Bloodyaussie's GQ

[BigRAWesty]

Hmmm. Hopefully your not getting blow by.

Just keep an eye On those oil level.

Also can you adjust the idle up a bit to aid in the rough idle??

One thing at a time mate. You'll get there..

[Bloodyaussie]

I bought the motor from a member on here and it was originally from ARB in Bendigo and was in there comp truck.

The motor was being rebuilt after they holed a piston but a tb45 came there way so shelved the TB42.

The motor had the head all redone with new valves and so on... I did find many floors with this motor and pulled a lot of stuff apart and fixed or replaced but I did leave the valve guide seals alone when I should have replaced them.

The cam in the thing would have been fine in a comp truck with a turbo but for a daily it is a shaker!!!

Except for the really lumpy idle it is really smooth to drive...

I do need to do a run up the freeway with someone following me to see if there is any smoke then as this would point to rings also????

I need to speak to smarter people than me about what should be done and look forward to getting treated like shit tomorrow when I phone around!!!

[BigRAWesty]

If your seeing blue smoke out the rear when flooring it you may have an issue.
But you still maybe burning off a protective layer New parts and assembly oil. Give it a little.

[MudRunnerTD]

Hey Jonathan,

Bugger about the engine mate, not all is lost though. The first called I'd make is to the guy that Built, Tuned and Raced that engine. I am sure he will have an insight into both the size of the Cam and best way to deal with it and may be able to point you in the right direction to achieve the best "de-tuned" step for it.

Remember those boys had than thing bouncing off the limiter for 9/10th of the time.

Next call would be to Brett at 4x4obsession as he runs the identical engine Turbo'd in his GQUte. Give him a bell and he will guide you straight mate. He also runs water injection in his TB.

It will all work out bud. Bloody hope so anyway.

Cheers Darren

[happygu]

Jonathan,

Swapping the cam over for the one out of your old motor, might prove to be the easiest if you cant work out the ECU issue quickly.

Mic

[Alitis007]

I'm just gona put my 2 cents in and try and clear up some confusion. This "new" motor is a second hand motor that was ran, used and shelved. The smoke issues could be the grade of oil Jonathan used could be too thin and is being sucked in thru the valve stem seals, i did say to him that it looked like to me it was the valve stem seal because it only puffs smoke after idling for a few minutes and between shifts not under load which i saw while driving behind him after work yesterday. When i had my computer on his motor yesterday it was showing it was running rich but also showed that the o2 sensor was slow to react but when the motor is cold and using the coolant temp sensor circuit to warm up ran smoothly. With out making the motor hunt the IAC valve and TPS have been set within spec so the standard ecu can try and use it basic map tolerances to run this lumpy cam which is most likely suited for a carby or turbo application.

[Ben-e-boy]

Sooooo.... that just leaves 1 option.. a dirty big fark off turbo, a fully built auto and high stall converter

[Alitis007]

Sooooo.... that just leaves 1 option.. a dirty big fark off turbo, a fully built auto and high stall converter

Theres the other option of a liberty gearbox, they'e only worth 8g's

[Alitis007]

Just some pics for Jonathan ImageUploadedByMotorculture1393544512.576148.jpgImageUploadedByMotorculture1393544522.057179.jpgImageUploadedByMotorculture1393544540.992511.jpgImageUploadedByMotorculture1393544556.145039.jpgImageUploadedByMotorculture1393544585.030229.jpgImageUploadedByMotorculture1393544611.965843.jpg

[happygu]

I hope this is the old motor .....

Looks like it from the mud on the sides