Tommyd
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So I don't post nearly enough but I figured might as well start now. I've had the car for nearly 2 years now but in that time I've moved 3 times going from Indiana to lower NY and now to upstate NY. I had your typical "built" motor with a pte 60 trim and since I moved away from e85 I went with a 1000cc injector combo with meth injection. Everything was working well, I barely drive the car so I was slowing re-doing everything that had been dsm'ed and trying to make it right.
Well rewind to a few months ago. Just going out for a cruise and a boosted s2k started messing with me on the streets which quickly escalated to pulling onto the highway and just going all out. We were just going at it on a pretty empty highway for a solid 2 minutes. Before I really noticed, I was in 5th gear at just below 7k and sh*t started going crazy.
Fast forward to this month. Finally got the car up to the new place up here in Saratoga area. Did a leakdown test that said I had some intake valves that weren't seating. Chased the initial problem down to fuel pump failure. Took the head off and well, pictures are better.
The block itself is in decent shape, which is good. But between working 6 days a week and taking care of grandma, I probably wont be able to do much until spring time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif . Good news is 3 miles from the new house is gas station that sells e85, already have the injectors and fuel pump(s), now its just modding up a fuel sender, some new line, and figuring out what pistons to go with after I get the block fixed up. Something about a hx40 on corn just gets me really excited. But for now, she will sit on jack stands.
Well rewind to a few months ago. Just going out for a cruise and a boosted s2k started messing with me on the streets which quickly escalated to pulling onto the highway and just going all out. We were just going at it on a pretty empty highway for a solid 2 minutes. Before I really noticed, I was in 5th gear at just below 7k and sh*t started going crazy.
Fast forward to this month. Finally got the car up to the new place up here in Saratoga area. Did a leakdown test that said I had some intake valves that weren't seating. Chased the initial problem down to fuel pump failure. Took the head off and well, pictures are better.
The block itself is in decent shape, which is good. But between working 6 days a week and taking care of grandma, I probably wont be able to do much until spring time /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif . Good news is 3 miles from the new house is gas station that sells e85, already have the injectors and fuel pump(s), now its just modding up a fuel sender, some new line, and figuring out what pistons to go with after I get the block fixed up. Something about a hx40 on corn just gets me really excited. But for now, she will sit on jack stands.