So yeah. I finally got the car out of the garage today. I didn't even plan on leaving the neighborhood, I just wanted to drive her once around the block to see how everything was running. She had no hood and was extremely dirty, nevertheless it felt great.

I was in second gear and wanted to see if I got the vacuum lines and turbos in right so I gave it a little gas only hitting 4 or 5 psi. The exact moment I hit 5 psi I heard a huge pop from the engine bay (i know a backfire when I hear one and this was no backfire). The idle still seemed smooth and the map sensor is still connected.

I am under the impression that if it is an apex seal, it would idle like ****. What can I check besides obvious compression test?

 

damn man sorry, i just took my single turbo which is no where near ready out for a spin and its havin all kinds of drivetrain alignment issues (I THINK, didn't check my bushings, though)

Rebuild coming your way or what?

 

yeah. the good news is that after I rebuild the engine, I will have rebuilt everything (transmission, turbos and engine).

Going single huh? Let me life vicariously through you until I complete my rebuild!






Seriously.

 

What does your boost/vacuum gauge read?

If your idle is still smooth, i doubt you blew a seal. You'll know right away at idle if you lost an apex.

Now a cracked apex, thats a different story. Ill let the vets chime in on that one.

 

Will they crack if they weren't warm enough but got too much pressure?

 

Car was completely warm before I boosted at all. ALWAYS!



Anyway, one of the intercooler pipes popped off, thank god. Scared the **** out of me. Atleast I'll be able to hit 10 psi before a seal goes.

 

ive had the IC pipe slip because of too much oil gettin past the turbos and eventually the seal became very slippery. a loud shotgun like sound.. what did yours sound like?

 

yup. a shotgun would best describe it.

Hit me up when you get your car running. I would like to take a look at it. What side of town you live on?

 

you dont wanna see the auto.. you will cry

 

No.

These motors don't blow that freaking easily guys . As soon as I read the first post I knew what had happened.