Jordan's Rebuild Plan of action

[Jordan_R]

So little timeline of installation for those interested.

2pm engine on stand just finished fully timing it and installing timing cover
5pm all additional stuff added turbos, intake manifold etc etc with a trip to ace
7pm first start
9:30pm majority of front end installed and drivable lol

Made decent time yesterday. Drove it around today about 30 miles to make sure no CEL and begin break in. Going to go a couple hundred miles before feeding in moar boost

 

[bpd1151]

Very excited to see yours back up and running once again.

And WITH oil pressure to boot!

**** yes! Congrats to you, and all involved in your project. May the wind be at your tail and go nail down that 10!

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[bpd1151]

What's it sound like now? An audio clip perhaps when time permits?

I'm confident the followers and fellow SHO owners would appreciate that.

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[Jordan_R]

What's it sound like now? An audio clip perhaps when time permits?

I'm confident the followers and fellow SHO owners would appreciate that.

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I made a video on the youtubes. Can't figure out how I'd upload a clip over here so here is the video of me starting it up. Crude editting so for those looking for just the sauce skip to 2:30 on the video! First start the exhaust wasn't hooked up so it was a little loud lol. 6:40 for exhaust hooked up sound

 

[76FoMoCo]

Brad tuning it?
So what turbo's?

 

[Jordan_R]

Brad tuning it?
So what turbo's?

Gearhead and Brad both are tuning it. Albeit their own tunes lol don't want people thinking it's a collab and I'm running the GH Gen3R turbos which are speced like ATP but a little more effective. Billet compressor wheel and a couple other tweaks.

 

[76FoMoCo]

Gearhead and Brad both are tuning it. Albeit their own tunes lol don't want people thinking it's a collab and I'm running the GH Gen3R turbos which are speced like ATP but a little more effective. Billet compressor wheel and a couple other tweaks.

Cool! I know this is a peak into the secret sauce but whats the end goal for psi?

 

[Jordan_R]

Cool! I know this is a peak into the secret sauce but whats the end goal for psi?

It'll probably end up somewhere around 25psi I'd believe!

Also got home about an hour ago and threw on the front end. Glad to have all these pieces back on the car and not in the garage!

 

[76FoMoCo]

Can't wait to see the tuners name next to the next pass! Or pm me if it blows

 

[Zpak]

Glad she’s back on the road. Congrats man, it’s been a long time coming. Best of luck. Now get after it!

 

[jtreber]

So little timeline of installation for those interested.

2pm engine on stand just finished fully timing it and installing timing cover
5pm all additional stuff added turbos, intake manifold etc etc with a trip to ace
7pm first start
9:30pm majority of front end installed and drivable lol

Made decent time yesterday. Drove it around today about 30 miles to make sure no CEL and begin break in. Going to go a couple hundred miles before feeding in moar boost

So what was the final verdict on the oil pressure issue?

 

[SHOCALL]

What is the break-in protocol if I may ask?

 

[DadMobile]

It'll probably end up somewhere around 25psi I'd believe!

Also got home about an hour ago and threw on the front end. Glad to have all these pieces back on the car and not in the garage!
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Lawdy 25 psi is awesome. I think I put down in the neighborhood of 520whp with an average of 18-19psi. You should be close to 700 awhp with similar torque I’d imagine? Let’s see some 10.3’s or 4’s

 

[Jordan_R]

Lawdy 25 psi is awesome. I think I put down in the neighborhood of 520whp with an average of 18-19psi. You should be close to 700 awhp with similar torque I’d imagine? Let’s see some 10.3’s or 4’s

I made 536awhp at 20psi and 19 degrees of timing on my gen3. Matt said Gen3R should make another 15hp at same boost but now we can also turn up the timing to compliment it lol!

 

[Jordan_R]

So what was the final verdict on the oil pressure issue?

Sorry, didn't scroll up, but the issue was plug behind water pump again. Used the manufacturer number on the plug on my original block to track down a part number and replace with the OEM one which is a rubber coated metal plug.

What is the break-in protocol if I may ask?

Just gonna drive it around for a couple hundred miles and lots of engine braking

 

[Bluezone]

I'll just leave this here. Good info that I've always followed.

 

[Jordan_R]

Welp! Considering my break in miles done! Like @Bluezone 's video I don't believe in the long long break in mileage etc. Basically what I've been doing is I broke up the break in to 30-40 mile rides at a time.

First drive easy acceleration with lots of engine breaking.

Second drive like normal hitting few psi of boost with engine braking

Third drive hitting about 10psi with engine braking

Fourth short stints of WOT with engine braking

So first start up due to a lot of machine work I let the engine warm up, verify oil pressure, bleed coolant and once it was up to temp I did a filter and oil change. This way you can make sure the machining stuff that didn't get cleaned out is gone from the engine. I then added just some cheap oil and a ZDDP oil additive (zinc additive) to for the break in miles. Now it's time for the expensive oil. From @mattr66 's suggestion went expensive and going to run driven 5w50 full synthetic. About $12-13 a quart but rather do it safe than sorry! The engine is built a little "looser" for the more power so going this direction just helps making sure everything stays in the correct place!

 

[limited02]

Welp! Considering my break in miles done! Like @Bluezone 's video I don't believe in the long long break in mileage etc. Basically what I've been doing is I broke up the break in to 30-40 mile rides at a time.

First drive easy acceleration with lots of engine breaking.

Second drive like normal hitting few psi of boost with engine braking

Third drive hitting about 10psi with engine braking

Fourth short stints of WOT with engine braking

So first start up due to a lot of machine work I let the engine warm up, verify oil pressure, bleed coolant and once it was up to temp I did a filter and oil change. This way you can make sure the machining stuff that didn't get cleaned out is gone from the engine. I then added just some cheap oil and a ZDDP oil additive (zinc additive) to for the break in miles. Now it's time for the expensive oil. From @mattr66 's suggestion went expensive and going to run driven 5w50 full synthetic. About $12-13 a quart but rather do it safe than sorry! The engine is built a little "looser" for the more power so going this direction just helps making sure everything stays in the correct place!
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No more Amazon oil, huh?

 

[802SHO]

Amazon Basic sales going to be hurting....their PosterBoy just switched to Driven! Nice to see you making the switch!

 

[Zpak]

“Amazon oil, bending rods since 2019!”