not yet, i'll be putting it on the dyno in 2 weeks

 

good to know your car is running again...im in the process of getting mine back up and running....

 

Sucks that your build went downhill, but glad to see that it's at least up and running again.

Rod bearings, huh?

 

i think around the time the OP started there was 3-4 of us workin on turbo builds at the same time,
me, mike25, and this guy, and i think mr silent finished before all of us, and if im correct, mrsilent is down, and so is the OP, i saw them go down and said i quit, and i think mike had his kit for sale for a while now...dunno if he ever finished

 

brass plates that go between the rod/rod end caps and the crankshaft. The maker of my patricular rod bearings was ACL

negative i am the OP and i didnt quit. LOL i get to go pick my car up in michigan friday

 

i get to see it!!!!! yay!

bout damn time too adam lol

when ur done with ur break in period, it will be interesting to see how this beast opens up.

are u gonna be in michigan long?

 

Ha ha ha ha.....

i needed some new entertainment.

lets start counting the miles......it wont be long!

 

adam, nice to hear you're about to be rolling again. sounds like ill be doin my breakin at the same time as you. I should be fired up friday as well. good luck on the breakin period man. I wanna see how your powerband is on those cams cuz I plan on getting some new ones before I go with a larger turbo.

 

Just do us all a favor and take it easy on it until you get the kinks worked out.

 

the new motor is a stock motor. its going to be a while before i build up the motor again. i did notice that the stage 1 cams were too aggresive for the turbo. Vince explained it to me and he said the stock cams or turbo grind cams would be better. So, i'll just be upgrading the srpings and valves and stuff like that next fall when i return from deployment. I'll have a second vehical to use at that point so i wont care how long the car will be layed up, as a mater of fact i'll probably buy a 2.2 wild motor from jbp

the plan is as soon as i touch down friday night im going to take the car out and rack up, or as close as i can, 100 miles and then change the oil saturday morning. Then put another 100 miles on it coming down to great lakes crossing mall near you and change the oil again while im down there. Then she will be good for some WOT data logging for Vince and send the resaults to him so he can adjust accordingly and then do that process repeated until he has it right. He already had a good starting point with me and now an updated starting point w/ an HHR sts that he tuned. So i would say that it shouldnt take too much tweak and peak of the tune after the first WOT data log. I would say probably about 3 to 4 hours of work.

 

Std "high po" ecotec brake in goes as fallowing.

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1) Start car on NON-SYNTHETIC oil...let idle and reach full operating temp. idle for ~20min.

shut off and drain oil.


2) REFILL with NON-SYNTHETIC AND NEW FILTER for the next 100mi

Drain oil.

3) REFILL again with NON-SYNTHETIC AND NEW FILTER for ~500mi.

drain oil.


4)REFILL with SYNTHETIC AND NEW FILTER drive for 2000mi.

drain oil and refill, use new filter.

5) Resume normal oil changes.
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the non-syn oil is thicker and will capture metal shavings better, it will also allow more friction between the new rings and the block so they bite in quicker.

 

well its a good thing its not a "high po". its complete stock, i didnt break in the motor that way when i first bought the car, ill break it in the same way i did when i first bought the car.

now the motor that i blew up, yeah, i should have broke the engine in that way since it was all "high po" parts in it

 

my 2 new sts video's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ZfCCn4Fx4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAR9wj60qbs