thoughts on removing oil injectors?
 

I am having an engine built by Ocean @ Chikara right now and he suggested removing the oil injectors and that he does this on nearly every build he does. I am going FI (Rotrex) and just wanted a second opinion or some input. I trust him with basically anything Miata related but he builds a lot of N/A engines where it would make sense to remove but what about an FI engine? He said his 1.9L N/A is running extremely high cyl head and egt temps (higher than most FI engines, the way he tuned it) and said if his car is fine mine will be as well.

Any thoughts?

Why would you want to INTENTIONALLY remove something that makes your car run safer and cooler helping it stay safe?
Sounds stupid to me.

That's kind of what I'm asking. But thanks for the input! :P

Remember that there are many boosted engines out there that do not have oil injectors.

subscribed, I want to hear this

Yes but also remember that many OEM turbocharged cars use this and it is specifically designed to aid cars in running safer and not melting stuff or detonating or running exessively hot.

I want to hear what he claims woudl be the BENEFIT of removing them.

He said the benefit is lower oil temps and less fuel dilution in the oil. Do you know who Ocean is?

one of the main points of oil is for cooling the internals! oil squirters = better cooling, not sure why you'd remove them.

And hotter detonating pistons! Fun times :)

if you want cooler oil, get an oil cooler. do you know who BRAINEACK is?

lol i call bs on his NA stroker seeing more severe use than an FI motor he would have to be spining 8k rpms and running some pretty extreme tunning. That being said the thermal laod on a boosted motor is always going to be higher than, on an NA motor for any given hp. Given this the slight cooling and wristpin oiling etc done by the squirters is a real boon to longevity in your car, unless they are totally fubard and you can not score any replacements i would 100% keep them. FWIW his 1.9L at best has 200-220 hp your 1.8 or 1.6 puts that down with less rpms and about 8-12 psi depending on the effeceincy of the system. If you ever decide to bump the boost up on your motor wich you know you will then 15+ psi will put you in a whole nother world of usage compared to him.

His engine sees 9000RPM's and has 2000* EGT's.

FM mentions on their site that their pistons are designed to be able to remove the oil squirters too.... apparently it is a common thing.... that was all that i could find out though.

Maybe call FM and ask them why you would do it, and what their pistons do to offer the ability to remove them.

Im not an FM part whore, but i noticed this when flipping through their catalog.

oil cooler = more cooling of oil than removing the squirters could ever imagine to achieve.

Plus as brainey said: isn't the whole POINT of oil to COOL the engine by transfering its heat into itself?

If you have forged pistons, you will be fine if you remove them. The mitsubishi 4g63-T came with oil squirters from the factory, however many rebuilders omit them when building motors with forged bottom ends with no negative side effects. This also allows for the use of non-turbo cores (no oil squirters) for building new motors as factory turbo motors can sometimes be hard to find for a decent price depending on where you are.

*EDIT* I'm not saying you SHOULD remove them, I'm just relaying what I've seen on other platforms.

Power is lost to the oil being tossed up there though. With an NA engine... he wants/needs every bit he can get. Turbo... just add another 1psi.

You're negativity is kind of irritating me. Do some research on who this guy is, and then tell me he is dumb after. He chooses to run "dangerous" that's fine. AFAIK he also has build the highest HP 1.9L N/A in N. America just chooses not to flog it all over the internet. :jerkit:

Here, have a read.

http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=18582

Here is the paragraph where FM talks about not needing Oil Squirters.

Ya thanks Jeff... that's kind of what I've come across thus far researching. I think I'm just going to do what he says. I did email FM and am waiting for a response. Based on the whole break in process he is making me do, to make sure the rings seat correctly and everything is running right I'll take his word that they can come out. If anything negative happens because of it, I have no doubt in my mind he would make it right.

Wooo.... 150whp from a 1.9l!!! God our motors suck. I wonder what his total build cost was... more than a greddy kit I bet :p

That's not a 1.9L, that's a 1.7L ;). The 1.9L is in his personal car and is running 13:1 compression pistons. And that 150whp is on a dynapack.