Blown headgasket FTL! Options

[OOBE]

Well, it's been 4 and a half years since I rebuilt the engine and ever since, it has taken the abuse I've given it like a champ. High EGTs and 87 octane fuel was the order of the day. It took it like a man. Compression was perfect across the board, and everything else was good to go. Well, you know how they say that you shouldn't have sexy time in your car because it jinxes it? Well, I think that actually is true, because before breaking a piston the first time, my car was the place of some love encounters with my girlfriend, LOL. It can't be coincidence that it broke again after I disrespected it with my current girlfriend. Blown tires and some other things happened before, too.

Anyway, the last straw that broke the camel's back was a 15 PSI test run after tuning it with the eManage. We were gonna take it to the dyno to tune it at that boost level, so we needed to test if the engine would hold or if it would blow like a grenade. Too bad I forgot I had moose piss 91 octane watered fuel from a gas station I never go to, but I had to this time because I was running low. I thought I had Shell 93 and well, nothing made a sound. I nailed it from a dead stop, it just roasted tires with the 17s, put our heads against the headrest, and then coolant was all over the windshield when I let go the gas. Good times. The auto tranny is holding well. No signs of slippage or anything. I ordered a Cometic headgasket and should be here this week. This engine can sure take some punishment. I need to up the boost to see if a rod gives up before a piston. I need an excuse to install the Belfab rods and some other pistons I found.

[normality78]

I sold my entire 7afte setup months ago thinking to sell of my car but now since i've decided to keep it, im going to do another rebuilt, a better setup.

Im going slightly bigger then thn Nissan S15 stock T28 turbo. Previous i was on WRX td04L-13T turbo. Im a fan of responsive hence not going any bigger since my target is 200whp.

I may looking into ceramic coating my 7afe rod and piston also may looking into stacking up another piece of head gasket. Just to be sure although i do know on stock it should not have any problem (my ex setup fetch me 168whp with leak manifold)

by the way, perhaps you can find this usefull
http://www.zerotohundred.com/newforums/eng...o-manifold.html

http://www.4agclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25