FROTOU 7Agte , PART 2, time to rebuild again ..... Options

[frotou]

Back in the month of september, I was running low boost (break-in period), with my new management system (autronic smc and cdi r500). At only 8 lbs of boost the car was running without any problem except for the underhood too high temperature cause of the manifold.



Then , in the month of october after two weeks without running, the car refuse to start and after 4 or 5 try with the starter ; crickkkkkkkk.



The engine has a major water ingestion after two rainy weeks (without running) and cause the no1 rod to broke. I'm gooing now to rebuild the engine with one 4agze new piston and a set of forged rods. I suspect the water was entering by the intercooler piping even with the huge t-clamp ! In the future i'll start the car every day and I'll cover my car in the rainy days .







Freshly resurfaced head ;




I plan to use 4agze piston, pauter rod , cometic mls head gasket, total seal rings and finally boost to 15-16 lbs . I'll keep you updated !

Claude

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

That's great. You'll be running 26psi on that? What kind of numbers you expect to put down? Maybe one of these days you'll consider a gutted interior and some lightweight, non-chrome, wheels. I use to love when things on my old car broke, because it just gave me an excuss to make it better.