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    Very fine brass residue & flakes in oil: help me make a potential problem checklist

    one more thing i forgot to add have you ever blew a motor that ate the crank once before? mine had snaped a crank befoe i got it and radiator was needing to be replaced after i did that my radiator guy asked me if i wanted to see inside the oil cool and it was jamed packed full of the golden...
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    Very fine brass residue & flakes in oil: help me make a potential problem checklist

    been there done that! had the exect same thing happond never noticed it till i blew the o ring out of my oil filter and found the golden flakes on my gurage floor and all over the bottom of the car. pulled the motor and did a very extensice tear down never found anything. preformed a rebuld...
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    Complete Tr Suspension Parts Does Any One Vender Have Them All?

    thanks guys found all the parts i was hunting for and not bad pricews from PST thanks again turbotoyz
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    Complete Tr Suspension Parts Does Any One Vender Have Them All?

    NEED TO REBUILD MY COMPLETE SUSPENSION AND I PERSON HAS THIS AND ANOTHER HAS THIS IS THERE A VENDER THAT CARRIES ALL ONE KIND IN A COMPLETE KIT OR ANYTHING?? THANKS TURBOTOYZ
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    Any GM service mang/mech?

    we are turbo and power crazy we will never be able to leave anything alone we all want more power!:)
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    Any GM service mang/mech?

    and before 60,000 with all that you are goin to blow the little plastic injectors apart. that is the only weak spot to the duramax and yes if a tech has done enough work on a duramax he can find all the goodies. A area service rep once told my dealership that if cought with that kind of...
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    Poston headers

    do you have the turbo still on?? i had a hell of a time trying to get the header in i had the turbo loose and it was not good enough i had to remove the turbo and install the header then put the turbo on and all is good i have both driver and pass side and cross pipe of postons and have had...
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    non supercharged 3800

    nope, everything requires mony these days thats why my 99 regal GS stayed stock everything was way out priced but good luck. turbotoyz
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    boost ? too high.

    i have a new TE44 with new Y and actuater pretty sure its a HD i have the rod backed off as much as i can and i am still getting 25lbs how do i get it down? another thing is i only had 5* of retard at that boost level shoud i just try to tune the 5* degrees out and leave it as it is??:confused...
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    failed inspection.....window tint removal?

    i am a state inspector here in texas and i don't see why there should be any problem with your tint here it is 88 and up that matters 1987 and old can have what ever you want beside the windshild being past the AS1 line on the top. just my .2
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    weird boost problem??

    what i was trying to do is get it to a safe level so i can start to tune the rest with out worrying if i have too much boost for the amount of fuel i am running. The restrictor side goin to the act and the stright is goin to the turbo. The cam is a brand new cam and lifters are new and...
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    weird boost problem??

    i have a new TE44 and new solnoid and hose assembly i have the rod almost all the way backed off and i am still goin up to 15psi of boost but as it gets to 15 it starts to fluciate rapiadly what causes this and how do i stop it?:confused:
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    how many run highter than 93 oct to keep from KR?

    how many people have to run higher than 93 oct to keep from KR or there car has too many upgrades for pump gas. where does the line get thin in that area? any info and examples would be great!
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    oil pump rebuild ?

    i have already had it together with just 3 gm standard gaskets and it worked great had 60 cold and 30 hot and there is no scratches on the plate i took out so i guess i will get another gasket and put it together thanks for your help
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    oil pump rebuild ?

    it is a sealed power kit i got from postons it is 224-518tp
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    oil pump rebuild ?

    i rebuilt my oil pump the same way it was when i bought it but for some reason it leaked, so i got the same HV kit that was in the car and i have 2 plates and only 2 gaskets with the kit. do i have too many plates? one has dowl pins and i have a gasket that looks to fit it and i have a solid...
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    AARRGGHHHHH Can anyone help me??

    whats the state of tune? in your profile you have no updates of cam, valve springs, turbo, injector. my first step would be check vaccume at idle see if it is low or all over the place. then spray water or b12 over all vac sources to see if it changes idle. that would be my first steps. HTP...
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    break in mistake?

    also just checked the oil it is spotless no metal or contanmation of any kind??:)
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    break in mistake?

    thats what is weird the motor sounds awsome and i have even driven it and it is cool as far as i can tell. sounds good at idle but when i did my 2000 for 15 the headers got bright red which is normal i have read and the turbo which is brand new has some steam comming off of it. so i shut it down...
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    break in mistake?

    rebuilt my engine got it all back in and started it, started good started cam breakin but had a miss (dident know what it was at the time it dident act like a miss) found a plug cracked. replaced the plugs to make sure , in the mean time the motor has idled and been reved for 1.5 hours have not...
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