Ruthless the turbo 325ix

[wat3rbug]

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Waiting to see how everything goes.

[fergie]

thats bad luck, sorry to hear. Ive been running arp head studs with a stock headgasket on my turbo m20 for about 4000km now without issue, at 13psi. Granted I feel my tune is fairly well sorted out and the engine runs well.

[CrazyPrime]

I haven't Updated this thread in awhile. I have been really busy. but back to the Ix so after the turbo seal blew in my last post it ended up being the bad drain line that the oil backed up in and blew the seal.
After getting that fixed we took another trip to the dyno and that POS coolant line that goes to the back of the head exploded while we were on the dyno. they did get it tuned enough that I could drive it. It still leaked oil out of the head gasket and when I would get in boost just a little my temp gauge would go crazy. so fast forward another month and I am racing my friends subaru on the Hwy I hit full boost, it basically pressurized my coolant system with the cylinder pressure and blew all my coolant out and overheated my engine.
I'm not sure if it actually overheated, I know my temp gauge spiked when the hot air blew past it. we towed it home and it has been sitting in my garage ever since, waiting for me to get motivated again. I also don"t have the money for it at the moment. I'm rebuilding a bbc 396 for my dads old k20 and also have a new car payment after buying a Trailblazer ss. I will update this thread when I do start working on it again. my plan is to O-ring the block and use a stock head gasket.

[CrazyPrime]

i'm running 3.64s on my ix. Its a euro early model production date 1985

Ya I thought I remembered there being another ratio I was just going by us spec diffs. How is the 3.64s?

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[downforce22]

stock IX manual diffs which are 3.91. the auto ix's had 4.10s those are the only 2 options for the ix.

i'm running 3.64s on my ix. Its a euro early model production date 1985

[CrazyPrime]

I've got a 2.93 for mine. The one I have now feels short even for NA. Lol. Post some pulls when you get a chance!

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Ya I guess I will see how the 3.91 feels will probably be short but I'm stuck with it. I definitely will, I will post some dyno pulls and street pulls when it is finished.

[eThirtyAaron]

I've got a 2.93 for mine. The one I have now feels short even for NA. Lol. Post some pulls when you get a chance!

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[CrazyPrime]

That's not too bad. What diff are you using?

stock IX manual diffs which are 3.91. the auto ix's had 4.10s those are the only 2 options for the ix.

[eThirtyAaron]

That's not too bad. What diff are you using?

[CrazyPrime]

When did your boost come on?

I would have to look at the dyno sheet but if memory serves me it hit 6psi at 3500.

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[eThirtyAaron]

When did your boost come on?

[CrazyPrime]

Hell yea. Ahmm stripped everything and rebuild with slightly thicker headgasket and reground cam..haven't started any of the rebuild part yet haha

Nice the machine shop took off 10 thousands on my head and block combined so I just got a oversized Mls and returned my compression to stock.
Ya I will probably go with another cam later I just didn't want to mess with it.

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[potatomash]

Hell yea. Ahmm stripped everything and rebuild with slightly thicker headgasket and reground cam..haven't started any of the rebuild part yet haha

[CrazyPrime]

Thats sweeet for 6psi. Got my hopes up for what mines gonna pull now :D

Ya that's what I thought I was really surprised it made that much at 6psi. What are you doing with yours? Full rebuild or just top end stuff?

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[potatomash]

Thats sweeet for 6psi. Got my hopes up for what mines gonna pull now :D