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I bought an 88t last fall and havent driven it much yet, maybe 1000 miles at most. it seems to have quite a bit of power and havent found any problems yet.
here is a list of mods it came with.
3" exhaust
fluidyne radiator
K&N filter
turbo timer
I custom made a 3" id turbo elbow
over the winter I did a compression check as well as replaced the spark plugs.
My results were pretty low, between 105 and 128 on the cylinders.
I didnt try oil in the cylinder, but plan on doing another compression check this week now that i can get the car out and warm it up first.
the car doesnt seem to lack any power, but maybe thats just me.
also over the winter i pulled the stock ct26 and it seems in great shape, almost no shaft play and none at all back and forth. the car has 89k miles on it and had a hg done by the original owner.
I am the 3rd owner and the 2nd owner only had it for 6 months or so and didnt ask much about the car when they bought it from the first owner so i dont know what they did or didnt do to the engine. all i know is that the camgear cover has a sticker on it that says the hg was changed at 58k miles.
I dont know if its metal or not or if the pistons or anything is aftermarket either.
I thought maybe my compression was low might be because they put a big metal gasket on and didnt do any machining. but thats just a long shot guess.
is there anything i can do to find out without causing myself to have to rebuild due to pulling the head and looking?
I would like to run more than stock boost, but want to atleast last through the summer.
any comments?
thanks
Ryan
here is a list of mods it came with.
3" exhaust
fluidyne radiator
K&N filter
turbo timer
I custom made a 3" id turbo elbow
over the winter I did a compression check as well as replaced the spark plugs.
My results were pretty low, between 105 and 128 on the cylinders.
I didnt try oil in the cylinder, but plan on doing another compression check this week now that i can get the car out and warm it up first.
the car doesnt seem to lack any power, but maybe thats just me.
also over the winter i pulled the stock ct26 and it seems in great shape, almost no shaft play and none at all back and forth. the car has 89k miles on it and had a hg done by the original owner.
I am the 3rd owner and the 2nd owner only had it for 6 months or so and didnt ask much about the car when they bought it from the first owner so i dont know what they did or didnt do to the engine. all i know is that the camgear cover has a sticker on it that says the hg was changed at 58k miles.
I dont know if its metal or not or if the pistons or anything is aftermarket either.
I thought maybe my compression was low might be because they put a big metal gasket on and didnt do any machining. but thats just a long shot guess.
is there anything i can do to find out without causing myself to have to rebuild due to pulling the head and looking?
I would like to run more than stock boost, but want to atleast last through the summer.
any comments?
thanks
Ryan