OMG My Engine is Toast

[SappySE107]

agreed. I am only leaving this thread open for more pics.

[El_Diablo]

pixorban.....

[Blackrider]

What a great read!

[zofo61]

Tune right........depends who your asking. but yeah I know they still dont look god for that mileage. im going to make a word doc of all my trial and error. That way next time RSM guy comes along, i can just say......Forget about it, its never going to run right. Heres everything I did and it didnt last. My advice for any 3400 Z-spec buyers is.....Dont buy. Go N/A from milzy.

All any RSM-Z-Spec owners have to do to get their engines running proper is read your word doc.................. and do the exact opposite. You still dont get it and from what I have read.....you really never will.

A long time ago I thought i got insulted when Ben and Manitcor suggested i read a book called "How things Work" on internal combustion engines. After I put my pride away ....I read that book...............I suggest you do the same.

Its a lot cheaper than another motor and you will actually learn something.

[john_V63400]

you can spend a lot more money with milzy for the same stuff you can get from Ben! funny....it's cold outside so you can't detonate. haha!

I thaught detonation had alot to do with heat...Compressed air..Since im S/C heat is a HUGE problem and Detonation will occur when hot. thats what I ment

[john_V63400]

All any RSM-Z-Spec owners have to do to get their engines running proper is read your word doc.................. and do the exact opposite. You still dont get it and from what I have read.....you really never will.

A long time ago I thought i got insulted when Ben and Manitcor suggested i read a book called "How things Work" on internal combustion engines. After I put my pride away ....I read that book...............I suggest you do the same.

Its a lot cheaper than another motor and you will actually learn something.

Are you kidding me. Ive done everything completely right with a forced induction car. How many RSM users has went so far as to add the following.


-Z-Spec Racing / Vortech Supercharger Kit
-Vortech Charger Unit bearings upgraded from ABEC 5 to ABEC 9
-Stage 2 pully kit installed capable of 15 psi
-Forged Arias Racing Pistons with a Compression of 9.1
-Light Weight chromoly Performance PushRods
-MilzyMotorSports Stage 1 Boost cam
-Comp Cams 26986 Valve Springs rated at 122 lb @ 1.750 and 283 lb @ 1.175, Coil Bind 1.040
-Delphi 28 Lb/Hr Fuel injectors
-NGK TR-7 IX Iridium Spark Plugs
-Custom 3.5” Cold Air Intake
-RSM Racing Poly/Aluminum Tranny/Motor Mount
-B&M Tranny Cooler
-RSM Racing 62mm Throttle Body
-Ported & Polished Upper Intake Manifold
Powder Coated Red w/ Polished 3400SFI Lettering
-Polished Fuel Rail
-Valve Cover – Powder Coated Red
-RK Sport Carbon Fiber Coolant Tank Cover
-MAP Engineering Throttle Body Heat Shield (useless but I have it :P)
-Taylor 8mm Spark Plug Wires & Boots
-Casper Electronics Manual Hi-Speed Fan Switch
-The Other Guys Ceramic Coated Headers
-Random Technology 3” Down pipe Fabricated to Match Headers
-Hi-Flow Cat
-Borla Cat-Back Exhaust
-High Volume Oil Pump
-HP tuners Software with a Dyno tune from Method MotorWorks Fresno

-name oner person with The Other Guys Ceramic Coated Headers woth a Z-Spec charger. You cant Im the only one. name one person with exclusive Dyno time with there Z-spec unit. You cant if very few.


Dont tell me I did things wrong, Ive not seen one person with a GA do this much to a Z-spec setup. And read my other post...I was in the process of adding the MAF. Infact I had already tried a stock one out.
So shut your big flappy mouth Im tired of hearing people say "you did it wrong" it wast done ass holes! meaning I still had work and improvements.

[john_V63400]

agreed. I am only leaving this thread open for more pics.

i will get them up soon as I get my camera, that other one was with my phone

[Joseph Upson]

Another potential contributor to the failure is the cam sprocket retaining design, a single centric bolt leaving the cam sprocket key as the sole safety to prevent slippage. Now take into account the increased load on the cam lobes having to force exhaust valves open against considerably increased combustion pressures and you have an increased risk of pin shear. The earlier cams using 3 bolts to keep the cam sprocket on camshaft only needed the pin to insure you installed the sprocket in the correct position.

This issue is a concern on all boosted engines regarding how large an exhaust valve you should consider using on a boosted engine along with highperformance valve springs without potentially destroying the camshaft. The leverage the crank has through the small sprocket makes it certain that the cam sprocket will turn with or without the camshaft unless the chain jumps or the teeth strip.

Force = mass x acceleration so the higher the rpm's the greater the force on the lobes

There's not enough room for the valve to turn around in the cylinder so I suspect a portion was broken off the stem allowing it to turn around and be stamped into the piston. I have seen this before on a larger engine.

I ran my engine for years on a 1 BAR MAP with 7 psi, but I understood that my computer could not sense the extra boost nor retard the timing in unison with it. I made it work but it was never fully tuned and certainly was not able to perform at its full potential. When you make close to 100 hp/L or more the engine is anything but junk. You made an exceptional accomplishment you just left the finishing touch off.

