V7 STI running 1.5bar *help*

[familyman]

boost doesn't kill bearings... boy racers kill big ends!! 2 simple words to minimise bearing damage... "OIL CHANGE!!!"

[Guest]

 familyman said:

boost doesn't kill bearings... boy racers kill big ends!! 2 simple words to minimise bearing damage... "OIL CHANGE!!!"

: you 100% sure bout that?

[Pappu1]

 sti8u']

[quote name='familyman said:

boost doesn't kill bearings... boy racers kill big ends!! 2 simple words to minimise bearing damage... "OIL CHANGE!!!"

/quote]

: you 100% sure bout that?

yea man..

21psi on v7 sti engine will not kill any bearings on a reasonably maintained and driven engine

thats stock ecu setup and all...

yes - big ends do die due to too much boost but not the 1.5 bar on well maintained/driven v7sti engines (unless a case of bad luck)

[MercuryFree]

My right foot is boost control, JUST SAYIN'

[pedro]

^^+1....Any fool can blow an engine up...

[Guest]

idont see how you can link a boy racer to blow bearings lol

they guy i knew who blew his was 26 years old

not much of a boy racer.

its the luck of the dip and service history.

most likly if your cars been looked after it may be sweet,.

if theyv messed round with it and no services expect it too blow.

i bought my car off a old ish guy.bout 30+ yrs old.

2 hours of me owning it it ran a bearing.

now i neever even boosted the car at all in those 2hours but still what happend

[Pappu1]

 sti8u said:

idont see how you can link a boy racer to blow bearings lol

they guy i knew who blew his was 26 years old

not much of a boy racer.

its the luck of the dip and service history.

most likly if your cars been looked after it may be sweet,.

if theyv messed round with it and no services expect it too blow.

i bought my car off a old ish guy.bout 30+ yrs old.

2 hours of me owning it it ran a bearing.

now i neever even boosted the car at all in those 2hours but still what happend

exactly!!

the bearings are not fully related to boost levels..

also to do with service history..a lot to do with that imo

hence.. the statement that 1.5bar on v7sti is fine......

[boon]

 sti8u said:

idont see how you can link a boy racer to blow bearings lol

they guy i knew who blew his was 26 years old

not much of a boy racer.

its the luck of the dip and service history.

most likly if your cars been looked after it may be sweet,.

if theyv messed round with it and no services expect it too blow.

i bought my car off a old ish guy.bout 30+ yrs old.

2 hours of me owning it it ran a bearing.

now i neever even boosted the car at all in those 2hours but still what happend

So are you saying V7s blow up lots, or are you saying that if you don't service your car and don't look after it and mess around with it it will blow up lots? Just because the 3 people you know with V7s were tools and ran them on 91 octane and 20,000km oil changes doesn't make them unreliable. Mine's up to ~120k, gets oil changed every 5000, it's fairly modified and it runs mint.

Might also have something to do with them running forged internals... if you just jump in them and thrash them they will die, gotta wait for the temperature to come up a bit and the clearances to sort themselves out.

[Guest]

 boon']

[quote name='sti8u said:

idont see how you can link a boy racer to blow bearings lol

they guy i knew who blew his was 26 years old

not much of a boy racer.

its the luck of the dip and service history.

most likly if your cars been looked after it may be sweet,.

if theyv messed round with it and no services expect it too blow.

i bought my car off a old ish guy.bout 30+ yrs old.

2 hours of me owning it it ran a bearing.

now i neever even boosted the car at all in those 2hours but still what happend

/quote]

So are you saying V7s blow up lots, or are you saying that if you don't service your car and don't look after it and mess around with it it will blow up lots? Just because the 3 people you know with V7s were tools and ran them on 91 octane and 20,000km oil changes doesn't make them unreliable. Mine's up to ~120k, gets oil changed every 5000, it's fairly modified and it runs mint.

Might also have something to do with them running forged internals... if you just jump in them and thrash them they will die, gotta wait for the temperature to come up a bit and the clearances to sort themselves out.

tools?im sure if you meet them they be alot smarter than you mate.

your the only tool round here

read the thing probly before you start yapping.

they were unmodifyed cars and always run on 98 gas,and oil changed regulary.

get your facts right mate.these guys were alot older than me and not boy racers.

there motors were striped and there was no problem found.too much boost over the years killed the bearingslol

sweet mate keepp at it.hopefully 1 day it blows and il laugh in your ugly face

[Guest]

some of you guys on here need to start listening.

ichi is the most experieneced guy on here.half of you a fuck witts that dont know shit.

if you actaully lisnted to wait he's said youl be okay.

but most people on here have there head so far up there ass its not funny,

dw keep running your high boost levels day in day out.

at the end of the day its in ichi bans favour cause youl be paying him to rebuild it!

[Stoffa]

angry ass mother f&ckers!!!

[Guest]

 Ichi Ban']

[quote name='chappell943 said:

found this link which is supposedly stock v7 sti boost curve

url= ] [/url]

If you believe that map then you'll believe ANYTHING

1.5bar is NOT factory spec

1.3 is spec, and I have seen a few spike up at 1.5 and then settle at 1.3 which is usually a tight gate or solenoid issue

Also seen a few that had major problems that were running 1.5 (all stock)

Just because its running 1.5 and not giving an issue this doesnt make it right

cause people dont listen

this guy knows his stuff.if you dont wana take advance from him thats fine.

ichi has help me with my car a few times and he managed to do it over the internet,

so take my advice and listen to ichi.

