944 goes BOOM, lots of smoke out tail.
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944 goes BOOM, lots of smoke out tail.
So as I posted before, I popped the radiator in Indiana. I suspected it was due to plastic end tanks and ****ty Indiana roads (seriously worst roads ever). When I got it home though, I noticed I was blowing some vapor out the tail pipe, and hitting on 3 when I wasnt under load, and hitting on 4 when I gave it some gas. Hmmm sounds like a headgasket to me....
I suspect it was due to the lean pops from the issue with the crank trigger reading interferance off the alternator, causing the engine management to freak out. We'll see if I've corrected that when it's back together. Oh yeah, and as a note.... remember to jack your camber plates out before driving a few thousand miles... was still running my track alignment for Rochester - Buffalo - Chicago - Indianapolis... whoops!
Thankfully I have more 255/35R18 S03's ready to go on the front
I suspect it was due to the lean pops from the issue with the crank trigger reading interferance off the alternator, causing the engine management to freak out. We'll see if I've corrected that when it's back together. Oh yeah, and as a note.... remember to jack your camber plates out before driving a few thousand miles... was still running my track alignment for Rochester - Buffalo - Chicago - Indianapolis... whoops!
Thankfully I have more 255/35R18 S03's ready to go on the front
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How much boost are you running Mike?
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Depends on the day. Daily, 17psi. I've turned it up for a run or two before with 100 octane in the system on the dyno. I'm pretty sure this was caused by the hiccup though.
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that sucks mike but you have done many repairs and upgrades on your 951 so the down time should be minimal. Also my car is close to completion probably this weekend
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and on #1??!!! When I saw this I was guessing #4 again for someone...hmmm
Chris, so you went with the Cometic...just took your time on the install and double checked the layers? Glad it all worked out.
Chris, so you went with the Cometic...just took your time on the install and double checked the layers? Glad it all worked out.
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and on #1??!!! When I saw this I was guessing #4 again for someone...hmmm
Chris, so you went with the Cometic...just took your time on the install and double checked the layers? Glad it all worked out.
Chris, so you went with the Cometic...just took your time on the install and double checked the layers? Glad it all worked out.
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Originally Posted by testarossa_td
Thanks for the post...your lessons are teaching us all...and saving us tons
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Originally Posted by hosrom_951
Mike, how many head gaskets have you gone through till now?