Subject	Followup on cracked inconel manifolds....
Posted by	ZisLuv on September 12, 2005 at 6:26 AM
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Message	Just wanted to post a followup on this. A couple of weeks ago I made a post about a set of Greg D inconel manifolds cracking. This occured just off from the weld that holds the turbo flange. Anyway, Greg suggested that to actually crack the manifold it must of been seeing some very high temps. I thought no way, as the car hasnt seen a lot of use since fitment and the car was tested at 170 compression across all cylinders prior to some retuning for new 800cc injectors. The tuners talked themselves up to being extremely cautious so I couldnt see how that could of occured. Anyway, taking Gregs advice I went back and checked the compression. Bad news. Compression is 125 across most cylinders, at best its 145. Worst side is the side with the cracked manifold :( When I picked up the car from the tuners, it had felt really slow down low in the rev range, I had just figured they had taken a fair bit of timing out to try and fix a cruising problem it was having. Now I know that wasnt the case. So the heads come off tomorrow to start checking for the cause. Just wanted to post this as a followup to say that it appears Gregs manifolds didnt just crack without a cause like I initially thought, but have probably seen some extremely bad conditions at the tuners who were highly recommended to me :(
Follow Ups	Followup on cracked inconel manifolds.... - ZisLuv 06:26:05 09/12/05 wow man that sucks...:( (n/m) - 91tt (conversion almost done) 06:47:01 09/12/05 dam...good luck w/ the car...and come out harder next time.. (n/m) - Andrew(nj) 06:53:08 09/12/05 damn...sorry to hear that (n/m) - aliaZ 06:57:39 09/12/05 Did you get my email I sent last week? (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 08:20:49 09/12/05 No nothing. Try sending it again. Are you using the email - ZisLuv 08:48:39 09/12/05 Yep. I'll try again. (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 09:44:27 09/12/05 Ive sent a reply. Let me know if you dont get it (n/m) - ZisLuv 10:08:18 09/12/05 Noting yet. Send it to my other address as well if you would - Woody75 (Denver) 10:14:44 09/12/05 Ok, sent to the second one also (n/m) - ZisLuv 10:19:36 09/12/05 Hmm, nothing there as well :( (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 10:36:23 09/12/05 thanks for the update (n/m) - dpjax 08:24:10 09/12/05 Wow. Please post results when all is said and done. (n/m) - Kenny 09:05:11 09/12/05 Thanks for the update! (n/m) - Piranha (Go Steelers!!!) 09:43:46 09/12/05 Damn.. sorry to hear. Greg is almost never wrong! (n/m) - degradated 11:21:22 09/12/05 Ouch man they sure must have been high :( Good luck to ya! (n/m) - SeedyROM 11:52:42 09/12/05 regardless of what EGT you had, they should not crack - Gunter_Prien 16:19:44 09/12/05 Greg can set you straight if you still don't get it - SeedyROM 18:13:09 09/12/05 I think he gets a kick out of teaching. I don't mind : ) (n/m) - kikbak82 21:06:34 09/12/05 Hi Haken. (n/m) - Snoguitar 21:15:23 09/12/05 Hi Haken!!! (n/m) - aliaZ 22:20:12 09/12/05 Hi Ned! (n/m) - Rage 22:25:54 09/12/05 Welcome back Hak'em we have missed your ignorance! (n/m) - colocomp (Denver) 22:52:23 09/12/05 Hahaha, nice the hear you are alive. :-) (n/m) - Spongerider :) 23:39:30 09/12/05
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