Jellybean Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Best of look with it, I would be over to paul in a shot too bad he is so far away for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 its out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I'll give ya £50 for it, "as is". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hi Mike, Did you get the rest of the pics ok? The ones with the melted mess of a piston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thats two cars that melted a piston at thunder road then, block and head salvageable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thats two cars that melted a piston at thunder road then. You didn't fill up in the same petrol station did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 You didn't fill up in the same petrol station did you? I had sunaco 109 in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thats that idea out of the window then. We are going to send the injectors off to be tested to see if that shows anything up, other than that could be something to do with the map, bad fuel, ecu faulty. Could possibly be something to do with the injector resistor pack, you never know, could have been wired in wrong, we will need to check that unless Mike goes over to some Injector Dynamics injectors so we can junk the resistor pack. Did you have CP pistons in yours Jamie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yeah CP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hi Mike, Did you get the rest of the pics ok? The ones with the melted mess of a piston? yes mate i did ill upload them in a min had to eat dinner first;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 i think i might be needing a new set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hope the bill isn't too big mate, it is a lovely Supra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Looks just like mine after the same run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 you was expecting yours to go though:p i dont think ill be doing another thunder rd:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 yes mate i did ill upload them in a min had to eat dinner first;) Just sent you a couple more with the piston out of the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yeah CP. Was yours no 6 to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Was yours no 6 to? 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Just sent you a couple more with the piston out of the engine. i see what you mean about the middle of the piston now,i think its safe to say it definatly got a little warm in that cylinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 And is that damage all from running lean? I know the problem is usually one of fuel starvation but (and this is just the ramblings of an ignorant man) is it possible that the end cylinder is getting too much air for whatever reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Whiffin Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/mikeyh_5/photo10.jpg http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad283/mikeyh_5/photo11.jpg Certainly did, haven't seen that before, I think it was very close to sticking a hole in the piston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyh Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 And is that damage all from running lean? I know the problem is usually one of fuel starvation but (and this is just the ramblings of an ignorant man) is it possible that the end cylinder is getting too much air for whatever reason? i havn't a clue mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Is the block saveable Paul ????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thats that idea out of the window then. We are going to send the injectors off to be tested to see if that shows anything up, other than that could be something to do with the map, bad fuel, ecu faulty. Could possibly be something to do with the injector resistor pack, you never know, could have been wired in wrong, we will need to check that unless Mike goes over to some Injector Dynamics injectors so we can junk the resistor pack. Did you have CP pistons in yours Jamie? Yeah CP. Not to throw the cat among the pigeons here, boys... but my car went through 2 sets of CP pistons during its *run-in* period. That is, melted 2 separate sets of pistons over 2 separate break-in periods for the engine. No problems with the tune, and the run-in was pretty gentle (especially the second time) to avoid any "user" error. Pistons were even sent off for analysis to CP, who of course said there was nothing wrong with their product. Now, the final set of pistons (now in the engine) were ceramic coated (and I'm not even sure if they're CP) and the VVTi was locked to avoid any potential confounding factors from that aspect, and car is running strong. But I will never again put CP pistons in any engine build I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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