My Car Is Running!

92turbo4life

92turbo4life

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so 2 days ago i got my car running.. but i mounted my fpr on the engine fuse box.. i took it off beacsue i had to plug in one more thing over in that area.. so i accidently set it on the battery. it touched the positive adn the alternator... well needless to say one of the stell braided lines started smoking and my buddy grabbed it and took it off th ebattery. his hand is all burnt but i tried to start the car and fuel pissed allllllll over so warning watch ur fpr...:1zhelp:

other than that i am just really excited to have it back. its been for months... most of my mods n stuff are in my sig but i have some goodies..lol

ill try and take some pictures when i have time.


lol... only thing is the break in period sucks!
 
92turbo4life

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basiclly driving with no boost. i have built about 5 psi one time but i dontwant to go threw anymore hadaches right now!:) im just taking it easy for 1000 miles. like maybe 1psi of boost.<NO JOKE> its really hard beacsue that 5psi i built i just wanted to keep going!. btu yeah ima go normal then retorque the head and go into the boost after that... but slowly not full throttle on 1001!
 
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so i gave it some treats,
break in period is i guess for the headgaskett. i guess it is a heat cycle but apperentyl if u drive 1000 miles your car will heat up and cooled off enough times to do this.. so yeah.. plus it hasnt ran and i need to take it easy on the 1st couple hundred.
 
Joel W.

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I don't think you need to worry about breaking in the head gasket,, Just retorque it after a few heat cycles, especially if you used new head bolts..

I just take it easy on the boost for a few drives to make sure everything else is cool, like no oil or coolant leaks before you raise the boost..

Glad your running again. :)
 
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Joel W. said:
I don't think you need to worry about breaking in the head gasket,, Just retorque it after a few heat cycles, especially if you used new head bolts..

I just take it easy on the boost for a few drives to make sure everything else is cool, like no oil or coolant leaks before you raise the boost..

Glad your running again. :)
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:werd: pretty much what i was gonna say... didn't know if you re-built the motor or what...
 
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yea holy shit liek 5 secondsa nd seriously if my boy didnt grab it we would of blew. i turned the key and the whoel hose was done!!!!!!!!! his jand has marks fromt he line too!
 
shaeff

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Joel W. said:
I don't think you need to worry about breaking in the head gasket,, Just retorque it after a few heat cycles, especially if you used new head bolts..

I just take it easy on the boost for a few drives to make sure everything else is cool, like no oil or coolant leaks before you raise the boost..

Glad your running again. :)
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yep. no break in required for a headgasket swap... put it in, torque it down, and get on it!

and re-torque after a few heat cycles, like joel also stated. i re-torqued after 1k miles. (and some were more loose than others!) this was with brand new ARP studs.

now, if he had replaced the rings, then i'd be concerned about a break in period...

-shaeff
 
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