Posting a video that clearly "shows" us the knock would be helpful. Just going off what you've said, I wouldn't start or drive it at all. If the engine is damaged internally, it's a time bomb. Better to swap in a known good 420A for now.
A parasitic draw will draw the battery down to 0 given enough time. Depends on how long the car is sitting. Charge the battery up and then clamp the + cable to the battery. Next, put a test light between the neg post and the neg post clamp. If...
there is no preferred set of headlights, you can buy ebay projector lights with cheap ebay led lights. if you want good lights then you will have to pay for retrofitted projector headlights that a member on here makes and sometimes sells on...
If you are using a larger fuel pump you'll need to perform the fuel pump rewire mod. Plenty of posts on it in here. You can look at this one.https://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/1g-fuel-pump-rewire.437012/
you should run the stock throttle body. there are extremely specific procedures to set the throttle position sensor and the biss screw. do not mess with it.
Exterior looks okay, but pics of the interior and engine bay would go a long way. Also, focus on common rust areas. Is the car stock or modified? Finally, best to post this in the classifieds.
From your first post it seems like you just bought the car and experienced the issue on day 1. It is possible that this problem came with the car.If the bigger turbo was added and is pushing more than about 10 lbs of boost, then almost...
BTW - that mansplain wasn't necessarily for you, but for anyone who looks at this thread who may not be familiar with forced induction and for whom the intake piping is a mystery. There are many configurations for our cars, so pics and youtube...
Glad you got it taken care of. All vehicles will have the same basic plumbing path. Filtered air to the turbo/supercharger, then that compressed (heated) air gets routed to something to cool it (intercooler, ice bath, something), and from there...
Intake piping for the turbocharged vehicles is:
- Air cleaner and pipe to inlet of the turbo
- turbo outlet to the intercooler inlet
- intercooler outlet to the throttle body.How that piping looks and is routed will depend on your setup. It...
White smoke is normally coolant. Oil smoke has a blue tint to it and doesn't billow. Did you have the head milled at a machine shop when you did the head gasket?
+1 on the machine shop route. Without measuring the critical points you are gambling that everything is okay. The extra cost and labor to take care of the head and have it done right is minimal when compared to reassembly of a questionable...
Not to thread jack but you’d be surprised, a lot of the junk I mess with has sat 15, 20, 30+ years and the cylinder walls and other internals are absolutely fine. This is the only community where I see this misconception of “it sat for more than...
Put a few drops of oil dye in the oil and run it for a minute, then look for the dye with an ultraviolet (black) light, like used in A/C detection. It should show up at the highest point and run down.
Looking for tan spyder bits - LR panel predominantly, but could use both rear seat pieces (years of sun and neglect has turned them the color of ogre skin)
One thing to consider is high performance parts often need more regular maintenance than OEM replacements and you are often trading increased performance for increased noise, vibration, and harshness. Factory bushings for example are commonly...
Unless you are going to push your car (hard driving, whether fast on winding roads or in some sortof race scenario), you won't realize the benefits and improvements the special suspension gives you. But because quality stock replacements are...