It always makes me sad when I've finally caught up to a thread

 

 

some igit drilled and tapped a hole in your AirWerks symbol!!!

 

Im not worried about the symbol, I think I may try my hand at polishing the cover...

Well could have had a very bad day....I put the old cam back in last week and havent driven the truck since because ive been busy, but today I drove it around and the old cam sounds so much better on the valvetrain and the volume of the truck is quieter too. Kind of funny ive never liked a cam ive picked for myself

Anyway, first 10 minutes are fine then I start hearing a slight tapping sound...ruh roh...I pull into a parking lot and it sounds like a broken valve spring. Well damn, I still think I can baby it home...few minutes later, it now sounds like a valve is bouncing around inside my intake and I can feel the throttle blade pulling against the cable and my foot. So of course im thinking the worst and the heads are trashed. I have a friend with an f250 come and tow me back to my house behind his truck so I can take a look. Turns out, 2 of the rocker arm bolts worked loose; 1 an intake and another an exhaust, which explains the feedback through the pedal since it was backfiring.

Perfect example of why you dont wrench when you are tired! I could have sworn I put loctite on all of the bolts and tightened them all, but appearently I missed 2. I took the other side off and they were all good. After a quick test drive confirming it was fixed I drove it an hour and left it with walker to have my new downpipe made

Stressful day

 

Sounds like it. People always talk **** when you drive GM and get towed home by a Ford.

 

Nevermind I drove by his house 30 minutes later without having to buy any parts to fix my GM

 

How does it sound and spool vs the 80/87? My 80/92 spools so fast that Im thinking about moving up to a T6/1.32 down the road.

 

Dunno, im having the new downpipe made at the same time I swap them, so I wont know until thats finished, which will hopefully be by the end of next week.

 

I upgrade my turbo to a bw s400 with the forged 82mm wheel and the larger 96mm turbine, and at the same time upgrade the downpipe to 5". I wanted the wastegate tied back into the downpipe and had the guy that made my turbo pipes do this as well. As usually he did an awesome job (Walker Performance in Birmingham). I also got a 5" cutout for it and had him tie into my current exhaust after the cutout. I dont have the cutout valve yet, but should in a couple weeks, so for right now its just blocked off.



Had to trim the fender well a little bit...






This turbo is going to be insane...for some reason my meth isnt working, so I need to get that fixed before I really lean on it, but spool does not seem to be an issue with the bigger turbine. I also pressure tested my intake pipes (first time) and am probably going to eat my words about blow off valves since both of mine leak...

 

Looks real good.