To be completely transparent (because what does advantage is it to me to lie about anything) I'm not entirely sure what the machine shop checked since her dad set all of that up. We're planning on heading out there sometime in the next day or so to grab the block since the sleeves are installed so hopefully I can get some meaningful information from them. Those spec numbers are fantastic numbers to know though. I'm hoping to actually spend some time running through those numbers and seeing what we can find. The fact that nothing was glaring was a bit concerning, and definitely has had us scratching our heads of if it could have just been an issue in the trans/tc but at this point we won't know until it's back together.
Works great on 11-17 cars. If you are 18+, you MUST upgrade the rails, period. The factory rail will not sustain adequate port rail pressure to the port injectors which will cause a lean condition. My logs and first hand knowledge demonstrate this. Install high flow rails OR add a secondary port rail feed to the factory rail (this is what i did) and you will be good with the SLR system.
And to add to that, Sai Li just released his own 18+ fuel rails to go with his fuel system. Fortunately though in the case of the gen 5 whipple, improved fuel rails are included.
The car has only been on e85 for roughly 1000 miles, even that might be high. We’ve been very diligent checking ethanol content so I know the cars never seen below what you can eyeball as about 82%. With the whipple, the car saw very mild street tuning (10 miles max) and no wide open pulls since her dad wanted to tune it on c85 since he didn’t stock up over winter on summer blend as he normally does.
The noise didn't go away when we pulled the belt off lol
Im with this guy and have heard tc and transmissions make knocking noises.I would check the tc and flexplate out very well before puttijg it back together.
