Thread: Help Work On My Car

if anyone is willing to work on my car who knows what they are doing please let me know by monday or else it is gone. thanks

dude seriously you need to figure some stuff out on your own.. you dont even know if theres anything wrong with the engine your just going off what some shop says.. they just want your money an they will tell you anything to get it..

do you have an oil pressure gauge? if so whats the oil pressure like? maybe you should get one if you dont have one, it would be alot cheaper then buyin a new motor or rebuilding that one..

just replace the damn tensioner also, its simple.. an not that expensive.. get the GOOD ONE from Gspec! its hella easy my 9 year old step son could doit

Sorry i havent gotten back to you yet man, But the shop made no sense at all. This is exactly why when ever you have a highly modified or even turbo car for that matter you should at least know what the heck your doing and how to work on your own car. I understand that some people dont have the time or knowledge for it but want a fast car. In that case you should get something that comes factory turbo and is fast that wont have the problems of custom work done.

My 2 cents. Seriously man, if i was there i would be more than happy to hook up your car, build you a solid motor that you didnt have to think twice about and could beat the absolute crap out of it and not worry about a thing. Except maybe a tranny or two, haha.
Thats why i built my motor using all top notch new parts on it as far as the engine itself goes. I didnt mess around and you know what, if was 100% reliable, never had any problems, 10k miles and when i took it apart, everything looked the way it did when i put it in, clean, fresh, and wear free. This is what your motor should have proved if it was done properly man. I can tell you i wouldnt have made the mistake of putting that old tensioner in thats for sure. Even though its probably not the problem and you more than likely spun that a bearing, Again whenever you do those coated bearings like that especially coating a standard bearing, you close your gaps on the oil clearance and with no changes to the crank you will have problems.

This is why i use standard bearings or nissan sized bearings and measure the crank to make sure the tolerances are within spec. Again yours may have been but the changes to the bearings is what did it. The calico coated bearings in my opinion are not worth the extra money at all. Too many problems. When that coating starts to come off you will again start having problems.

Wish i was closer to you man, i would hook you up but sorry, all the way on the other side of the country, lol. Hope you get it all figured out. I will still give you a call later this afternoon. Still busy doing some stuff.

i got a new tensioner from the dealer. the shop installed it. i have no oil pressure guage.. the chain is tighter and alot of knocking in the motor. i think it comes down to knowing someone who can come to your house and working on it which seems they would have pride in their work. im tired exhausted and i think all this money im dumping can be used on another car. that is strong to begin with and just put a small turbo instead of building a motor. because this is my 4th motor i have been through and i havent driven it more than a month each motor ..

Buy the V dub. Be done with it.

r32 with 56,000 miles and put a decentturbo on there to make 400hp you think its relaible?

ok obviously i missed something.. sorry lol

if i were local i'd totaly help man but i would seriously think about getting an oil pressure gauge for sure, and a wideband if ya dont already have one lol

what kind of tune are you running? is it dyno proven?

i wouldnt buy a vdub something about a company that puts plastic water pumps on there cars dont seem very reliable to me.

i do not have a oil presuusre i have w.b. guage fuel and boost by aem. i have a aem standalone. dynod 306hp 256lb tor.

I'm not joking bring that car to CT it will be fixed in no time the first time. Here is what should happen: Get in touch with SR20GTI-R via pm.

1 You tow car to CT
2 Jamie Marsh Racing fixes it
3 We all get to meet up with you and drink some beer.
4 You go home with a running car with a smile on your face.