[mr.fix.it]

i had a v7 block with 78 thousand kz on it never had a bad day would hope its still going but those bloody theives so ill never know . about v7s id be listening to pappu hes had enough of them haha

[Pappu1]

but didnt u say ur 3 mates had blown theirs before and that was the basis of u saying it was too hi boost...

or was that false and the real reason was cos ichi thought it was high....?

i dont see how ichi's post relates to u saying many v7 require rebuilds before 100km...

what abt the many many more who dont?

seriously... v7stis are built better imo hence being able to take the boost ..

and yes.. eventually all cars with boost will die..

be it at 80 or 280km... in fact non boosted cars will die too ..

point is the posts abt v7s requiring rebuilds before 100km is false.. thats what im trying to explain..

u may know a few who have had bad luck or idiotic maintanance.. does not mean that the rest are also suffering such fate..

no need to drag other members posts in quotes and use that as basis of ur whole 100km rebuild thing..

lets not spread false info abt certain engines/models if there is no basis for it..

[Guest]

I don't wanna seem like I am jumping on the band wagon, and I'm not so don't take it like that mate.

But this actually shocked me... !

why do you think i run mine on 8?theres no need for such high boost levels intill you actauuly need it

Mines a daily driver.. nothing else at the moment, and I'm guessing yours may not be. but it just feels like it takes the fun out of driving

[Guest]

My final words on this.......

Many MAY have run 1.5bar and been fine, but its not spec! SIMPLE

If you decide that going outside the spec, (whether with the intentional raising of the boost or "thats how is is/was attitude")

Then so be it,

But how many here have a spare 7K sitting around to rebuild there engine?

(Yes 7K BY THE TIME YOU REBUILD PROPERLY, not a mickey mouse patch up- )

Which includes, AFM test/replace - AFR test/ replace - boost set up properly if not on spec

My standard engine builds DONT blow cause they are set up properly, and my race engines are well proven too !

A few pep's would be better drivers if they were more concerned about the road and not how much boost they can see on there boost gauge

And many more could save themselves 1000's and heaps of hours if they opened there EAR not the MOUTHS

But in the best interest for my wallet - wind the boost up, 2.0bar should be fine, and oil is sweet for 20,000km

If not give me call, I can rebuild your engine

[soopersubaru]

TOP COMMENT ICHI

++++1++++1!!

Dick heads blow engines....Engines run within their limits give many years of reliable service..If serviced of course.

AGAIN I say ..WELL SAID!!!

[johnny5]

Amen to that ichi ... And amen to pappu both knowledgable dudes...

Basically maintain your car to a high standard and you will be ok i reckon my car may peak at 1.5 but what kinda dick is hitting that amount of boost on the road everyday not me and im sure not most of the people on here and if the cars tuned to do it no problems i reckon...

[boon]

 sti8u']

[quote name='sti8u said:

idont see how you can link a boy racer to blow bearings lol

they guy i knew who blew his was 26 years old

not much of a boy racer.

its the luck of the dip and service history.

most likly if your cars been looked after it may be sweet,.

if theyv messed round with it and no services expect it too blow.

i bought my car off a old ish guy.bout 30+ yrs old.

2 hours of me owning it it ran a bearing.

now i neever even boosted the car at all in those 2hours but still what happend

/quote]

So are you saying V7s blow up lots, or are you saying that if you don't service your car and don't look after it and mess around with it it will blow up lots? Just because the 3 people you know with V7s were tools and ran them on 91 octane and 20,000km oil changes doesn't make them unreliable. Mine's up to ~120k, gets oil changed every 5000, it's fairly modified and it runs mint.

Might also have something to do with them running forged internals... if you just jump in them and thrash them they will die, gotta wait for the temperature to come up a bit and the clearances to sort themselves out.

tools?im sure if you meet them they be alot smarter than you mate.

your the only tool round here

read the thing probly before you start yapping.

they were unmodifyed cars and always run on 98 gas,and oil changed regulary.

get your facts right mate.these guys were alot older than me and not boy racers.

there motors were striped and there was no problem found.too much boost over the years killed the bearingslol

sweet mate keepp at it.hopefully 1 day it blows and il laugh in your ugly face

Yes, I'm sure their regularly maintained nana-driven completely stock STis blew bottom ends at low KMs...

Actually, hold the phone, I'm not. Cars don't just f*ck out at low kms (less than 100k is low kms) when they're looked after by people who aren't tools, driven by people who aren't tools and modified sensibly by people who aren't tools.

Therefore at some point in the equation a tool has been involved, if the car is running a BEB at only 70k.

There's a ton of V7s on Trademe with well over 100ks that haven't had rebuilds.

p.s. You mad? Fire up more? You're an idjit.

[ROYALS STI]

8 psi for a daily driver ?? what a nana !!

[johnny5]

 ROYALS STI said:

8 psi for a daily driver ?? what a nana !!

Crack up bro! But true

[Guest]

This thread is nothing but a JOKE

Waste of time !

[Guest]

 ROYALS STI said:

8 psi for a daily driver ?? what a nana !!

I thought that it was pretty low too... but than again he could be talking about 0.8 bar

[xsvpwr]

No he is talking about 8 psi

[mr.fix.it]

lol my mrs car runs 16 all day on hur v7's haha