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[swcrow]

how's it feel?

Loving that cold piston slap ….. drove great on the way home…super low boost and driving by rpm instead of speed really

 

[DIB's]

Soooo cool, couldn't be happier for ya!

Wishing you an engine so fine it purrs as long as you have it and then for the next lucky bastid as well!

 

[wascally wabbitt]

I bet the wait was rough, but glad you got it back relatively quickly! Wishing ya smooth sailing ahead. Plans now that the motor is built?

 

[swcrow]

I bet the wait was rough, but glad you got it back relatively quickly! Wishing ya smooth sailing ahead. Plans now that the motor is built?

MPI in a box waiting until broken in and tune on hand ready

 

[scrllock]

Loving that cold piston slap ….. drove great on the way home…super low boost and driving by rpm instead of speed really

what's your piston to wall?

 

[Acadia18]

what's your piston to wall?

Till the sweat drips down his balls

 

[Ezekiel81923]

How big is the turbo sitting in your shopping cart waiting to checkout?

 

[EpicTech]

How big is the turbo sitting in your shopping cart waiting to checkout?

H U G E

 

[swcrow]

what's your piston to wall?

You talking 82.5/83? Mahle piston is oem size I think…. Need to go check…can’t remember. I was exaggerating the piston slap too

How big is the turbo sitting in your shopping cart waiting to checkout?

lol….maaaaaybe 2876/3076 down the road

 

[scrllock]

You talking 82.5/83? Mahle piston is oem size I think…. Need to go check…can’t remember. I was exaggerating the piston slap to

the distance between the piston and the wall. Mahle doesn't use OEM, I'm curious what Thomas used.

 

[swcrow]

the distance between the piston and the wall. Mahle doesn't use OEM, I'm curious what Thomas used.

Ahhhh gotcha…. Thanks…. Learning ALL types of stuff on this journey. I’ll find out

 

[swcrow]

Hard to see in the pic, but super fine metallic in the 40 weight break in oil, totally normal, but def there

 

[swcrow]

the distance between the piston and the wall. Mahle doesn't use OEM, I'm curious what Thomas used.

Finally heard back from him on a few questions. He used 83mm pistons

 

[scrllock]

Finally heard back from him on a few questions. He used 83mm pistons

so how big are the cylinders now?

 

[swcrow]

so how big are the cylinders now?

83mm