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I was on the phone yesterday with the STM sales desk and I said, "My car is 15 years old and I think I might need throttle seals." Reaction from STM, "You think?"
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It’s been over course of about a month, but went from fully stock to full bolt ons and cams. Getting dual mapped tuned at boostin end of August. Hoping for 400whp on E85.
Got home from work and saw my stripped manifold stud and it’s stripped inside the cylinder head but it won’t stay tight and won’t get tight fml.. red loctite is not working. Any recommendations? Heli coil , time-sert, new head? Ugh
i just tightened this as tight as I could get it and it looked like this after a 30 min ride home.
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Got home from work and saw my stripped manifold stud and it’s stripped inside the cylinder head but it won’t stay tight and won’t get tight fml.. red loctite is not working. Any recommendations? Heli coil , time-sert, new head? Ugh
i just tightened this as tight as I could get it and it looked like this after a 30 min ride home.
I would heli-coil first. That should hold fine, if it fails, you could always JB weld it in
My fifteen year old Evo got its first boost leak test today. The result - one leak, #2 injector. Fifteen year old throttle seals, which I bought replacements for ahead of time, not leaking. Plastic BOV, not leaking.
My fifteen year old Evo got its first boost leak test today. The result - one leak, #2 injector. Fifteen year old throttle seals, which I bought replacements for ahead of time, not leaking. Plastic BOV, not leaking.
Both Evos I have owned, same thing. No throttle leaks, no BOV leaks. Original seals at 180k and 30+psi.
Every Evo I haven't owned, but boost tested (3), super huge leaks at the throttle. lol
Got the turbo and other bits all installed and everything torqued down !! My repairs worked yay lol.
added some gold foil, maybe it will help? Few more things still left to do
Nice job on the repair of that stripped stud hole. That is how I would have done it. Hopefully that nut stays tight for you as the thermal expansion coefficient for cast aluminum and steel are different. I think it should be fine.
Nice job on the repair of that stripped stud hole. That is how I would have done it. Hopefully that nut stays tight for you as the thermal expansion coefficient for cast aluminum and steel are different. I think it should be fine.
Thanks , however now the lower one is stripped out ugh.. I’m gonna pull head now and get it fixed or get a new one and add some goodies to it. I’ll keep you all posted or make a build thread maybe.
