88 Ford
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88 Ford. I have a feeling you are calling me out .... If so I'm ok with that. Justin has done and will do for the idi what NOBODY else can or will do. Please ask Justin about D young's pump issues that Dennis got from him. I'm not here to destroy Justin's reputation at ALL. You seem enamored with him and what he has accomplished. Many are and that's not a problem for me and should not be an issue for anyone. when you push the limits things are expected to fail. Its how we find the limits. If I was to push the limits like Justin has and has done consistently I would take more readings from every possible location. But he does not as can clearly been seen in your post about installing a different pump and rolling it on the dyno timed by ear. Then finding it was 17 degrees advanced. This was MY concern when he first put power to the ground on the first big build with nothing but a boost gauge connected. I was actually shocked a person would put so much money and time into something and have nothing to show what was going on. No temp, oil pressure or pyro showing any IMPORTANT information. In the end that engine blew a head gasket because of the rush to install it he and his friend installed a piston backwards.
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ricardo cup was at the bottom on the cylinder instead of at the top where the precup blows into it. He never did post a reason or a pic of that failure. Of course I saw it here as many others did. We all make mistakes and might be embarrassed about the. That is part of life. But please investigate what you are saying. Know your facts. In closing this post I continue to support what Justin does.
Gary, I was not trying to call you out by any means. I was just trying to let it be known that the engine that was dynoed was a near stock engine plus bolt-ons.
Yes Justin Anderson did throw the pump on and wing it but that is not normally how he does things from what I have seen. As for the other circumstance with the head gasket, that was Justin Wheeler aka NMB2, who did that.
As far as respecting what Justin has done for the idi, yes I do really appreciate it. Just like what Mel, Russ, and you have done for the platform before that. There are just different reasons people build their engines the way they do and I can respect that. I apologize if anyone took offense. I was just clarifying some stuff.