I hope you paid for the upgraded coating or whatever the **** it was.

Congrats. This thread took a fantastic turn. Even though your build was delayed a fair amount, it looks like you bought what is probably the most cost effective used turbo in forum history.

 

That shiny **** is the $80 coating. I am happy to appease you, RTC.

 

 

BRO, DID YOU GET DAT COATING DOE?

I don't see it in that picture of nothing but a coated hotside

 

ultra street cred coating. hotside ceramic only yep, no powder

 

Picture wasn't loading on my phone!

 

darn kids always on their phones.
get off my lawn

 

You have pictures blocked at work!

 

it only blocks some. the ones that get re-hosted by MT show up just fine

 

If your motor was burning oil, would you boost it or start with a rebuild?

 

Mine burns a quart per 800 miles, but I did a compression and leak down and it's running strong. I top it up when needed and never give it a second thought.

 

I am on my phone too, yungsta

 

The real answer: "I have no idea what thermal coating looks like"

 

engines with good compression and leakdown numbers, dont usually burn oil. just sayin'.

 

Yeah I'm struggling to comprehend that myself

 

I'm thinking that is part of the reason why on my simple street tune, I am only getting VD at 84whp peak. Even at I beleive like 25-27* at peak torque. I had to back off in low load areas because it would ping as well.

 

did you do comp/ld to actually verify.
blowby could be from something like pcv but cause what you describe

 

But that would save time and not drive my post count up. (RTC<3)

 

poor **** has been getting pounded all week

 

I have 2-5% leakdown to two cylinders. I recall Andrew calling it a good running engine.
Could be my valve stem seals, but probably rings.