Played around on the dyno today

[linuxman51]

Light session, about 20 or so real passes.
The tone was set early, hot off the street, pump gas 415whp.

after some fine tuning and turning the boost down a little, it settled out at a very acceptable (and conservative) 406@18psi. no hint of knock, plugs were perfect and even.

in went the race gas, spent about two passes hacking out the map, left it at mid/low 11's AFR wise, and setup the nitrous maps.

made one pass on the nitrous (that wasn't a pure tuning pass), 500whp (on the dot). 600psi bottle pressure, so the fuel side was left in the low 10's in anticipation of the 900 or so psi tomorrow.

Final numbers:
18 psi pump gas 406whp
26 psi race gas 465whp
24 psi race + nitrous 500whp

:rock:

[cheappower82]

I call :bullshit: ; let's see some proof

[1.8t]

Very nice

[xamraci]

shit...those pump numbers off juice are SOLID!

I Like those numbers...

congrats Heebness

[roadracer4life]

well i will bring the camera...

[Jnic335i]

which car is this on?

[linuxman51]

which car is this on?


the one that matters..... the volvo.

[jsta240]

thats awesome man

[zmasterB]

Hell YESSSS Kenny.........starting to see some nice results :rock:


Now lets get that bitch down the track, do I smell some 10's?? :steering:

[easy2speed]

Well the track didn't like the Volvo today. First pass on the burnout, it immediately lost all compression. Definitely sucks because I was wanting to call out the nitrous LS1 guys.

[Jnic335i]

well that is pretty awesome numbers

[Jess]

Well the track didn't like the Volvo today. First pass on the burnout, it immediately lost all compression. Definitely sucks because I was wanting to call out the nitrous LS1 guys.


fyuuuuuk. Head gasket or something bad?

[A418t81]

Hoping its the HG. According to Kenny the Pistons appeared fine from what he could see. He has a cometic at home for it.

[linuxman51]

I don't really want to talk about it right now. it was a pretty big load of sand that got tossed in my vagina.

[Grider]

I don't really want to talk about it right now. it was a pretty big load of sand that got tossed in my vagina.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/undeniablynikki/Random/Funny/SandyVag.jpg

Sorry man. Good vibes and good luck getting it back together!

[Swine]

I don't really want to talk about it right now. it was a pretty big load of sand that got tossed in my vagina.


to be expected when trespassing on unproven grounds.

[insert_car]

jeez heeb...awesome numbers man :steering:

[easy2speed]

Hoping its the HG. According to Kenny the Pistons appeared fine from what he could see. He has a cometic at home for it.


I hope it's a HG, but I can't imagine it just randomly going in such a fashion. It would still crank don't you think?

[Byrd]

Very nice pump gas numbers.

I'd imagine if it was a track only car that it should be tuned on a track-like run or shit like that does happen. :eek:

[A418t81]

So it appears that all 4 pistons went the way of Dixon's first LS1 at the same moment. Conspiracy theories amount to the bottle pressure being significantly above 900 psi when he hit the button thanks to a bung pressure gauge. Rebuilt it stronger heeb!

[zmasterB]

So it appears that all 4 pistons went the way of Dixon's first LS1 at the same moment. Conspiracy theories amount to the bottle pressure being significantly above 900 psi when he hit the button thanks to a bung pressure gauge. Rebuilt it stronger heeb!

Noooooooooooooo


Dammit :( Sux........

[Shift6]

That sucks.

[linuxman51]

it were in race trim. 110 in the tank. Whats the shelf life of that stuff?

http://www.pbase.com/kdh51/image/107325260.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/kdh51/image/107325268.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/kdh51/broken_pistons&page=all

[Jess]

holy shiat. :O

[1.8t]

Wow, makes me scared to put mine back together:( . Greyson was just telling me how strong your pistons are and how they look like mine...

[linuxman51]

Wow, makes me scared to put mine back together:( . Greyson was just telling me how strong your pistons are and how they look like mine...

stuck nitrous gauge and severe detonation. they weren't over-powered. given the circumstances, I doubt a set of forged pistons would have been too happy either.

[A418t81]

stuck nitrous gauge and severe detonation. they weren't over-powered. given the circumstances, I doubt a set of forged pistons would have been too happy either.

+1. Your pistons are fine Michael. Stop worrying about them. Forged wouldn't have survived what happened to Kenny's car either.

[Grider]

http://webpages.charter.net/honig/Damnnnn.bmp

[linuxman51]

http://webpages.charter.net/honig/Damnnnn.bmp

that was my initial reaction as well. followed by "well, I guess I'm lucky, we should have been picking this up off the track"

[1.8t]

Forged pistons up next? New n/a pistons?

[linuxman51]

Forged pistons up next? New n/a pistons?

noo NA pistons have really weak ring lands. Those were turbo pistons that we then cut reliefs in. I'm going to investigate some forged pistons, while tossing around the idea of going ahead and building the stroker bottom end.

[Nstig8r]

it were in race trim. 110 in the tank. Whats the shelf life of that stuff?


About 4-6 months, if stored in a sealed container in climate control. If it is somewhere prone to temperature changes (read: condensation inside the container), then it is significantly less...

