Tony48
Go Kart Champion
Got a bunch of work done over Christmas so here's the update. K04 is fully installed. Huge thanks to Jeff at HS Tuning for sending me out the sealing washer needed for clearance on the coolant return line. Everything went back together without any drama. I left the turbo heat shield off for a test drive so I could inspect for leaks...everything checked out.
I decided not to install the turbo blanket because I didn't like the lack of clearance for the wastegate actuator. There is no way to keep the actuator from pushing against the blanket and it seemed like the blanket would eventually tear. Not worth the potential hassle down the road.
All lines connected with out heat shield for test drive:
Engine bay back together and looking pretty. Not bad for 126k miles!:
I'm not getting into boost too much yet because of what sounds like compressor surge on my Stratified base map. Not sure if the noise is simply because of the DV+ but I'm going to wait for a response from Stratified before I push the car and do my data logs.
Switching gears a bit...A week ago when I drained the oil in prep for K04 install I noticed my magnetic drain plug had caught a bit of magnetic fuzz. the pieces looked like tiny wires rather than shavings so I suspected the cam bridge screen had broken. I pulled the upper timing chain cover and cam bridge to find I was correct:
I did this work on Christmas eve, coincidentally exactly 1 year after I replaced my timing chains. At that time I had elected to leave the cam bridge screen in place since it was in tact. Wish I had pulled it out.
I broke the rest of the screen out and reinstalled. I'm worried that the unaccounted parts of the screen are lodged somewhere and will cause oil starvation, but hope for the best. I'm going to drop the oil pan to check for debris and clean the oil pickup.
Few other things I managed to get done:
I decided not to install the turbo blanket because I didn't like the lack of clearance for the wastegate actuator. There is no way to keep the actuator from pushing against the blanket and it seemed like the blanket would eventually tear. Not worth the potential hassle down the road.
All lines connected with out heat shield for test drive:
Engine bay back together and looking pretty. Not bad for 126k miles!:
I'm not getting into boost too much yet because of what sounds like compressor surge on my Stratified base map. Not sure if the noise is simply because of the DV+ but I'm going to wait for a response from Stratified before I push the car and do my data logs.
Switching gears a bit...A week ago when I drained the oil in prep for K04 install I noticed my magnetic drain plug had caught a bit of magnetic fuzz. the pieces looked like tiny wires rather than shavings so I suspected the cam bridge screen had broken. I pulled the upper timing chain cover and cam bridge to find I was correct:
I did this work on Christmas eve, coincidentally exactly 1 year after I replaced my timing chains. At that time I had elected to leave the cam bridge screen in place since it was in tact. Wish I had pulled it out.
I broke the rest of the screen out and reinstalled. I'm worried that the unaccounted parts of the screen are lodged somewhere and will cause oil starvation, but hope for the best. I'm going to drop the oil pan to check for debris and clean the oil pickup.
Few other things I managed to get done:
- New tires mounted on the Detroit's. Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+'s.
- Porsche Brakes have been squealing so I pulled the pads and noticed a ridge on the outside edge of the pads. It appears the pad is slightly larger than the rotor. I chamfered the edge of the pad to prevent this lip from forming again, cleaned and re-lubed everything before reassembly. Chamfered pad pictured on left, pad with wear lip on right.
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