1970 Duster AlterKtion, 4 Link, LS/T56/Turbo and Minitub
So! Updates! Got the 2 new pistons in and got the car running! The new dwell times seemed to have fixed the issue of popping pistons! This time I just pulled the pan in the car and slid the 2 pistons up out and swapped the 2 new ones in. The first time I broke the 4 pistons it also KO'd my main bearings. This time I didn't check them since I didnt pull the motor and was being HOPEFUL that being it only broke 2 pistons I was okay.
Wellll I got to drive the car a handful of times now! And man she goes good! And I'm ironing out some other bugs. Like the exhaust was SO drony in the car. So I added a muffler right after the downpipe. 4" doesnt belong under a car either. What a pain lol.
Anyways as I drove the car that handful of times I watched my oil pressure get worse and worse each time >.< and now its at 10psi and 0 when under throttle or hot basically. Soooo back off the oil pan comes and this is what greeted me .... sigh... lol so it seems that the detonation killed the bearings this time around too. I ordered new bearings and hopefully and just slide them in with the motor in the car still. Hoping the crank isnt damaged or anything. I have that 6.1 I'm building for this still its just much more money, so this just needs to last this season haha.
On goes the battle. Also need to order an aluminum radiator. My factory one does okay if I stay cruising. But if I'm really beating on the car in stop and go traffic it gets up to around 230-240 degrees.
So! Updates! Got the 2 new pistons in and got the car running! The new dwell times seemed to have fixed the issue of popping pistons! This time I just pulled the pan in the car and slid the 2 pistons up out and swapped the 2 new ones in. The first time I broke the 4 pistons it also KO'd my main bearings. This time I didn't check them since I didnt pull the motor and was being HOPEFUL that being it only broke 2 pistons I was okay.
Wellll I got to drive the car a handful of times now! And man she goes good! And I'm ironing out some other bugs. Like the exhaust was SO drony in the car. So I added a muffler right after the downpipe. 4" doesnt belong under a car either. What a pain lol.
Anyways as I drove the car that handful of times I watched my oil pressure get worse and worse each time >.< and now its at 10psi and 0 when under throttle or hot basically. Soooo back off the oil pan comes and this is what greeted me .... sigh... lol so it seems that the detonation killed the bearings this time around too. I ordered new bearings and hopefully and just slide them in with the motor in the car still. Hoping the crank isnt damaged or anything. I have that 6.1 I'm building for this still its just much more money, so this just needs to last this season haha.
On goes the battle. Also need to order an aluminum radiator. My factory one does okay if I stay cruising. But if I'm really beating on the car in stop and go traffic it gets up to around 230-240 degrees.
