im looking to see why my piston rings have gone pop after 3.5k miles. and was wondering if this had anything to do with it?

i have the standard crap ford IC fitted, but the car is running higher boost then normal, woud this cause them to go pop?? or would this do other damage.

i do have plans to fit a Pro alloy one in the future

 

How much boost

 

im not to sure as i haven`t had chance to drive it really. i recon it would be around the 14psi mark i would of thought.

whats the max the frod intercooler can take then?

 

ive been told that 14psi is the most you can run on a standard intercooler

 

I would say 10psi is the most you can run safely. It really is pants. 14psi is far too much, ACT's will be off the scale by the end of 3rd gear.

Pro Alloy won't be much better either

 

im going to sound really stupid now, But what is ACT??

also what Ic would you recomend if the pro alloy ones not much cop

 

Air Charge Temp.

The temperature of the air going into the engine. The cooler it is, the better. I had a custom made Pro Alloy one on mine, I have now gone back to a GRS.

 

This is what happens if you run too much boost on a standard IC....

 

Tony Turbo y was this? Pro Alloy not up to the job?

 

 

Sadly not

 

cheers. for that, i have just emailed them to see how much one is.

but looking at it, i will defo have to get the intercooler sooner rather then later if i want to keep my engine in one piece

 

14 psi is fine

my 1st rst was running 14 psi on a standard cooler for 2 years

 

Say you started at the bottom of 3rd gear, then went right through the box to the limit in each gear right to the top of 5th, what were your ACT's like?

 

i also ran a standard intercooler s1 on my s2 for about a year 14psi had no probs and i proper thrashed it day in day out

 

Then I ask you the same question

 

off the scale

 

act would defo be off the scale at 14 psi on a standard i/c!! mine was off the scale at just 10.5psi. was'nt much better with a pace double capacity i/c.

GRS now no probs and act NEVER gets above 34 no matter how hard you drive it

 

how mucho for a grs? any web sites?

 

http://www.grsmotorsport.co.uk/

 

 

probably of the scale but never had nothing in my old one to read act i also sold the car to a friend and it is still going on a standard ic at 14psi and i know at santa pod he wound the boost up more just wouldent hold what he set it to

 

GRS mate

 

Ouch

 

fpmsl

 

My front mount pace act's anywhere between 24-28 and I'm running 25psi

 

Snap although mine are slightly higher but still no more than 33 also on 25psi. We are running 15psi on the FRST with a standard intercooler and it's crap. By time you give it death once you've had your lot until the temps drop back down again

 

got a price for a GRS IC, Ł265, plus Ł80 a fan, does this sound about right, sounded ok to me

 

Sure your piston rings have failed and you've not actually holed a piston?

 

the pstons look solid mate, nothing wrong with them from what i can see.