My motor on E85...
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My motors always were more tolerant to detonation when I ran with blown headgaskets. They were always faster.
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Any further thoughts on the det? Maybe something to do with the blown HG? Maybe the "det" sound was really the sound of combustion gases blowing into the coolant passage(s)?
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We put everything back together and cleaned the rest.
My motor had a leaking main seal and a leaking oil pan so oil was everywhere, all OEM never been off, at 'only' 62k.
However I put this car through hell and back so nothing like that really surprises me.
As far as the det, we'll see when I get it all back together. Not sure about if it was the sound of the gases blowing into the coolant passages, unless that also sounds like a bunch of ball bearings flying around in the engine bay as well.
btw, it looks like I killed yet another 6 speed. Drained it before removing and all the oil was burnt and black and tons of shavings came out. It was making a god awful noise before but we thought it was the clutch. Thankfully we are finally swapping my built 5 speed in.
This TRE 6speed lasted 32k miles. The OEM 6 speed melted 4th at 30k miles. I'm happy I am finally putting a real trans in the car.
Last edited by GST Motorsports; May 21, 2009 at 11:04 AM.
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