So I finally got rid of the nice sticky grease and oil.
4 brushes, a lot of hot pressure water washer later. The intake looks nearly clean. Look, what I have found: :scare2: Big and heavy enough to kill your turbo exhaust wheel blades.. http://up.picr.de/4352797.jpg These little friends were sticking to the intake manifold. Leftover from a quick factory roaming. |
if that was in your intake i'd be more worried about it wedging in a valve seat and causing piston to valve issues or enough of that getting into a cylinder and causing severe buildup than taking out a turbo exhaust wheel......
so does the car run better? |
Hahaha, It's still a huge construction site. I have taken apart everything to get the intake out. Made about 60 pictures- because I almost detonated.
Now I can say: I do not really like Italian engineers. Found a lot of things to improve and will work further on it. Kevin showed me a very good write-up of his exhaust manifold improvement and I will follow his steps. I guess it will take another 2 weeks to get everything done. The intake is real cruel- no wonder the engine is starving for air. The exhaust down pipe has a huge dent in it. Since this Jeep was only serviced at a dealer we know what that means. The trusty dealer ruined the down pipe. I guess, I will get the pictures tuesday, so it can be a nice foto story...:c: |
Any news on this project?
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yup- intake is done.
Working on downpipe replacement, because it' pretty much useless- the dent is factory made...:ouch: |
No foto story then? :sad:
Regarding the down pipe, are you hoping to get boost at lower RPMs? how's the rest of your exhaust? ( The more i know, the more i can copy... :up:) |
What do you expect to see?
Dirty hands? Here you go: http://up.picr.de/4795842.jpg And a bit dirt build up... http://s1.up.picr.de/4795844.jpg As long as you are not able to understand that you won't get boost at lower rpm without a lower A/R ratio and a different turbine wheel design, you won't benefit from lower backpressure. Lower backpressure does only assist in quicker acceleration- the turbo spools up faster and it may broaden your power band. The exhaust also has to keep up with the exhaust flow: More power does also mean more exhaust gasses! |
mmmmmm that is crusty lookin'
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