beaterX project thread - Page 22

A//// Guy · 09-13-2010

Nicely done scheidsey!!

t-revzr · 09-23-2010

Came across this pic and just had to post it! You need to wear this shirt on the next cruise!

**scheides** · 09-29-2010

^I am!

So I blame shane, he's a bad influence. I gapped my plugs down tonight from .022-.023 to .020-.021, stock iridiums. I was bawking at the thought of pulling them out and keeping the longblock virgin for a while longer. Then I realized I had taken them out on the day I bought the car for a compression test. Doh. Oh well. Plus I was getting some ignition breakup at 33psi

Of course, this is what I was fearing...I could have swore I smelled some coolant here and there but never saw puddles or anything...but I remembered I had tweaked the upper coolant hose while installing the BBX. I thought I was good, but finally it came back to haunt me--the thing I hate more than anything in this world: coolant!

Fukin coolant sprayed all over the cold side of the turbo and explains why the 'manifold' smelled weird lately after a hard run. I thought it was just lack of coating/heat protection, but no it was just burning green crap off itself:

**goodhart** · 09-29-2010

SO did the coolant line break or what happened? Details!

**scheides** · 09-29-2010

Nah, I used a pliers to wiggle the hose on that last little bit and I *just* tweaked it a little bit too much. I knew what I did when I did it, but what can I say, I didn't fix it...beater! When I got it off, there's a little pinhole where that happened, obviously leaking/spraying from there. Fixed now(you can see the new line in the pic), hopefully the 3/8" hose I had in my box-o-misc hoses will last at least a little while.

**goodhart** · 09-29-2010

Ahh I see. How is the 111 tuning going then

I figured it wasn't too big of secret anymore since spaz already posted a giant pic of you filling up in the cell phone pics thread

**scheides** · 09-29-2010

The only update I have is in what I posted. I added some timing too but we'll see what she does on saturday! I was at 97% IDC on pump gas (w/10% ethanol) and now at 85%, so up goes the boost!

**scheides** · 09-30-2010

Put in a little more 111 for the dyno day saturday. I really really need to do a boost leak test but I've been working literally all day and night for my regular job and organizing for the dyno day. BeaterX will be lucky if it is washed for Saturday, sigh.

Stock MAF housing is DONE. 31.x psi tapering to 28, added some timing, leaned it out a tish. You can see the maf volts hit 5.0 up top and the fuel start to go a little lean. My calcs say I'm at 86% IDC and I've run them higher, so I'm sure its just the ecu not seeing the overrun air volume and thus not accounting for it. I'll add a tish of fuel to the map to account for that I guess.

Comments welcome. After this its back to pump gas for the winter and and saving/planning what to do next. Miles and smiles I guess

t-revzr · 09-30-2010

Awesome I see you added more timing up top! Do work son!

turbotalon1g · 10-01-2010

Nice, I bet 111 finds its way for the cruise.

**scheides** · 10-01-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Nice, I bet 111 finds its way for the cruise.

Haha nah. The car is plenty fun on 100% BP93, I'll have other stuff to worry about come cruise weekend (keep it between the ditches and shiny side up!). Plus at $6.99/gallon, my wallet will be empty in notime!

Might as well share the story of last night. I worked until about 1am and decided I should really do a boost leak test. Sure enough, injector #4 manifold side had a leak. Pulled the rail off and yup, I squished it upon install, fail scheides. These were brand new seals from DW.

Stole a seal off of a stock injector and luckily it fit. Got it put in and I tightened down the rail, fired the car up, gasoline everywhere. One of the injectors had caught on the flange and not seated properly (#3 IIRC). Loosen rail. Align carefully, decide I should just push down with my hand and leak test again. FML, I see the rail-side seal on #1 squish out. Fukin ripped it in half!

Stole another seal off of stockers, luckily they fit. Lube it and carefully seat everything. tighten, no leaks on either side, fire up the car, go for a mini spin. Woohoo! What a bish but good to go.

Get in the car this morning, car starts hard and smells like fuel, I write it off to what I spilled last night. Get a few miles down the road, pop the hood, fuel spraying out of #2 now. FML. Drive home, get the GLI, go to work. This is what I get for working too much I think, carelessness.

Will get it buttoned up for tomorrow, frustrated and tired and overworked.

A//// Guy · 10-01-2010

You have one day to fix any issues before the 2 week cruise rule.

turbotalon1g · 10-01-2010

FTL. Damn you and this 2 week rule.

**scheides** · 10-01-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by A//// Guy

You have one day to fix any issues before the 2 week cruise rule.

I still blame shane for all of this, I could have just left pump gas in it and left it leaky, ignorance is bliss, right? :P

Seriously though, yes, 2-week rule is in full effect! Button it up tonight for tomorrow and then just miles and smiles. I'll switch back to my pump gas tune via (tephra mapswitching) when my tank-o-111 runs dry.

**scheides** · 10-04-2010

So, apparently the stock ignition is teh ghey, it was not liking 29+psi on the 111 leaded, even with the stock plugs gapped down to .020. Boo. Still, looks like topping up before going to the track is an easy +30whp/+30wtq for me, so if I never get Aquamist or E85 I'll likely just do this.

Before: 414whp/~335wtq@27psi
http://www.scheides.com/gallery/evoX/IMG_1422

After: 443whp/~360wtq@30psi, ignition breakup, +3° self tune. Tach signal failed so no torque, sorry.

I added 3° of timing across the board and 4° from 6500 up. Not sure if the car actually *hit* an extra 3° of timing with the elevated boost/load levels, but it was close. After the dyno I turned down teh boost to 28.5 peak and it lost the misfire and honestly felt faster. Sigh, wish I would have just done that on the dyno. Oh well.

**scheides** · 10-23-2010

BeaterX stays true to its name!

Compression test the other night: 70 135 140 145
booo!
I put a cap of oil into cyl #1 and it brought compression up to 140. Gah, sounds like bottom-end problems

I borrowed Ron @ RS' boroscope today (thanks agian Ron!) and it confirmed, 4b11's are DSM's too! LOL. The pics are fuzzy but I'll have better ones whenever I get the head off. Not sure on schedule or parts spec yet, but rebuild is def in order.

Vertical scoring

Something ucky going on with part of the piston/ring land:

I'll post real pics once the head comes off and the parts start coming in.
ps--for those keeping track: yes I uber-broke two evos in one year. Yeow.

**Murlo26** · 10-23-2010

I was sad to see this today...you will get her back to full strength and then some though! Good luck with it man.

**scheides** · 10-23-2010

It sucks too, I just got my new ignition working:

Oh well, we'll have to test it out on another car.

turbotalon1g · 10-24-2010

Shitty man, but 4b11 not quite up to dsm power yet another 200whp and i would of agreed.

so where now?

**mlomker** · 10-24-2010

Hmm. What symptoms prompted the compression test?