My 88 SETA

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Low to mid 300s isnt getting too wild with a Turbo, I would start with a stock clutch and see how long it lasts.

I see that, but I would rather do it once and not multiple times in a short period. But at the same time if a stock clutch holds then that's a relatively cheap investment.

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Are you pulling the motor or trans to do the turbo swap?

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Are you pulling the motor or trans to do the turbo swap?

The plan is to refresh the bottom end. So yes. To be honest I'm not sure if the bottom needs a refresh. It's more piece of mind for me. I do plan to pull the Trans and engine out.

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So the other day I finally went standalone. I'm using ClassicDaily's PNP and Individual coil setup. I was having cutout issues when I would go WOT. Switching to this new setup has been a great experience. All of my issues that was having in the high rpms are no longer present. Classic Daily is a member on here( jakeb ). Hit him up if anyone is interested in ecu besides MS.

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It’s a shame you didn’t find out the root cause as it would be interesting to know and be definitive in terms of solving the issue

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It’s a shame you didn’t find out the root cause as it would be interesting to know and be definitive in terms of solving the issue

Almost every thread on this forum and others including FB pointed to going standalone. I did everything except swapping the harness out. The harness is what jlevie did. I looked at used harnesses online and none that I found look as good as mine looks right now. That being said I believe the issue was with the ignition wiring or one of the supporting components. I did replace all of these items with oe or name brand products. I planned on going standalone anyway, because I'm turboing the car. As far figuring out what the route cause was, I was really tired hitting a wall with this issue. I wanted to drive the car and enjoy it. Buying this has allowed me to have my car back.

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Almost every thread on this forum and others including FB pointed to going standalone. I did everything except swapping the harness out. The harness is what jlevie did. I looked at used harnesses online and none that I found look as good as mine looks right now. That being said I believe the issue was with the ignition wiring or one of the supporting components. I did replace all of these items with oe or name brand products. I planned on going standalone anyway, because I'm turboing the car. As far figuring out what the route cause was, I was really tired hitting a wall with this issue. I wanted to drive the car and enjoy it. Buying this has allowed me to have my car back.

one thing i have learnt is if you dont know root cause dont be suprised if it rears its ugly heads sometime down the line. Ive swapped parts and issues resolve temporaily and many weeks later back to square one, hopefully not in your case though as you probably have atleast elliminated several potential soucres. Not saying your issue was with trigger but it is not uncommon for people have had issues with triggers on standalone MS etc with similar issue of breakdown at topend. tbh you probably needed to look at diagnosis with a scope triggers and the primary/secondary coil to get to the bottom of it. i would love a picoscope but a good one is spendy once you get all the bits

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one thing i have learnt is if you dont know root cause dont be suprised if it rears its ugly heads sometime down the line. Ive swapped parts and issues resolve temporaily and many weeks later back to square one, hopefully not in your case though as you probably have atleast elliminated several potential soucres. Not saying your issue was with trigger but it is not uncommon for people have had issues with triggers on standalone MS etc with similar issue of breakdown at topend. tbh you probably needed to look at diagnosis with a scope triggers and the primary/secondary coil to get to the bottom of it. i would love a picoscope but a good one is spendy once you get all the bits

Long story short. Before I swapped out the coil and plug wires for OE stuff. I noticed that coil had black oily liquid in the center post. After I cleaned it real good. I took that car out while picking up my daughter. I did the old 2 to 3 shift spiritly. The car never bucked. It was only after swapping over everything to the new stuff that it started happening again. Also when I was removing stuff to go to the individual coils the plug wires broke while I was taken them off. I've never had this happen with plug wires. So I believe my issue was somewhere in there with ignition. Maybe I'm wrong, but the car works now (Knock on wood.......bam bam bam) and I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.

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The non-pucked 300hp FX clutch from eBay is what Jake has had good luck with. I drove it, it’s grabby but not nearly as bad as a pucked disc. A lot of the internet (incl me at one point) will suggest a 618 pressure plate- I had one in Linda and thought it was too stiff for a car you drive a lot.

This is what I’d go with:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154411087714?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=kBOAW-mQQv6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=6ymBYdw5QSi&var=&widget_ ver=artemis&media=COPY

Also, 300hp and turbo, I wouldn’t touch the bottom end man. Do some studs, a genuine head gasket and call it a day. Do comp/leak down to see how healthy things are if you’re worried about it.

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The non-pucked 300hp FX clutch from eBay is what Jake has had good luck with. I drove it, it’s grabby but not nearly as bad as a pucked disc. A lot of the internet (incl me at one point) will suggest a 618 pressure plate- I had one in Linda and thought it was too stiff for a car you drive a lot.

This is what I’d go with:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154411087714?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=kBOAW-mQQv6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=6ymBYdw5QSi&var=&widget_ ver=artemis&media=COPY

Also, 300hp and turbo, I wouldn’t touch the bottom end man. Do some studs, a genuine head gasket and call it a day. Do comp/leak down to see how healthy things are if you’re worried about it.

To be Honest I did a head swap and all new gaskets at the end of 2017. I'm just going to put studs in her and let her eat. The engine feels strong and doesn't burn any oil. I know a lot of guys that use unknown mileage short blocks and just send it. I'm lucky that mine started out as a automatic eta. So in theory it wasn't beat on. It's a bit leaking here and there, but most of them are.

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So about a month ago. My car made a loud pop noise and started running rough. Meaning at rpm it had a bad vibration and roaring noise. It was also hard to get into gear, if it would go in at all. So yesterday my brother and I finally laid under the car and removed the transmission. I thought that the strap on my pressure plate broke. Well, I was right. It scarred inside of the bellhousing pretty good. But other than that everything should be ready to just replace. I'm going with a clutch masters FX300 and RHD flywheel.