Gherkin Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Chris, That looks great! Maybe I should have kept the Birkin. :jester: The engine wasn't getting nearly enough fuel with injectors that were way too small and a 30 gal/hr fuel pump. Even with a conservative tune and taking it as easy as I could I burned another piston:cuss:. With a bigger fuel pump, larger injectors, and a replacement low mile '11 engine I hope to be back on the road in a few weeks. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 The engine wasn't getting nearly enough fuel with injectors that were way too small and a 30 gal/hr fuel pump. Even with a conservative tune and taking it as easy as I could I burned another piston:cuss:. With a bigger fuel pump, larger injectors, and a replacement low mile '11 engine I hope to be back on the road in a few weeks. Chris Chris, sorry to hear. Hope you're back on the road soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Chris: As you may know from my posts, my Birkin also went thru its engine very quickly (after abt 1100 miles). In my case it was oil starvation at a track day. Are you sure the injectors are your problem? Was your car built by TMW, as mine was? Also, the purchaser of my Birkin tore down the replacement junk-yard engine that I substituted and found rust and other issues. So be careful about what you substitute for your existing Duratec. Edited March 12, 2014 by Kitcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gherkin Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Chris: As you may know from my posts, my Birkin also went thru its engine very quickly (after abt 1100 miles). In my case it was oil starvation at a track day. Are you sure the injectors are your problem? Was your car built by TMW, as mine was? Also, the purchaser of my Birkin tore down the replacement junk-yard engine that I substituted and found rust and other issues. So be careful about what you substitute for your existing Duratec. Mine is a supercharged car built by TMW and the injectors were way too small for the horsepower the car was putting out. Also the fuel pump was a 30 gallon per hr unit that could barely keep up with the 40 lb/hr injectors much less the 60 lb/hr units I now have. The engine that was in the car when I received it was bad (burned piston), I knew that was the case and he supplied another engine with the car. I'm very sure I will find the same issue when I pull the head of my current Duratec; compression is way down in 2 cyls plus I am pressurizing the crank case and blowing smoke/oil from the breather. My new replacement engine came from an '11 (15k miles) and was at the recycler for less than a week when I picked it up. I passed on cheaper, lower mile engines they had but were in stock for years. I know oil starvation can be an issue but I haven't done any track or autocross driving yet. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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