Thanks for the compliment. I’d like to think I’m pretty good at what I do. And yes finding good help is extremely difficult. We recently hired an ex bmw tech at my shop who was supposed to be really good. Turns out the only thing he was good at was drinking on the job. He was a sloppy technician...
I’ve had the heads off the Kia for a week or so. I’ll be taking them to the machine shop this morning. It looks like 2-3 cylinders made contact with the valves so hopefully it doesn’t cost me too much. I should probably just get rid of it, but it’s been a good car for the most part and if I...
On a Different note. I got a couple of good 3rd gear hits in this morning and the car stayed together so that’s a plus. Seriously, it’s running great it’s shifting at around 7300 rpm and making 11 pounds of boost which I’m happy with for now. When good boost weather comes back around I may turn...
My log was showing 20 degrees. It’s a bit more than I wanted. I was hoping to be at no more than 19. I think the knock sensors were adding. I’m going to look at the file later and see if I missed something. I’m sure it’s plenty safe and I only see 12 psi at 7300
That’s cool. Best to be safe. I just did my first pull this morning. My tune was always spot on, but just to be safe I lowered my shift points to 7300 and pulled 2 degrees out everywhere. What kind of boost do you think you’ll see with the 4.88?
Definitely this. I drove easy for a couple of miles and did 5-6 small pulls maybe 1/4-1/3 throttle. First to 3 grand then let it coast down in gear then 4 then 5. After that initial process I’ve been pretty easy on it, but probably in the next day or 2 I’ll go for a full hit. I used to run 5-50...
For me I did 5-20 semi synthetic initially. I drove the car from my work to home and back the next day and I changed the oil. Second oil change was also 5-20 semi. Drove it for 4 days to work and back and a couple of short trips on the freeway then I changed it. 3rd oil is mobil1 5-30 full syn...
Cool. Thanks for your blessing. If you want to start another motor oil thread do that. Looking for scientific data period. Not, everyone is doing internet bullshit.