
It actually makes me laugh now, listening to my old start-up videos... what I thought was just the sound of the cam was actually a dead cylinder... haha. because now it literally sounds like a stock ls1.
Such a friggin rollercoaster... Is it always like this?, or am I just an idiot..
I had her out this morning, tune is lean, now with an extra spark plug firing... so ill work on that tonight after work. Hopefully Ill be driving her around tomorrow.
It actually makes me laugh now, listening to my old start-up videos... what I thought was just the sound of the cam was actually a dead cylinder... haha. because now it literally sounds like a stock ls1.
Such a friggin rollercoaster... Is it always like this?, or am I just an idiot..
I had her out this morning, tune is lean, now with an extra spark plug firing... so ill work on that tonight after work. Hopefully Ill be driving her around tomorrow.
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Great, everybody makes those kind of rookie mistakes when you don't work on engines everyday and even if you do sometimes. Lol You thought it was fast on 7 cylinders wait until you get this thing tuned on all 8!! Be glad you broke it cruising and not at the track!
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So, I got her all buttoned up last night after work... Started it, and there is a NASTY knock... I was so pissed. Felt dumb for thinking the engine was fine when it wasn't. So I went and did something else for a couple hours. Decided to try and diagnose the noise... found it was cylinder #1... pulled the valve cover and found that the pushrod wasn't seated correctly in the exhaust rocker! are you kidding me... another gross oversight... Fixed the issue(pushrod was fine, luckily) started her up, and she is just purring...
It actually makes me laugh now, listening to my old start-up videos... what I thought was just the sound of the cam was actually a dead cylinder... haha. because now it literally sounds like a stock ls1.
Such a friggin rollercoaster... Is it always like this?, or am I just an idiot..
I had her out this morning, tune is lean, now with an extra spark plug firing... so ill work on that tonight after work. Hopefully Ill be driving her around tomorrow.
It actually makes me laugh now, listening to my old start-up videos... what I thought was just the sound of the cam was actually a dead cylinder... haha. because now it literally sounds like a stock ls1.
Such a friggin rollercoaster... Is it always like this?, or am I just an idiot..
I had her out this morning, tune is lean, now with an extra spark plug firing... so ill work on that tonight after work. Hopefully Ill be driving her around tomorrow.
I think you're the man being a "rookie" and undertaking a build like this. When I get the money to do my turbo build, I'm going to man up like you and give it a shot. I've got a cousin and a good friend that won't mind helping me out along the way, so I think I'll be fine. I find it inspiring that you were able to learn along the way, have issues and then solve them without doing any damage to your engine. I think that's what scares me the most; making a rookie mistake and doing a lot of damge to otherwise good parts.
I like how you did this non intercooled and I think I'm going to copy your build to a tee.
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I think you're the man being a "rookie" and undertaking a build like this. When I get the money to do my turbo build, I'm going to man up like you and give it a shot. I've got a cousin and a good friend that won't mind helping me out along the way, so I think I'll be fine. I find it inspiring that you were able to learn along the way, have issues and then solve them without doing any damage to your engine. I think that's what scares me the most; making a rookie mistake and doing a lot of damge to otherwise good parts.
I like how you did this non intercooled and I think I'm going to copy your build to a tee.
I like how you did this non intercooled and I think I'm going to copy your build to a tee.
but Im coming from a .700 lift 25x/26x cammed 454... so "rough" has a different meaning... this stock cammed 6.0 is like a kitten even with a dead cylinder.
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Having an over boost issue. Car hit 31# twice. During mid throttle(70%) low rpm(2000-4000RPM) pulls. Car spun, obviously.. Injector duty hit 120%, I wasn't logging AFR, neither of us saw it.
Im not sure what the issue is.
Im not sure what the issue is.
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Thanks guys.
I took the car out today, sans wastegate and she didn't build an ounce of boost, so I guess the issue is in the wastegate itself. Ill figure that out today, and I was gonna make a new burnout video to mark the end of the season in Michigan.
I took the car out today, sans wastegate and she didn't build an ounce of boost, so I guess the issue is in the wastegate itself. Ill figure that out today, and I was gonna make a new burnout video to mark the end of the season in Michigan.