FAO shaun

[PukkaSilvia]

oh ok your answer just seemed a bit like a retaliation.Nevermind.I must of mis-read it.Sorry.But the answer to your question is no. half the time it was at 14psi to get my turbo to last longer . towards the end of my 8v lumps past i didnt really care about the longitivity of the turbo and engine and gave it a beating.but it had a rolling road mapped 5th injector with controller box that allowed it to do much higher boost without underfueling.Did you think it was ok as i had run big boost?

Get a boost guage and then you will know if your boost controller is working correctly or not


So are you getting copper gaskets now or have you fitted standard ones again for the time being?

[adzs12]

I didnt plan to run higher boost than a bar, as i said untill i have the safc 2 plumbed in and the walbro etc installed. The walbro will be here this week so i best get the controller wired up.

I set my turbo up with my boost gauge that is accurate,but stuck my old one back in coz it matches my aftermarket rev clock.

Youve been lucky as a decent boost gauge came witrh yours, you know how it is , aslong as youve got one period,then you tend not to put it on your priority list especially when the car has been fine the rest of the time ive had it.

As for the gaskets yeah im using standard ones again at the moment, there fine still as all 6 nuts took a really firm gripon the new studs.

Il get a set of copper ones and fit them when i can be arsed or the standard ones blow again. I havent even mentioned the 2 engine mount bolts that ive had shear off which ive had to helicoil.

The one on the inlet side was a complete nightmare to drill out etc, my patience is wearing thin with it at the moment so it better start behaving for a while

[PukkaSilvia]

I wonder how many other people have had engine mount bolts shear off. I remember Martin had it once.I can only think its because there not done up tight enough or rattle loose?

[adzs12]

I think my problem was i did them up when the engine wasnt in its natural posistion i.e the crane still had a little of the weight if i remember correctly.

I could be wrong as my memorys like a siv, but yes there going to shear if there not tight to the block as where the bolts pass through the holes in the mount they do have some play therefore if they aint tight, the mount holes will act like a madly vibrating cutter

[30psi]

I found that one of the bolts on the inlet side of the DET block bottomed out too early.

Its not used on the DET engine brackets and the thread is only tapped halfway into the hole.