Homegrown's Turbo Alero

homegrown · 07-28-2003, 08:10 AM

well....

I apologize for not having the car at GAP this past weekend. Thursday afternoon, under only part load, the piston in cylinder #2 broke. A cheap fix would be to replace the piston and turn the boost down, but I never do things cheaply. So...I am doing a full rebuild of the bottom end and transmission, going for 400 hp at the crank and 20 lbs of boost. The setup is going to be sick...we are looking at doing some really nice custom things...i will document with the digi cam as things progress and let you guys know how it is going.

dave

cavingman · 07-28-2003, 08:23 AM

nice meetin ya this weekend buddy

once you get stuff up and running again, you gotta come down on a friday or saturday night

homegrown · 07-28-2003, 08:53 AM

yeah same here man....hope your car gets a nice makeover!

jaketuff · 07-28-2003, 11:11 AM

I will be following your project step by step!!! Good luck on it man... I am excited to see you whipping the 4t45 into better shape.

btw - I plan to recalibrate my Bguage with a sledge hammer...

OUT

phantom505 · 07-28-2003, 03:34 PM

I think I'll be backing off the daily driving boost a little bit, probably about 6 psi. I'll set up 10 psi for the track though.

kubiache · 07-28-2003, 05:32 PM

Hey, Dave, nice to meet you this weekend, too. Let me know when you're going to start work on it. I'd like to help out.

cavingman · 07-28-2003, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by kubiache
Hey, Dave, nice to meet you this weekend, too. Let me know when you're going to start work on it. I'd like to help out.

ditto that. hell i just wanna watch

homegrown · 07-29-2003, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by kubiache
Hey, Dave, nice to meet you this weekend, too. Let me know when you're going to start work on it. I'd like to help out.

sure thing bro...only thing is that I do alot of work on it in the detroit area, cause that is where my buddies live and where we have access to the cnc, welders, etc.

homegrown · 07-29-2003, 08:31 AM

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Originally posted by phantom505
I think I'll be backing off the daily driving boost a little bit, probably about 6 psi. I'll set up 10 psi for the track though.

that should be plenty safe for you, i really think mine broke because we advanced the timing to far trying to tune it for GAP, we probably detonated, fractured the piston and then several days later it broke off completely....so 6 or even 8 should be ok for the street, providing you don't advance the timing too far.

dave

SPAZ · 07-29-2003, 07:37 PM

So when i saw you in the parkinglot , then you were spying.......???.......

homegrown · 07-30-2003, 10:06 AM

haha....spaz my man...i am very sneaky sneaky

07-28-2003, 08:10 AM	#1
homegrown GAGT - Member AKA: David McCormick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 41 Posts: 126 Vehicle: 2001 Olds ALero GLS	Homegrown's Turbo Alero well.... I apologize for not having the car at GAP this past weekend. Thursday afternoon, under only part load, the piston in cylinder #2 broke. A cheap fix would be to replace the piston and turn the boost down, but I never do things cheaply. So...I am doing a full rebuild of the bottom end and transmission, going for 400 hp at the crank and 20 lbs of boost. The setup is going to be sick...we are looking at doing some really nice custom things...i will document with the digi cam as things progress and let you guys know how it is going. dave __________________ 2001 Olds Turbo Alero

07-28-2003, 08:53 AM	#3
homegrown GAGT - Member AKA: David McCormick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 41 Posts: 126 Vehicle: 2001 Olds ALero GLS	yeah same here man....hope your car gets a nice makeover! __________________ 2001 Olds Turbo Alero

07-28-2003, 03:34 PM	#5
phantom505 GAGTurbo Owner Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Heltonville, IN Age: 41 Posts: 1,576 Vehicle: '02 GAGT	I think I'll be backing off the daily driving boost a little bit, probably about 6 psi. I'll set up 10 psi for the track though. __________________ It's ugly, and turbocharged! 264 HP and 284 ft/lbs at the wheels(@9psi), power curve like none other! And the transaxle to make it all work!

07-28-2003, 05:32 PM	#6
kubiache Get blown Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 42 Posts: 1,858 Vehicle: 1998 GTP	Hey, Dave, nice to meet you this weekend, too. Let me know when you're going to start work on it. I'd like to help out. __________________ Dave Woodward '01 GA SE --- 14.864 @ 92.61mph.....NA '98 GTP - NIC cam / P&P heads / 105# springs / Titanium retainers / INTENSE LW pushrods / CC Lifters / INTENSE TCS-300 / ZZP Poly mounts / RT 3" DP / PEMs / ZZP MPS 3.2, 3.0 / Wizair / 103s / DHP / AFC 2.2 .......still tuning

07-29-2003, 07:37 PM	#10
SPAZ 13.72 @ 102.70 mph Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: CT. Age: 50 Posts: 632 Vehicle: 99 GAGT1 4dr.	So when i saw you in the parkinglot , then you were spying.......???....... __________________ SPECIAL THANKS TO MY SPONSORS !!! customGA.com, americanperformanceofcolorado.com DoctorSpeed.com

07-28-2003, 08:23 AM	#2
cavingman Moderator AKA: Brendan Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 40 Posts: 3,772 Vehicle: 04 Saturn Ion Redline	nice meetin ya this weekend buddy once you get stuff up and running again, you gotta come down on a friday or saturday night __________________ bleeehh....

07-28-2003, 11:11 AM	#4
jaketuff GAGT - Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Westchester, NY Age: 43 Posts: 2,093 Vehicle: 2000 Grand Am GT Coupe	I will be following your project step by step!!! Good luck on it man... I am excited to see you whipping the 4t45 into better shape. btw - I plan to recalibrate my Bguage with a sledge hammer... OUT

07-30-2003, 10:06 AM	#11
homegrown GAGT - Member AKA: David McCormick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 41 Posts: 126 Vehicle: 2001 Olds ALero GLS	haha....spaz my man...i am very sneaky sneaky __________________ 2001 Olds Turbo Alero

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