Anyone blown a stock boosted motor yet?

[Billion]

The wastegate didnt open and the turbo overboosted?

[bakerr6]

Originally Posted by raven1231

What system are you running? And who did your tune? Dynosty?

tuned by delicious. I'm running a custom kit, fabbed by driven fabrication, locally here. This car will be getting a built motor, but probably not until early next year.


I'm running an efr 6758 and will be running their flexfuel kit, aiming for around 400-420 rwhp.

[raven1231]

Oh lol you're the guy I was talking to on Facebook

[bakerr6]

Yep haha. Looks like I'm going to pick up a block tester tomorrow. Oh well, cometic gaskets are otw

[Astroboy]

Reading this thread is like reading a horror story based on true events.


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[bakerr6]

Originally Posted by Astroboy

Reading this thread is like reading a horror story based on true events.


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It's not that bad. If you've been around ej motors, you know what to expect

[erbaker67]

This thread makes me rethink going FI. Like others have said, you pay to play the game. As much as I would like to play, I think Id prefer to not pay LOL. I was thinking of approximately 5-6k to go FI but since this is my only car, any downtime, etc wont work for me. Also, Im not as mechanically inclined as about 99.9% of the people on here. Thank you for this thread.

[Cal3000]

Everyone that blew a motor should place the manufacturing date. A lot of blown motors seem random. Maybe we can correlate the the date to the blown motor

[bakerr6]

I wouldn't count it on anything particular. So many different reasons

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by bakerr6

I wouldn't count it on anything particular. So many different reasons

Primarily revolving around the tuning or installation mistake.

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by King Tut

Primarily revolving around the tuning or installation mistake.

You mean the turbo isn't supposed to blow exhaust into the intake? Dammit!

[sw20kosh]

@mkivsoopra has been driving his FI FA20 motor into the ground at the local tracks in the area for the past 2 years @ ~300 whp. Motor is still healthy and just verified it is making the expected power still (recent dynojet pulls). I'll let him chime in on how many track days/weekends he has done on the kit so far.

Like @King Tut said, if tuned right, kit is solid, and installation is solid... it seems the motor holds up reasonably well at sub 350 whp levels.

[mkivsoopra]

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

@mkivsoopra has been driving his FI FA20 motor into the ground at the local tracks in the area for the past 2 years @ ~300 whp. Motor is still healthy and just verified it is making the expected power still (recent dynojet pulls). I'll let him chime in on how many track days/weekends he has done on the kit so far.

Like @Kingtut said, if tuned right, kit is solid, and installation is solid... it seems the motor holds up reasonably well at sub 350 whp levels.

I have 20 track days in this car so far, 19 of them were FI. At the track, I run wastegate boost pressure (~6.5 psi) on some blend of E85 and 91.... usually between E50 and E80. At E80, that's around 290 whp for me, which is plenty for the track. On the street, I'm at ~10 psi, and once in a while, ~14 psi. As @sw20kosh said, the motor is still healthy!

[Astroboy]

Originally Posted by mkivsoopra

I have 20 track days in this car so far, 19 of them were FI. At the track, I run wastegate boost pressure (~6.5 psi) on some blend of E85 and 91.... usually between E50 and E80. At E80, that's around 290 whp for me, which is plenty for the track. On the street, I'm at ~10 psi, and once in a while, ~14 psi. As @sw20kosh said, the motor is still healthy!

What oil weight and brand are you using? Do you regulate the oil temps? Glad to read some good news on this page


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