College Student Attempts Full Rebuild
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Another 60 miles in the books. S/O to Rev for a great basemap that has needed very little idle tweaking and just in general works well. Car is running a bit rich but that is fine by me at the moment. I did a little bit of VEAL tuning and that seemed to help a bit. Only concern is still the hot idle oil pressure which is less than 10psi at an 800rpm idle with oil temp at 185F (assuming the autometer oil pressure gauge can be trusted). Cold startup is 55psi and cruise is about 37psi for reference. Before I go for another break in drive, I am going to throw in 10W-40 with that hope that is raises the idle to at least over 10psi.
For anyone that is on the fence about an EFR, it is so worth it. The car has power everywhere and pulls so hard even on just 7psi of wastegate pressure. There's essentially no waiting for spool and the brakes now feel very inadequate relative to the acceleration.
I've also read through the various crankcase ventilation threads and have decided to block off my PCV valve and just VTA on the exhaust side. The risk of detonation from sucking blow-by into the intake just is not worth the emissions hassle.
For anyone that is on the fence about an EFR, it is so worth it. The car has power everywhere and pulls so hard even on just 7psi of wastegate pressure. There's essentially no waiting for spool and the brakes now feel very inadequate relative to the acceleration.
I've also read through the various crankcase ventilation threads and have decided to block off my PCV valve and just VTA on the exhaust side. The risk of detonation from sucking blow-by into the intake just is not worth the emissions hassle.
#42
Speaking of oil pressure I am getting 8-10 psi hot idle with 5w-30 on a BE pump with two shims reading with an autometer gauge. Seems a bit low to me especially because pre-rebuild was more like 15 psi hot idle with 10w-30. I did read a 2017 thread where a few people were experiencing similar oil pressure under similar conditions so maybe I am just being paranoid. Either way I think a heavier weight like 10W-40 is in my future.
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