figgie said:
he makes a damn good point i'd rather stay with 1 engine than waste 5 the other 5 coulda been used for more mkiii's or mkii's to keep the supra name superior
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he makes a damn good point i'd rather stay with 1 engine than waste 5 the other 5 coulda been used for more mkiii's or mkii's to keep the supra name superior
ok. i didn't think about this but what were the causes of his engine failures? if the first five were due to running lean and burning holes throught the pistons then i can see how it was EMS related. but rod knocks and main bearing failures cannot be caused by piggybacks? just burning rings & holy pistons. hah! now whatcha gotta say 'bout dat!
Actually pre-ignition or detonation caused by poor tuning, can produce enough force to bend/twist/snap connecting rods. So a mild case of detonation could easily cause a material as soft as a bearing to be flat-spotted and initiate rod knock. So yes poor tuning caused by piggy backs could easily cause rod knock, but will usually do much worse damage.
Suprapowaz!(2) said:
It's been proven that you can't sustain a big power motor with a ghetto set up. If you want a motor that puts down over 400ish rwhp reliably, build it correctly using quality parts that complement each other.
Suprapowaz!(2) said:
he melted a few pistons in the process.
and actaully a con rod can break with the right amount of pre-ignition. It is a chain reaction type affect that is actually quite marvelous to see and then to fathom why it happens even that much better
I run mine to 7700 and 490 rwhp almost everytime I drive it and there's no way I'd try that on piggybacks.
ive heard alot of good things about the megasquirt on other cars i would love to see someone to get one to work on the 7m