Finishing up 2slow2nervous's 3SGTE Swap, What a nightmare! Options

[alltracman78]

Your bearings don't "break in"
There isn't supposed to be ANY contact between bearings and journals.
The journal rides on a film of oil.

[toyotacrazy]

Your bearings don't "break in"
There isn't supposed to be ANY contact between bearings and journals.
The journal rides on a film of oil.

They have to seat in place. Find their groove. Just because you cant see it doesnt mean they arent making minimal contact.

This post has been edited by toyotacrazy: Mar 24, 2007 - 11:22 PM

[celicast3sgte]

no really. they DONT contact, the only time they should have metal on metal is after a long sitting period. even then its not much.

[alltracman78]

Exactly.

You can't see it regardless.

But they aren't supposed to have ANY contact.

If they aren't FULLY seated in place, whoever assembled the engine didn't do it right....

[Dr_Tweak]

lol, you guys are clowning on me about saturns?

I had to read his post twice before I got it, but I'm quite sure that snapshotgt was ragging on DeW_H0e_GT for asking if you work on anything "besides celicas" after you specifically said that you specialize in Saturns.

But, maybe I'm wrong, though most of the Celica community is pretty good about not hating on other cars... this isn't SRTForums, after all.

-Doc

[brianforster]

i had to read it twice too but i came to the same conclusion as tweak

that being said, that manifold is magnificent.

[snapshotgt]

lol, you guys are clowning on me about saturns?

I had to read his post twice before I got it, but I'm quite sure that snapshotgt was ragging on DeW_H0e_GT for asking if you work on anything "besides celicas" after you specifically said that you specialize in Saturns.

Correct.

[angrymike]

reading comprehension > mike

i wouldn't say i beat the supra, but i stayed ahead. it was pretty even from 30~100mph, but above that he would start to creep pretty good on me. that was about 3 years ago in milwaukee on hwy 100 (case any of you are from around there).

that supra was running 13psi making around 550whp during that race. he later turned it up. he was making about 850whp before he put the ass-end of the car into a bridge while driving 70mph in the rain.

crappy way to loose such a sweet car.

This post has been edited by angrymike: Mar 25, 2007 - 2:35 PM

[2slow2nervous]

yea that does suck.... Is he gonna build another one?

[angrymike]

yea that does suck.... Is he gonna build another one?

as far as i know, no. he had about 50k into that one. who knows though.

[2slow2nervous]

angry mike how do u like working on the celica??? Would it be hard to make a custom turbo manifold for that with ur crazy welding skills???

This post has been edited by 2slow2nervous: Mar 28, 2007 - 10:58 AM

[Negative]

Uh oh. I smell upgrades.

[Punisher]

man making a custom manifold.. sounds like a nightmare to me!

[Dr_Tweak]

You mean like one of these?

http://www.full-race.com/catalog/product_i...04a758c597cf9d0

We could do that for $900 (introductory price).

-Doc

[Punisher]

You mean like one of these?

http://www.full-race.com/catalog/product_i...04a758c597cf9d0

We could do that for $900 (introductory price).

-Doc

If it ends up looking anything like that saturn manifold i'm sure art museums would buy them.

[playr158]

rofl

the manifold is meh...longer runners = ftl they act as radiators

[Negative]

Why are you always hatin? The guys trying to help us out.

This post has been edited by Negative: Mar 28, 2007 - 4:22 PM

[playr158]

its not hating.....its FACT

tubular manifolds don't last that long and crack frequently
the longer the runner the more it acts as a radiator releasing heat...
why is that bad?
because thats energy that could go into spooling the turbo and being more efficient. why do you think most 3sgte owners and companies use the stock manifold up till like 400hp? cause its well built and designed...

[Punisher]

its not hating... I charge far less to do work for people and produce better end results... its fact. that saturn manifold is weaksauce.. have fun copyingsomeone elses design for a manifold.. that is also weaksauce... some people are here to strictly make a buck... I do affordable quality work bc im an enthusiast.. like most of us here are.

[x_itchy_b_x]

its not hating... I charge far less to do work for people and produce better end results... its fact. that saturn manifold is weaksauce.. have fun copyingsomeone elses design for a manifold.. that is also weaksauce... some people are here to strictly make a buck... I do affordable quality work bc im an enthusiast.. like most of us here are.

that saturn manifold is FAR from weaksauce. its a piece of art man, the amount of work that went into that is astounding. cutting the radius bends, and fitting it to a jig, all the tight welds that look very nice. and there are only so many ways to make a manifold, how is that copying lol. a ramhorn manifold is a ramhorn manifold.
thats a decent price for a nice manifold, hell FullRace want $1200 for there ramhorn manifold.

This post has been edited by x_itchy_b_x: Mar 28, 2007 - 8:32 PM