IT RUNS!!! - My 500whp build - Element motor and Moore Performance Twin Scroll Kit! by dexterous

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Just a quick update, I am scheduled to pickup everything from Buddsautoparts.com next Thursday. I don't have a date to deliver the parts to Element yet but it shouldn't be long.

11-4-2011

Abby wanted the world to know what my new motor looked like in the boxes:

Yeah, really! I keep thinking that I could have ditched the STI, got the Lotus and installed a hot tub in the front of my garage. O well...

11-6-2011

Thanks. The build is pretty much over, I just need to repair the motor.

11-11-2011

All the parts that I have left are packed and ready to send to Element. At this point I think they will arrive on Wednesday which is pretty good. With a little luck my motor will be done and ready for pickup by the end of the month.

12-6-2011

I got a call from Phil today telling me that my motor was finally being worked on. With a little luck it will be done by Christmas and I will be able to start it up before New Years.

12-14-2011

Thanks

The update for the day is that it's all together except for a few buckets and the cams. 8 days and counting!

I keep seeing all this stuff on ACL bearing quality issues so I sent Phil an email to see what they used.

12-23-2011

OMG ITS HERE!

12-25-2011

And so it begins... (Again)

After about 6 Christmases, 60 presents, 10k calories and two days I finally had a chance to walk out to the garage. I spent most of the time digging everything out and sorting through all my bags of parts. Afterwords I bolted on a ton of stuff to the motor its self. I dont have a full set of TGV gaskets so I cant put the intake manifold on until tomorrow so I had to stop shot tonight. Here's a few picts:

Abby was concerned that I would be hungry while I worked so she brought me tons of "toy food":

12-27-2011

Thanks!


I got a bit more work done tonight so I figured I would post an update. After reviewing my logs from last year and taking some advice from Ryan Moore I decided to up the spring pressure in my external wastegates. As seen on several logs, I was only getting an average of 15.59PSI of pressure even through I was using an 18.85PSI spring setup. Ryan mentioned that they have seen this exact same condition on other high compression motors (I have Manley 9.8:1 pistons) using the same turbo kit with dual TiAL external wastegates.

I am not sure how accurate it is or not but my theory on the situation is a result of additional back-pressure caused by running a high compression motor. Since I was expecting between 18 and 19 PSI of boost at spring pressure but could only obtain 15.59 I decided to simply add the difference. I am now running the 21.5 PSI spring setup with the hope of being in the 18-19 PSI range.

Does anybody here have any experience with this?