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Attachment 673834 Attachment 673835 Fuel pump things! Attachment 673836 Walbro 255 from before Attachment 673837 Aeromotive 340 https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps729f48a5.jpg Turbo parts Attachment 673838 Attachment 673839 Restrictwhore https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psa0da3fec.jpg Attachment 673840 Return line stuffs Attachment 673841 Attachment 673842 |
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Test fit new cover, sexxxy.
Attachment 673820 150KMs on my setup, lots more before boost comes in. This is the most current engine bay picture. Attachment 673821 |
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love this car, most intense dorito i have seen yet! please help me build mine lol
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awesome work! looks and sounds like a rotary should. can't wait to see what happens when you're able to start pushing it.
i'm curious though, what issues were you having with the ACT clutch? |
Originally Posted by Cuzzynz
(Post 11452673)
love this car, most intense dorito i have seen yet! please help me build mine lol
Originally Posted by diabolical1
(Post 11453019)
awesome work! looks and sounds like a rotary should. can't wait to see what happens when you're able to start pushing it.
i'm curious though, what issues were you having with the ACT clutch? The clutch was an ACT sprung 6 puck that I bought used from someone locally. They had some kind of problem with the flywheel they used with it, so they slid shims under the pressure plate to correct it. It ended up wearing the one side of the disk substantially, and was weird in my car. At the time, I just needed a clutch stronger than stock and it was very cheap. They are great clutches though! I've run them in other cars with great results. |
Glease smells
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Well look who it is!
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Haven't Updated in a while.
Got my resistor pack together to run my injectors, at this point I was ready to tune for some power. https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...pse4eddf39.jpg Attachment 670597 Attachment 670598 Attachment 670599 https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps504cc865.jpg Awesome view from an apartment Attachment 670600 After making a decent power for a bit, I ended up cracking the front housing of the engine. Blew every drop of oil out really fast at the top of 4th gear just near my house. Shut it down in time, unfortunatly had to yank the engine again though. Oil everywhere. It sprayed under the car and up the back from the speed. Thank goodness didn't start a fire. Attachment 670601 Attachment 670602 Attachment 670603 Attachment 670604 Attachment 670605 Attachment 670606 |
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Attachment 670586 Oh hello! Attachment 670587 Thanks to xBot, we towed the car with his trailer to his house and power washed it there. Attachment 670588 Attachment 670589 Attachment 670590 Attachment 670591 xbotted the car back home, started on getting the engine out. Really fast job now! Attachment 670592 Attachment 670593 Attachment 670594 Attachment 670595 Attachment 670596 |
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Manifold is holding up really well, glad I got the chance to inspect it all.
Attachment 670581 Attachment 670582 https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/...psaefcf670.jpg Attachment 670583 Attachment 670584 Now just waiting for parts to get here, and getting the new front iron ported. Should be back together real soon. |
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its amazing to see all the pictures of this cars life.. let alone seeing the car in person ha bad ass
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I really like your work. How many lbs of boost were you pushing in that video with your front mount?
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no update glease?
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Originally Posted by takeajourney
(Post 11533770)
I really like your work. How many lbs of boost were you pushing in that video with your front mount?
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Well, I should probably finish documenting all of this. When I last updated, I had cracked the front iron and pulled the engine out / apart.
Got another front iron ported from Schlodes and gaskets in. Attachment 662496 Attachment 662497 Inspected eccentric shaft for damage Attachment 662498 Washed and ready for assembly Attachment 662499 Attachment 662500 Attachment 662501 Attachment 662502 Attachment 662503 Spent a long time polishing things that got ruined with the oil spraying everywhere. Attachment 662504 Attachment 662505 |
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Got the car running that weekend, made gobs of power. Broke another front iron a few days after. Same conditions, conservative timing, loads of fuel, and meth. Found it was having an ignition problem at high rpm from spark plug wires touching each other. "Cross Fire"
So, John (xbot) and Steve were there to tow my junk home, again. Attachment 662484 Engine back out Attachment 662485 This shows how identical the break was Attachment 662486 Sharpie still Attachment 662487 SOOOO, I bought new wires, and tried it one more time. Attachment 662488 Building it again. Attachment 662489 Attachment 662490 Attachment 662491 Attachment 662492 Attachment 662493 Running again, right before a car meet Attachment 662494 THEN found out the rear iron also broke the last time, and I didn't know it. I shut the car off so fast when it blew up last to keep the oil in the pan that there was no sign. I also didn't inspect the other plates very closely as the damage to the front was pretty apparent. So, I had freshly rebuild engine that was still blown up. Didn't even leave the shop. Attachment 662495 |
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So, after all the smoke settled, and I thought about it, I decided enough with rotary. I pulled out everything rotary and sold it all.
Pulling the engine out for the final time. This time with the trans Attachment 662480 Attachment 662481 Washed it, and put it under a cover. Attachment 662482 Attachment 662483 So now i'm building a 4.8L LS Turbo engine to put in. I really hate to just leave all this work on the rotary like that, but I just feel like i'll never be able to make reliable power with it. The LS will do that really well. I know i'll take lots of grief for it, but I really did give this an honest try, and put lots of time effort and money into it. Hope this build can encourage other people though! |
Apologies if I missed this, but why did you never pin your motor? A 5-pin would've been perfect for your setup.
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That would have been the next step for me, but these engines weren't dying from twisting. It was from cross firing. I would have otherwise been right at the limit for a non dowel engine.
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Normally I hate seeing people ditch the rotary but with the luck you had with that motor I can't say I blame you. Real nice build thread though, I'm impressed with the fab skills.
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Thanks so much for reading though this, really appreciate it! The car has made a bit of progress, should see the road by fall. Still going to build myself another rotary!
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