You should look into some JE's. A set of one-off, custom built pistons is really not *that* expensive. IIRC, they are like $560 for a set of four if you do not rush them...

[roadracer4life]

STROKER STROKER STROKER :3pjerk: :3pjerk: :3pjerk:

[linuxman51]

STROKER STROKER STROKER :3pjerk: :3pjerk: :3pjerk:

hush.

[easy2speed]

STROKER STROKER STROKER :3pjerk: :3pjerk: :3pjerk:
+ eleventy billion

[linuxman51]

not quite there yet. I don't really feel like I was done with this yet.

[VR4Rob]

Crap, I'm real sorry to see that Kenny. Good luck getting it back together.

[UR2SLOW]

not quite there yet. I don't really feel like I was done with this yet.

Quit playing around and go ahead and do it right. I need some motivation to get the car back together.So either you need to build the stroker or Sam needs to get the AEM...

[Jess]

fuck nitrous.

[nissandrftr88]

Quit playing around and go ahead and do it right. I need some motivation to get the car back together.So either you need to build the stroker or Sam needs to get the AEM...

Motivation will be coming soon:D

[UR2SLOW]

Your car is the only car on the board that is further from running than mine.:D

[nissandrftr88]

Your car is the only car on the board that is further from running than mine.:D

HAHAHAHA,which one??:eek:

Does that mean im first and you and brent are battling for second??



not quite there yet. I don't really feel like I was done with this yet.


What does a stroker require?

[linuxman51]

fuck nitrous.

gotta have it.
1) the addiction. once you mainline, you never go back
2) with the converter thats in the car, it wouldn't get out of its way for 8 of the 12 seconds down the track.

[linuxman51]

HAHAHAHA,which one??:eek:

Does that mean im first and you and brent are battling for second??

What does a stroker require?

ouch.

It would require a little more work than fitting a set of oversized forged pistons, but I've got that setup shoeboxed for down the road. Coming up with the crankshaft wasn't particularly easy.

[nissandrftr88]

ouch.

It would require a little more work than fitting a set of oversized forged pistons, but I've got that setup shoeboxed for down the road. Coming up with the crankshaft wasn't particularly easy.

If you decide to buy pistons now could you use them later when you decide to go stoker,or does it require different pistons??

[Jnic335i]

WOW, sucks.....

[Nstig8r]

If you decide to buy pistons now could you use them later when you decide to go stoker,or does it require different pistons??


Think about that statement for a minute in a physical sense, and you will have an answer.

[nissandrftr88]

Think about that statement for a minute in a physical sense, and you will have an answer.

Not really,some motors you change the rods and crank to get a stroker.

[linuxman51]

Think about that statement for a minute in a physical sense, and you will have an answer.

Depends on how you set it up. In my case, no I could not use the new pistons with the stroker stuff, as volvo changed the pin location in the piston and I went with a custom set of really long rods (and pistons to match. It should be stated that yes, in fact I do have everything I need to assemble the stroker motor, but No, in fact I will not be doing that yet)


Not really,some motors you change the rods and crank to get a stroker.


If I wanted to spend money on another set of rods, I could use the same pistons both times. Since I've already got two sets of rods, this really isn't something I'm interested in doing. Wonder what I could sell my hbeams for and get longer rods/shorter pistons for the 83mm crank....

[roadracer4life]

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[Jnic335i]

oh kenny :(. SAM you and your smartass remarks make me LAWLz

[gangsta coupe]

Why did the nitrous come on in the burnout box?

[linuxman51]

Why did the nitrous come on in the burnout box?

too low a stall speed to do a burnout, it was to help get things spinning. unfortunately it simultaneously tightened and loosened my piston to wall clearances.

[cheappower82]

wow, the shortest heebspeed video ever!

[linuxman51]

measured the bores today, ruf-master-R showed up and showed off his skillz (and pimp ass measuring equipment). Things looked decent enough (its gonna hafta get bored to get back to round, however it won't have to go all the way to first oversize assuming the machine shop can hit it and the pistons can be made in the right size).

[linuxman51]

meh, things like this:


Since there are so many doing the 16valve swap i thought this would be a nice gesture to post here.. For those who dosent understand swedish, this is a B230FT with H-rods and std pistons, standard 531head and valve sizes.. His running E-85 and 1680cc injectors..
no link, gotta reg anyway.

2bar of boost and hi got 563hp and 645Nm and have made a 10,89sec run with top speed of 205km/h

If u scroll down wrd in the thread you get a look at the beautiful red volvo 240 that this insane ketchup b230 is mounted in

seem to highlight the underachievement of the US volvo scene (and I include myself in that).

[linuxman51]

more carnage as things come appart...
took the accessories and crank pulley off two days ago and discovered that the crank gear locating pin had sheared off. it might not be a big big deal as typically once the pulley is torqued down the pin itself shouldn't be seeing any load, but it is troublesome. might see if I can get a keyway cut into the gear and just use a woodruff key.

I bought an upgraded gear back in march from one of the alleged swedish guru's, however when the gears finally showed up in sept, they were apparently incorrectly finished and the keyways were not uniformly cut, so they get to go back. :(