Fathouse Fabs project / Head noise / exhaust leaks
Oct 13, 2014, 04:35 PM
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I spun a rod bearing in my EVO recently and I currently have my car at Fathouse about to get a complete rebuild by them. I'm headed there Wednesday to meet with Ben so maybe I'll get to check out your car in person while its there.
Oct 13, 2014, 04:59 PM
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Yep my car will still be there. They worked on downpipe today and I'm sure other things. I think you'll be pleased with them, they will work within your budget and are very responsive and flexible with your wants/needs. Can't wait to see your build and hopefully see your car when I go to pick mine up when it's finished.
Oct 14, 2014, 10:20 AM
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Yep my car will still be there. They worked on downpipe today and I'm sure other things. I think you'll be pleased with them, they will work within your budget and are very responsive and flexible with your wants/needs. Can't wait to see your build and hopefully see your car when I go to pick mine up when it's finished.
Oct 14, 2014, 01:43 PM
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It's going to be a sprint to the finish but they are hoping to wrap it up today and have it on the dyno tomorrow. I plan to pick it up Saturday if everything goes well on the dyno tomorrow.
Oct 14, 2014, 04:30 PM
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Saturday morning I'm actually headed just southwest of Indy to Plainfield, IN to check out the progress of my friends EVO 4 build. You're more than welcome to join us if you've got time. If not, I'm sure you'll see my silver EVO 8 there at Fathouse and I'm sure everything will go great with your dyno session.
Oct 14, 2014, 04:40 PM
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Saturday morning I'm actually headed just southwest of Indy to Plainfield, IN to check out the progress of my friends EVO 4 build. You're more than welcome to join us if you've got time. If not, I'm sure you'll see my silver EVO 8 there at Fathouse and I'm sure everything will go great with your dyno session.
Oct 15, 2014, 04:19 PM
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Unfortunately, got some not good news. They cranked car to check it out before dyno and things didn't sound good at all. Here's what they told me:
"Not good news today.
We got the car running and its got some head noise, more than we think it should. Do you remember if it was noisy before? Sounds like a bad lifter.
Also we were tracking down some exhaust leaks and noticed small bubbles coming out of the headgasket from underneath, thats not good! Its prob not blown yet, only leaking. But if we tried to dyno it, its likely to blow.
We would suggest pulling the head to fix that issue, possibly upgrading studs and cams too while we are in there. When we have it off we can see whats causing the noise as well.
Let me know what you want to do.
Sorry for the bad news but we didnt want to damage it any further by attempting to tune the car."
"Not good news today.
We got the car running and its got some head noise, more than we think it should. Do you remember if it was noisy before? Sounds like a bad lifter.
Also we were tracking down some exhaust leaks and noticed small bubbles coming out of the headgasket from underneath, thats not good! Its prob not blown yet, only leaking. But if we tried to dyno it, its likely to blow.
We would suggest pulling the head to fix that issue, possibly upgrading studs and cams too while we are in there. When we have it off we can see whats causing the noise as well.
Let me know what you want to do.
Sorry for the bad news but we didnt want to damage it any further by attempting to tune the car."
Oct 15, 2014, 06:35 PM
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Some local buddies of mine pointed out that I had a extra valve cover powdercoated prior to taking my car to Fathouse. The VC was installed this week but car fired up for the first time today. They mentioned hearing some stories of media blasting residue/particles getting trapped on the underside of powdered VC's and dislodging once the engine starts and whatnot and this can lead to engine problems and even failures. I confirmed this on an old thread on this site where David Buscher himself said he's seen many Evo engines destroyed because of this. I'm crossing my fingers that something as seemingly stupid as a powdercoated VC isn't what has perhaps caused valvetrain issues. Won't know full extent of issues until head is pulled but hopefully it's minor. Link to thread about debris from media blasting: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...r-problem.html
Oct 15, 2014, 07:19 PM
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They guy who did my valve cover actually responded right away. He chemically stripped the valve cover he used that is now mine. So that eliminates that.
Oct 16, 2014, 10:05 AM
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Sorry to hear about your bad news on the car. I actually stopped by Fathouse yesterday to finalize the paperwork for my build and saw your car there. Hopefully it'll get sorted out and fixed for you soon.