fit go booooom!!!!!!!!!!!
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 148
From: Freehold, NJ
Man I tune for 11.0:1 on 93 in my DSM with 8.5:1 compression. And I still knock in the upper ranges sometimes. You were making good power but did you have any datalogging to watch for knock? Don't want to see this happen again on your nice new setup.
well i see alot of questions and ill try to answer all of them. 1 the weak point of the L15 is %100 the rod cap bolts, thats what let go on my motor. the bolt is like a 8 mm bolt, it looks like crap. 2 a k20 is a great!!!! engine just i dont want one i love the L15 i really think this can be a serious motor its very simple and well designed. sooooo whats happing with the car is cleaned up head LIGHT port job, the block is getting decked and honed to a 1.6 liter, CP pistons 9.0:1 compression the rods are being shot peened (a process where the rodes are blasted with small metal balls at a very high rate of speed, this compresses the metal molecules closer together, therefore making it stronger) then the rod caps are being drilled and chamfered to accept ARP cap bolt (fixing the weekpoint) the crank will be micro polished and oiler holes opened up and chamfered. then all bearing clearances will be set back to factory. as for the turbo im keeping the t25 right now its just getting rebuilt and a new waist gate spring. the plan for the car in a few months will be putting 260-280 to the wheels on 14 to 15 psi. my cars gona be running but the end of the month but i got to find a tuner and save my penny's, cuz right now my wallet is in the corner crying. and to the guys telling me i have a great attitude, you have to when ur building a car that was never ment to make power you have to expect something is gona go wrong, the only thing i can do is build it bigger and better and hope it dont break again. so ill keep my attitude good
and thank you
and thank you
ok if that post was epic then this will top that, i talked to cuningham rods in CALY and were are making custom forged rods for my motor, ill let you take that in........................................ yes i said CUSTOM FORGED RODS. with FORGED PISTONS and ARP rod bolts and ARP head studs. my fellow fit freakers were are talking about a fully build fit motor. with the turbo i have we should see about 270 or so, with a 35 shot of NOS, 300 or so and when i step it up and get a bigger turbo..... OMG the only horse power number i can give you is sillyness. this motor should take what ever i throw at it. lol i cant wait 
Last edited by gd3kamiwanaB; Mar 5, 2009 at 03:23 AM.
ok if that post was epic then this will top that, i talked to cuningham rods in CALY and were are making custom forged rods for my motor, ill let you take that in........................................ yes i said CUSTOM FORGED RODS. with FORGED PISTONS and ARP rod bolts and ARP head studs. my fellow fit freakers were are talking about a fully build fit motor. with the turbo i have we should see about 270 or so, with a 35 shot of NOS, 300 or so and when i step it up and get a bigger turbo..... OMG the only horse power number i can give you is sillyness. this motor should take what ever i throw at it. lol i cant wait
and once Cuningham rods builds me the first set they will have all the specs to build more. so form now on there will be rods and pistons available for the l15 all at a price that wont break the bank, so hopefully we will see more then just one built fit
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 450
From: Detroit
A tear has just rolled off the corner of my eye... I cant wait to see what the L15/HKS combo can do !!!!
Dude better yet... when you blow the doors off some unknown domestic... and the typical question of "How much hp does that thing have?" is answered that face will be PRICELESS!!!!
Keep up the good work!!
Dude better yet... when you blow the doors off some unknown domestic... and the typical question of "How much hp does that thing have?" is answered that face will be PRICELESS!!!!
Keep up the good work!!
MOTOR IS OUT!!!!!!! YYAAAAA
O what,,,, how did my starter get dented????
O yeaaaaa now i remember a rod came shooting out of the block at it. duhhhhh and look, i found a new hole
i just got the wiring harness of her and ill soon pull the head, stay tuned for more pics
O what,,,, how did my starter get dented????
O yeaaaaa now i remember a rod came shooting out of the block at it. duhhhhh and look, i found a new hole
i just got the wiring harness of her and ill soon pull the head, stay tuned for more pics
