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Wow, 500 miles out of that build. Somehow I was hoping for more. I just checked the compression on the dead cylinder, 20psi, a bit low perhaps? So much for Turbo Thunder or the Canadian SyTy nats, I spent all of my money getting this rebuild done and now have nothing left to have the engine...

That since I was still in park something was obviously not working right with datalogging in TunerPro. Anyone have any tips on this? It's been hugely unreliable for me. I tried datalogging with it about 8 times, I actually was able to read values once that looked someone realistic. Other...

I'm experiencing quite a bit of knock. I've read a zillion threads on diagnosing it so I'm not looking for any help there (yet). One of the steps many people say to take is to use higher octane gas which costs too damn much money for me or to reduce timing. If I find my knock is real I'll...

Oil is getting past my turbo seals. I plan on sending it off to be rebuilt but last time it was rebuilt it only lasted a few thousand miles before it started happening again. I just picked up a book on turbocharging and it mentions that most turbos can only take around 25-50psi of oil pressure...

I just rebuilt my engine, with the same parts it had before due to rod knock. The previous engine had less than 10k on it and had no compression issues, just rod knock. I put my rebuilt engine in and now am stumped on what the hell is going on. It runs fine down low, when I start to build a...

I've been getting frustrated with this damn truck but just kept telling myself that I was close to having it back together and everything would be good again. If only it were true :( The check engine light is now coming on if I give it any boost, like 10lbs even. It goes off after a while...

Ok, so it was just around the block. At least it moved under it's own power. Couldn't go any further as I dont' have any cladding, license plates, or bed on the truck. I'll be picking up my new hood and bed tomorrow, along with most of my cladding. STILL waiting on my cladding from Rockford...

Will I run into any problems doing this? Seems like the angle of the mounts wouldn't allow it. Are the steel pads used for solid/poly mounts slotted? Sure, I could pull mine and check but if someone allready knows you'd save me a lot of time. I'm having an issue with clearance on my...

I realize this may not be entirely accurate but for guesstimation purposes is there a formula or multiplier to use to convert flow numbers from 25" to 28" of water? My friend has a set fo vortecs that have had extensive porting done, mine have had little and I'm curious to compare our flow...

Bolting everything possible on the engine before dropping it in. Had my buddy make me some little heat shields in an attempt to not melt my new poly mounts. Dropping it all in.

I finally threw my engine back in my truck today and found the crossover pipe to my Kenny Belle headers is having clearance issues. It touches the frame on the passengers side and touches the steering arm (the one on the steering box) when I have the wheel turned sharply. Is this normal for...

Finally got my engine back and am ready to install it this weekend. I need to remove my ABS unit to make room for my new pre-luber and have finally come to the realization that the ABS delete kit that I ordered months ago is not going to come anytime soon. Even though I stated that I have a...

So first I got the wrong bumper cover when I won one on ebay. Next I have two pieces of cladding coming from Rockford Racecraft which through no fault of theirs (fed ex screwed up) got sent to the wrong guy. He was supposed to forward it on to me but somehow it ended back at Rockford Racecraft...

I was over at a friends house today helping him work on his Sycone. He just had a rebuild, about 500 miles on it, never been over 16lbs of boost. He's been having huge amounts of oil blowing out his pcv valve. It was going into his intake, so much it was puddling. He removed the pcv valve...

My buddy has a FAST system in his truck and we're not sure that his knock sensor is working properly, or is sensitive enough. He hit 41lbs of boost last time at the track (waaayyy overboosted, he didn't have an electronic boost controller then) and burned a hole through one of his pistons and...

I just dropped the last of my parts off to my engine builder today and talked with him about clearances. I know stock the clearances get looser as you move from one end of the block to the other, but he said he'd be setting it up with race clearances (.400) since I have a high volume pump and...

This'll cause lots of trouble but hopefully I'll at least see a little action before I lose my license :D

I was about to install a ZQ8 steering box yesterday and decided to check the number of turns the box needed to go through it's range of motion (this is without the tie rods connected so steering stops weren't an issue. I found it took three turns, then tried it on the box in my truck and found...

My ABS doesn't work and I was just about to remove it but figured I'd check out the alternatives first. I do like the idea of ABS, but have read that our ABS was 1st gen and not very effective. Is there any way to swap out a newer gen ABS unit? Anyone tried/done it?

I'm having a hell of a time deciding which momo wheel to get, help! Here's what I'm trying to decide between: Momo Trek, I'm not sold on the shape, looks a bit too vertical where I'd have my hands most of the time, but damn it looks good to me. 13.8" Momo Commando R Chrome. Probably my...