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I have joined the fuel starve after 6 gallon club.
Really hard to find the common denominator among you guys. Search the old threads and Savington and Emilio both swear there is no such thing, as long as the OEM sock is used.
Really hard to find the common denominator among you guys. Search the old threads and Savington and Emilio both swear there is no such thing, as long as the OEM sock is used.
Emilio's motor uses a lot less fuel than a turbo one.
It also still randomly smokes like crazy. At idle. Then clears up. Then comes back sometimes. Maybe it's overfilled? I need to make sure I have the right dipstick installed.
have you ever taken oil pressure before and after the filter? like at the plug in the oil pump vs where the stock one goes in the VVT supply line? I am having wired readings from my stock gauge and i put a simple mechanical gauge before the filter that shows 20-30 psi more.
Because 9,000 post, I don't remember and am not searching back. How was the block honed, and what rings did you run? I think you said the rings were setup really loose, that is going to let more oil get by of course. If you look down the sparkplug holes, are the tops of the pistons oily, getting drier as you approach the middle of the piston? If so, possible the rings are letting oil by at idle.
20psi at 3500 is great for hot oil pressure IMO. Like if you installed an accusump (OMG you should!), it wouldn't dump it's oil until under 10 for most applications.
Nice work on the 1:29.9. You've officially destroyed my PR, and I'm never getting enough track time to improve mine.
Pat, for your theory, he'd also have worse smoking when the pistons are cool, yes? With his EGT he could look at smoke at high EGTs vs. low. Not really piston temp, but good luck measuring that.
Catch can did fill up. Failed crankcase vent. Then I drained it and got rid of the vent line. Catch can is just connected to the valve cover and nothing else.
20psi at 3500 is great for hot oil pressure IMO. Like if you installed an accusump (OMG you should!), it wouldn't dump it's oil until under 10 for most applications.
Nice work on the 1:29.9. You've officially destroyed my PR, and I'm never getting enough track time to improve mine.
Pat, for your theory, he'd also have worse smoking when the pistons are cool, yes? With his EGT he could look at smoke at high EGTs vs. low. Not really piston temp, but good luck measuring that.
I dunno, I have just observed that motors that burn oil from rings typically the tops of the pistons are more oily around the edges, and cleaner towards the middle. Cooler pistons/rings will leak more, but being cooler it might smoke less? I dunno, but from the pic with a cloud of smoke he posted, I'd at least look next time the plugs are out.
FWIW I have an accusump, mine is wired to be on all the time with key on just so it's always working, and reacts to a drop in pressure instantly vs relying on a pressure switch to drop, and then reacting to that.