Duncan

yeah I understand....but frankly he would have got 3x the orders if he charged half the price like everyone else does. I normally buy pics when I go to a new track but he almost talked me out of it at that price. BTW good to see you were trying too

lol I thought Ryan was the blonde. too late for you mate, and looks like they are OK anyway....but be aware the CAMS rules for boots are changing next year (actually they changed 2 years ago but there was an amnesty). You now need to the FIA standard (as yours seem to), not just the SFA or whatever the other standard is called

interesting...I'm willing to bet they don't have many. I just picked up the last set of rb26 ones from my machine shop's supplier. Mains from Adelaide, big ends from maroochydore

nothing wrong with King bearings, cheap and pleny of people using them. As always it is the maching, measuring and cleanliness that matters. BTW ACL are in liquidation and are not making new stock - so King are really the remaining choice unless you want to be reamed by Nissan

haha I've been there often enough. (and just so it's not off topic) I looked at my engine sitting on a stand with new bearings and remilled sump adapter ready to go back in

haha they put that concrete on the inside of the corners for a reason, right?

pics finally made it (by far the most expensive I have ever bought from a track day). OK pics although they don't really show the background much, could have been anywhere. I've narrowed down when I scraped the wall....sometime between 10am.... and 2pm.... in any case, I was taking it easy on saturday, before finally having a go on sunday No trophy, but it was a good fun event

thanks supa steve. BTW I am not sure of the previous life of this particular block, it may or may not have had a spun bearing before. I got it second hand and machined it. oilcheck site suggests alumnium and silica are signs of dirt, mine are both outside normal but not flagged as critical like the bearing indicators. not arguing, just trying to learn....

yeah but that would cause big spigot wear first right overheating on the last motor was due to coolant loss (ie pressure test would have found the problem, but I never did one). eventually it did a head gasket from overheating which is fair enough. BTW I don't want to give the impression I have had lots of spun bearing motors. I have had a few but reasons for each (oil system mistake, bearing clearance mistake and original factory motor). Also killed one with a dying fuel pump causing pinging. Killed 2 from overheating (both dead head gaskets - the one above and one because the radiator was too short for factory mounts). The real question is - what does this analysis tell me other than the obvious (ie bearings are f**ked). No chance I am running the motor without tearing it down.

indeed. new clutch and flywheel on this motor. same gearbox for years but new spigot bush, and they are all outside the sump anyway. FWIW also new harmonic balancer on this motor

yeah I found that interesting too. 2x the acceptable level of fuel. petrol is not a good lubricant. zeb, it is an entirely new bottom end, head was machined and re-used from an old motor, not the last one. unlikely (but never impossible) that it is related to a single bad part.

lol at strange engine number. not sure what the P stands for either. I assume copper and lead make up tri metal ACL bearings. that is why i was wondering who knows how to read/explain these things. The block is a virgin in my use, although it was second hand and machined including 0.5mm overbore before this use.

oil analysis was $58. Oil change is $120 for oil and filter, + labour. Which is why I was wondering about people using them on a preventative basis. I intend to.

It does have a sad smiley. And I think 94x the acceptable level of bearing material might be a sign too. No I have never used the redline oil before. Interesting that their analysis shows it is outside the expected range for 15w50 at 100oC. Whatever the expected range is at 100oC

I took the race car back to the workshop because the turbos were blown - noisey whistle as they spooled up. Turbos showed evidence of oil starvation so I got an oil analysis done. results below. This is on a 7 day old production race motor. The main thing I understand is the smiley face. Also interested to hear from anyone who does regular oil analysis as part of a preventative schedule

you don't have enough power until you can chirp second seriously? get them to tune it to maximum mid range power at whatever boost that is, then set the boost 30% lower and enjoy years of trouble free track days

same. he is a good driver but not the best in the world. imaginary broken shoulder or not.

I'll give them a good home. You coming on sunday?

very hard to answer without some more detail. what are the 2 sets of tyres (brand and model)? Do either of them have an arrow on the sidewall (directional) or inside/outside on the sidewall (assymetric).

+1, no matter how many times I remind myself I still close the bloody thread I was reading!

No....they only have the emanage ultimate!!! hahahahah I kill me

well.....according to the internet (which is never wrong), the os sequential box is actually a rebagded hollinger one. so you are just paying japan premium and getting less service/ support than buying the local one. hollingers come up on here already in skyline bellhousings fairly regularly you should expect to perform regular maintenance on any high end gearbox - once a season at a minimum.

maybe you have blown an exhaust wheel off your computer noel? check in the cat. or the mouse

good call on studs....but I think from the description he means head bolts. They use an internal hex head.

normally just use a compressor, good regulator and a pressure gauge to confirm, the use multimeter to record voltages at different pressures.