80tq: Blown Engine

[JShadzi at aol.com]

I can't say I'm terribly unlucky, I've been running this motor hard for about 3 years now, consider this was close to its 30th track day, I'd say I've been very lucky to this point.  Its goes with the territory when you're tripling the output of a motor.

Javad

>Unlucky Javad. At least it didn't lock you up mid twisties.... And sounds
>relatively minimal at this stage. Not one of these conrod through block
>issues.
>Sounds more like it, my friend's evo 6 doesn't like it above 1400. Tends to
>keep it set up between 1100-1200. After all it is a road car.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From:   Jim Green [mailto:jeg1976 at yahoo.com] 
>Sent:   24 November 2003 15:10
>To: Mihnea Cotet
>Cc: Quattro list
>Subject:    Re: 80tq: Blown Engine
>
>
>--- Mihnea Cotet <mik at info.fundp.ac.be> wrote:
>> Sorry to hear about that Javad, what post-turbine
>> EGTs were you running 
>> lately??
>> 
>> I'd say it's very similar to what happened to my
>> friend running a K26/27/29 
>> on an RS2 EM at 480+ crank HP, his A/F ratios were
>> perfect and so was 
>> power, but his EGTs exceeded 1000 degree C after the
>> turbine and he melted 
>> a valve...
>
>
>Sorry to hear that Javad, that's one way to really
>screw up your weekend.  As far as the EGT's go, 1000 C
>after the turbine is retarded!  When I was at the dyno
>I was hitting about the same temp near redline, but 6"
>away from the valve.  I actually dropped the fuel
>mixture down into the 11's at that level to keep
>things closer to 1700 degree's F.
>
>Later,
>
>=====
>Jim Green
>'89 80q slow
>'89 90tq fast, really fast
>http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html
>
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