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Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 848 Reg: 07-2005
| Do you have an LSD yet? If not, get one. The widest tyres you can fit on those mags will do less than an LSD with your current tyres. If you already have the LSD, then get tyres |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 261 Reg: 11-2006
| yeah i have a Torsen type 2 LSD. The tyres i have on now are pretty well bald so i can spin them just flicking the accelerator. getting a set of nexen N3000's for $249 per tyre fitted. Tyre fella thinks they'll give me alot better traction. we'll See! |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 854 Reg: 07-2005
| The Nexens are good bang for buck, but they aren't anything awesome. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 262 Reg: 11-2006
| do you think they'll help me get some traction tho? |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 855 Reg: 07-2005
| They'll most likely be a huge improvement over what you have now, but obviously not as good as something that ranges in the $400 per tyre mark. For the price I'd probably go with the Nexen's though, and if they aren't up to par then its skids time and get something better ! |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 263 Reg: 11-2006
| lol good call. i'll give them a go and see how well they do for the price. tempe tyres advised me to get kumho ku31's for $180 a pop. probably last one burn out tho |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo NSW TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 3604 Reg: 03-2006
| FOr that price it wont hurt to find out.. My mate is running the Khuno's on his R33GTR and they are almost as good as the Falken Azenis ST215's.. Not much difference at all he reckons... SO Bang for buck, that aint half bad! |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 857 Reg: 07-2005
| Is he running that model of Khumo's, or another model of Khumo's ? |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo NSW TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 3605 Reg: 03-2006
| That model, the KU31's but with the ZR rating! |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 264 Reg: 11-2006
| big price difference in the two tyres. maybe if these aren't grippy enough i'll have a shot at them and see! |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo NSW TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 3607 Reg: 03-2006
| Double post FTW! |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 271 Reg: 11-2006
| Guys if i have oil smoke coming out the exhaust and breather and missing on a cylinder and a small oil leak between the head and block have i done a head gasket? are these all symptoms of a blown head gasket or what? never replaced them when the engine was out |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 859 Reg: 07-2005
| Check the breathers, they could be blocked. Excessive sump pressure can do crazy things. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 272 Reg: 11-2006
| pcv is clear. breather on the other cover goes into an oil catch can then back into the intake. I have an oil leak between the head and block, i know cause i can feel it coming from there out the side, smoke, lots of it, coming out the exhaust and it's burning a little bit, not an excessive amount but still enough to show up on the dipstick. |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 860 Reg: 07-2005
| Time for a compression test perhaps? |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 274 Reg: 11-2006
| yeah doing a compression test and leak down test today hopefully. only just put this engine in there! gets plenty of fuel and never missed a beat till this. head gaskets were the only thing i forgot to replace, stupid |
Tai Johnsen
DieHard QLD UZZ31 - V8
Posts: 630 Reg: 04-2006
| Did you notice any pinging? Sounds weird... Hope it's nothing major. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 275 Reg: 11-2006
| nah no pinging. gets plenty of fuel. did a compression test and it's definitely head gasket. one thing i forgot to change |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo NSW TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 3660 Reg: 03-2006
| UNlucky mate, but hopefully you learnt something this time Always chaneg whatever you can when the engine is out Its a small outlay and a warranty for yourself |
Matthew Werner
TryHard Qld jzz30 TT
Posts: 179 Reg: 12-2006
| yeah most definitely! Will a thicker gasket for lower compression give me any improvement? I've been told by a couple of people now to lower compression and told by some not to. and i have one person who's advice on the car i take pretty strongly saying not to. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 276 Reg: 11-2006
| that above post was by me by the way, |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 861 Reg: 07-2005
| Judging by the amount of people running boost with the original head gaskets I'd be trying to work out first why yours blew. How much boost are you running? What supercharger? How much ignition advance at high rpms? How much extra fuel? What are your intake temps like? You've no doubt answered a lot of these in the previous pages, but a quick summary will help. |
Daniel Clarke
Goo Roo NSW TT 2.5L 6 cylinder
Posts: 3665 Reg: 03-2006
| I doubt its the compression.. I would say it has ALOT to do with intake temps and detonation.. Just look at Neils car! 385rwhp with the twin screw and 315rwhp with the EatonM90. It all comes down to the tune and the fuel used in my opinion. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 277 Reg: 11-2006
| Guys this head gasket was never changed out. Could possibly be an original head gasket and then to get 10pound stuck down it's throat. It was tuned and set up by a guy that Neil got me onto. i have the YT1500 supercharger. intake temp is taken care of with a water/methanol injection kit and it's getting plenty of fuel and has good plugs from Neil. The person who i've talked to about pretty much any change or any planned changes on this car has been Neil. It isn't even an aggressive tune. Jason said he thinks he could pull another 30 to 40 RwKw's out of it yet but safer is better. I honestly think that the old gasket just couldn't take it any longer. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 278 Reg: 11-2006
| Anyone have information on changing out the head gaskets? like a how to step by step or something like that |
Andrew Ferres
DieHard WA '90 C-F Celsior V8, '84 Soarer V8, '91 Supra V8
Posts: 862 Reg: 07-2005
| That all depends on what type of head gaskets you are using. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 279 Reg: 11-2006
| cosmetic head gaskets from lextreme, standard compression |
Adam Chytra
TryHard NSW Turbo, manual V8
Posts: 126 Reg: 07-2005
| Good luck actually getting the Cometic Gaskets. No supplier (even Lextreme's) had any as of two weeks ago, and nobody knew when they were going to manufacture a new batch. Im back to using toyota gaskets in mine now The closest thing to a tutorial is on Lextreme under 'changing out the cams'. If you follow this, all that needs to be done after that is to undo the heads, exhaust power steer pump etc.. Get ARP studs too, as you can't re-use the std ones again. Also, I was told that the Toyota ones needed to get shipped from Japan, and were not much cheaper anyway |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 280 Reg: 11-2006
| thanks for the heads up Adam. I'll have to get onto this guy and see availability. |
Joshua White
TryHard Qld Supercharged GT Soarer
Posts: 281 Reg: 11-2006
| Hey guys, got cosmetic gaskets and ARP head studs ordered and on there way in about 2 to 3 weeks. Just a quick question, How much do you think people would pay for this soarer? fixed of course. (some money issues at the moment)
got 10 PSI 1.5 shift kit type 2 LSD LS400 front brakes almost brand new tyres new transmission and engine mounts engine oil cooler big transmission cooler 2,800 Rpm torque converter (all transmission work done by MV automatics) Water/Methanol injection new head lights and late model tail lights sun roof body kit 17" mags clear indicators Custom made black floor mats (4) full pioneer sound system (headunit, all speakers, Subwoofer, Amp) custom centre console surround soon to have new cosmetic head gaskets and ARP head studs probably some other little things but that's enough listed. (the head unit installation)
(custom surround, before head unit was installed)
Remember almost all the new modifications are practically brand new, done 1,600 Kms since work was finished. |