[El_Diablo]

-Stage 2 pully kit installed capable of 15 psi
-Forged Arias Racing Pistons with a Compression of 9.1

this brings up the first issue, what fuel were you running? if you say anything lower than 91 no wonder you had detonation with your "tuning"

-Light Weight chromoly Performance PushRods

please tell me that your not talking about milzy's pushrods because they've been proven to actually weigh more...

-Delphi 28 Lb/Hr Fuel injectors

if you were making over 300hp as claimed then i wouldn't doubt at all that you had fueling issues and prolly ran extremely lean

-High Volume Oil Pump

uhh? why? its not needed with a setup as simple as yours... i highly doubt you have the oil capacity to keep up with the pumps demand

-HP tuners Software with a Dyno tune from Method MotorWorks Fresno

and for a final time, you cant properly tune without a maf and only using a 1 bar map sensor, and on top of that your still only running #28 injectors while trying to push 15psi....

you might have spent a lot of money but you sure didn't do much of anything to make sure your setup would hold together

[SappySE107]

My new sig rules.

[zofo61]

Are you kidding me. Ive done everything completely right with a forced induction car. How many RSM users has went so far as to add the following.


-Z-Spec Racing / Vortech Supercharger Kit
-Vortech Charger Unit bearings upgraded from ABEC 5 to ABEC 9
-Stage 2 pully kit installed capable of 15 psi
-Forged Arias Racing Pistons with a Compression of 9.1
-Light Weight chromoly Performance PushRods
-MilzyMotorSports Stage 1 Boost cam
-Comp Cams 26986 Valve Springs rated at 122 lb @ 1.750 and 283 lb @ 1.175, Coil Bind 1.040
-Delphi 28 Lb/Hr Fuel injectors
-NGK TR-7 IX Iridium Spark Plugs
-Custom 3.5” Cold Air Intake
-RSM Racing Poly/Aluminum Tranny/Motor Mount
-B&M Tranny Cooler
-RSM Racing 62mm Throttle Body
-Ported & Polished Upper Intake Manifold
Powder Coated Red w/ Polished 3400SFI Lettering
-Polished Fuel Rail
-Valve Cover – Powder Coated Red
-RK Sport Carbon Fiber Coolant Tank Cover
-MAP Engineering Throttle Body Heat Shield (useless but I have it :P)
-Taylor 8mm Spark Plug Wires & Boots
-Casper Electronics Manual Hi-Speed Fan Switch
-The Other Guys Ceramic Coated Headers
-Random Technology 3” Down pipe Fabricated to Match Headers
-Hi-Flow Cat
-Borla Cat-Back Exhaust
-High Volume Oil Pump
-HP tuners Software with a Dyno tune from Method MotorWorks Fresno

-name oner person with The Other Guys Ceramic Coated Headers woth a Z-Spec charger. You cant Im the only one. name one person with exclusive Dyno time with there Z-spec unit. You cant if very few.


Dont tell me I did things wrong, Ive not seen one person with a GA do this much to a Z-spec setup. And read my other post...I was in the process of adding the MAF. Infact I had already tried a stock one out.
So shut your big flappy mouth Im tired of hearing people say "you did it wrong" it wast done ass holes! meaning I still had work and improvements.

Check out my cardomain page(montels02) you idiot and you will see much of the same as you have and mine blew up too....why.....tuning...period.............so many of your responces prove you do not know how this shit works...or you would be running right now.......so flappy that..................you had to keep running untuned with no MAF till you blew it up.....AGAIN..............telling yourself you did it right long enough dosnt make it right. Your set-up proves that all the best equiptment in the world...untuned....will blow up......just like a bunch of crap thats untuned will blow up..............at the end of the day its all crap.....just like what you have.........crap.....now visit my page and if you want ...i will take you out for a drive....something you cant do.

[Superdave]

i maxed out 32lb injectors @ 315 HP, no way 28lb is even close enough for this setup.


Shit, @ 36lb/hr i'm still close to 80% duty cycle!



OK, enough about the tuning.. Nobody's said anything about real numbers. What i'd like to see is a breakdown of AFR VS RPM. If he's staying in the 11's with the AFR's all the way through boost at WOT then it's possible that the tune was not the cause. the KS will pull timing if it senses knock (unless it's been unplugged). We know it's not the "right" way but what do you think people did before computers? They tuned by smell and feel.

[john_V63400]

My new sig rules.

Wow thats hilaarious, really

[john_V63400]

Check out my cardomain page(montels02) you idiot and you will see much of the same as you have and mine blew up too....why.....tuning...period.............so many of your responces prove you do not know how this shit works...or you would be running right now.......so flappy that..................you had to keep running untuned with no MAF till you blew it up.....AGAIN..............telling yourself you did it right long enough dosnt make it right. Your set-up proves that all the best equiptment in the world...untuned....will blow up......just like a bunch of crap thats untuned will blow up..............at the end of the day its all crap.....just like what you have.........crap.....now visit my page and if you want ...i will take you out for a drive....something you cant do.

Thats funny, your right, all the best equipment in the world with out tunning is crap. i wish I would of been able to install my MAF sooner. I didnt have the couplers or the ls1 MAF, I was in process of getting them. But still my tuning was decent! I stand by that. On the other hand. I apreciate the constructive criticsm.

[SappySE107]

Decent? Just like jack in the box cooked their burgers decent, but people died anyway.