TEA 1.5s
12-06-2010, 12:03 AM
#24
I think cometic can make you a gasket for whatever thickness you want. The problem is your compression is going to take a hit. Flycutting isn't really that hard to do. Are you going to have the engine in or out of the car?
Have you measured anything yet to even see if you need to cut?
Have you measured anything yet to even see if you need to cut?
12-06-2010, 12:47 AM
#27
Also I might have missed it but have you taken the heads to a machine shop to have them check to valve drop on the intake valve and compare it to a stock set of heads. I have that some people didn't have to cut with these heads so maybe you will get lucky.
12-06-2010, 11:34 AM
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Valve drop on my 62cc TEAs was .110 after a valve job which gave me another .015. I thought this number sounded very low until I contacted TEA and they said that was about right.
12-06-2010, 04:17 PM
#31
Wait so you "think" the dish magically makes it so you don't have to flycut? My flycuts cut into both the dished part of the piston and the outer edge....so you will have clearance issues there. No issues with spray and fly cuts FYI, just sand down the sharp edges and you should be golden.
12-06-2010, 10:35 PM
#33
Nope, stock LQ4, they see 16 pounds of boost, some times 18 stock, what is a little old 200 shot? Have sprayed 250 on stock LS1s with no issues, no biggie.
Dont think anything, asking questions and the fact is a dish piston gives leeway on PTV.
Hitting motor on N2) with the domes removed has made them weak and go bad, but that was forged, i dont think a stock piston would do much better.
Stock is .051? So going to .58 would be that big of a deal? I would hope not. Doing it right the first time seems to mean **** the TEA 5.3 and get a damn 243 that will work for sure with no fly cutting.
Wait so you "think" the dish magically makes it so you don't have to flycut? My flycuts cut into both the dished part of the piston and the outer edge....so you will have clearance issues there. No issues with spray and fly cuts FYI, just sand down the sharp edges and you should be golden.
Hitting motor on N2) with the domes removed has made them weak and go bad, but that was forged, i dont think a stock piston would do much better.
Stock is .051? So going to .58 would be that big of a deal? I would hope not. Doing it right the first time seems to mean **** the TEA 5.3 and get a damn 243 that will work for sure with no fly cutting.
12-07-2010, 12:12 AM
#36
just toss on some 799/243 or ported ones and fly cut. Probably had 100 bottles through one car with flycut pistons at .080 cuts with no issues. 150 shot with a GOOD tuneup on it. That means not running it excessively rich like 90% of the nitrous kits out there are setup out of the box.
