Originally Posted by trbopooh

+1........damn 10 character minimum

Originally Posted by bichkikr

Wow, that's alot of info that i don't have at the moment. As far as PSI, they tell me it's a 8 or 9 pound pulley, so I guess if i'm at WOT, it would be that much, but i have never, ever gone WOT in my car, so i dont think i've ever boosted more than 5 PSI at most. As i said, i baby this car. I only got FI for more show points, not to race it. A/F with almost WOT drops to the 10's maybe 10.7, 10.8. The plugs in there right now are the recommended factory iridium ones. When i blew the motor, i either had to pay 2500 for a used one, or over 6K for a GTE swap. I don't have 6K laying around after I had just spent over 5K the month before. I wish I had money like that. I"ll try to get some data, but the car is in LA now, so i have no access to it for a few more weeks. If the booster isn't on at idle, what other reason would the car smell like gas when it's just sitting there? Does that mean i have something else wrong too? I'm pretty sure the h/g is stock. the claim they make is that this kit it bolt on power, with no need for engine builds and no check engine lights. That's all i wanted out of it. I can't seem to get that yet. Where is TMM? I'd love to have someone else look at it. I tried SP, but they won't touch it after these guys did. Bottom line, i don't have another few thousand to throw at this problem, i just want it to run like they said it would, with no issues. You can be sure that i will make changes later, but for now i can't afford to redo the whole thing. Thank you all for your input, i'll try to get some data as soon as i can.

Originally Posted by bichkikr

ok, so i finally get a call today, and thay are telling me that i have blown piston rings AGAIN! I never even drive this car, and they are the only ones that have touched it! The CEL came on when the supercharger wasn't even on the car! How can i blow rings riding stock? I don't get this. Please tell me what you think my options are. I just want them to take it all off and give me some money back, the can't make it work right and i'm not rich to keep buying motors. Anyone have any suggestions on what i can do?

Originally Posted by bichkikr

they said clinder 1 had compression check of 105 and it should be at 145 range? they will tell me more tomorrow, but i cant believe that this happened again and they wont take any of the blame.

Originally Posted by bichkikr

they said clinder 1 had compression check of 105 and it should be at 145 range? they will tell me more tomorrow, but i cant believe that this happened again and they wont take any of the blame.

Originally Posted by bichkikr

so far all they can tell me is that only the #1 cylinder is bad, they will test the others today i guess. they still have the car, but i agree, i need someone else to look at it and determine exactly what happened and why. I talked to SP Engineering and they won't even look at the car since these guys touched it. I guess that's a bad sign right there. My only other option would be to have it taken to a dealership but that will cost me TONS of cash. I just have a feeling this is going to be ugly and alot more expensive than i can afford. I'm sure they won't want to pay for any of it. As for the leak down, i'll ask them today to get that for me. I'm not sure what they have to do to get that info, but i hope it's not expensive.

Originally Posted by bichkikr

LMS is not offering any reason or soultion, other than me buying another motor or a TT block. Aparently it's a big mystery as to why i keep blowing rings. Not happy, this is going to get ugly today, i already know.

Originally Posted by JPI

What kind of psi were you running? How were the Long term fuel on both bank? I would take they were in the 10% range, and sync together. What were your A/F look like at WOT? What were your fuel pressure at your max boost? I'm would make an educated guess you are in the 10's for AFR. What kind of plugs are you using? And how were they gap? The NGK 3330's work great and try to stay in the 7 heat range. If you blew the motor why not swap it out with the gte bottom ends. Deeper valves cut, stronger rods etc. If you can't me provide all the datas I needed, I wouldn't be able to help you out. I need datalog files and the runs that you made. A simple lexus would be able to do all of that. Your vehicle doesn't run rich at idle, the booster pump isn't activate at idle, so fuel pressure would stay around 35-40's. Why not get a second pinion at the local shop? Todd AT TMM is very knowledgeable about 0BDII system. BTW, I hope you run a thicker h/g because high boost and high compression doesn't go together very well. You have my number.. Gimme a call anytime.
JPI