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Well, if it was Mate, who ever checked it is a Moron.
Would have been pretty Friggin obvious there was a problem.
As for the rest of it, just because it held up to a few miles & some dyno runs doesn't mean its been done properly.
Sounds like folks are taking advantage of your naivety.
Imo you need a Better Engine Builder, or this will be just the beginning.
Not trying to bust your balls Mate, just annoyed with the Snake oil salesmen in this industry.
Good luck with it all & I mean that sincerely.
Cheers.

True, it is very hard to get down to the truth of what will hold and what won't. Lots of misinformation out there. One launch at the track and his block is going to crack
between the main studs and head studs. That is why they have a billet block that has been made. That's IF the car makes power. Curious to see what steps have been
taken to deal with head lift. From the pictures posted, I don't see enough.

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What headgasket did he use? He needs to use the BC headgasket. I see he has the rest of the solution. He is close. Cracking the block is a major concern for a DE. It is uncharted territory on the VHR.

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It was a Mazworx engine that Mark drag raced. He crack the block like I stated. That is why there is a billet VQ35DE block out there. It is between 9 and 10k. So, you guys are not doing anything new. The true answers are out there. You just have to search for them. That is how I know what I do. Everything is in my tread.

"Inventions were created by failures".-Me

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If you have the money and time to waste then fine.
Just get it proffesionaly done I would think rather than risking it.

Yeah seriously, "30-35psi" & "we're just having to do this ourselves and see what fails".

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True to a point... but most of those suggesting a professional build have been down that road. We've built engines, trans & rear ends ourselves, learned the expensive mistakes and now choose to use a professional to build our cars. Yes, we could get engines & trans out of a salvage yards, old Detroit muscle was easy to find back in the 70s, now, not so much. Today's cars are sometimes harder to find, when they get crunched, there's not as much sheet metal around the engine and more things get broken.

If someone was building an engine today, my advice would be to have a professional do it, unless you are doing a basic rebuild of an engine that has 200k on it. You still have to have the block tanked, line-bored, decked and the heads gone through. The crank has to be matched to the block and balanced. Not everyone has the tools to assemble an engine properly, ring compressors and good torque wrenches aren't cheap, and why buy them for a 'first-time build'?

Bottomline, your friends' choice. My second piece of advice.... curate the YouTube videos... not everyone has their chit in one bag....:ugh2:

Sounds like he might be pulling a Rusty. I hope he is not married or has kids. He may be shown the door. LMAO!!!! Reality is he is short on money to do a proper build. I get it. I have done it myself way too many times. This is the first build I have let someone else do. Why, because I didn't have too. You just showed your true colors with that last statement.

Hope not. I lost count on the number of motors I built and blown up. :icon14: I really don't want to think about it.

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I knew I was wasting my time. Not anymore.

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Not if I can help it. Iggy list you go.

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So according to your own posts, you're actually not a car enthusiast?

:rolleyes: But you already said you didn't build it yourself...

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Further the VQ platform? That's a joke. You and your buddy are the reason it sucks so bad. Keep it a secret. LOL, everything is in my thread you refuse to read. Can you read? You act like we don't work on our own cars and that the DrBacon god has spoken. You and your buddy are saving the VQ. Please melt down some more. This is fun to watch. Go ahead, let's see some more.

Get it back up and running. Looks like you’re on the right path. Far as the De goes even with sleeves you’re reaching the potential of that block before you split it. That’s if you’re pushing the motor at full tilt 100% of the time. Just like you said you won’t learn if you don’t try.

Buy an accusump

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I will tell you how to further the VQ platform. It is just like ever other platform. You have to pay a good shop to build your engine knowing that if it tanks you will have to pay again for a new engine after you diagnose what happened and correct it. The problem with the VQ platform is nobody wants to pay, just like your friend and yourself. I am supposed to give you all the knowledge I paid for. Well, that is not happening. What it will do is get the other shops that support the VQ platform to step up their game and spend the money on development. Why do you think the GTR platform has been so successful? People have been stepping up and paying for the development knowing if they blow stuff up, they will have to spend the money to do it all over again. That doesn't happen on the VQ platform. I hear of calls all the time with people fishing on on how to build the engine. It is that or they call, get a price, and never call back.

What’d I miss :ugh2:

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I've been on this forum longer than all but two others.

FO mean anything to you?

13 yrs and 7 posts. :rofl2:

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What is the purpose of the build? To drag race? I’d be interested in seeing how that mlx Hg with step decking the block holds up at high boost.

VQ development is **** because kids are into the platform and all the big bank accounts went to the GTR. Vinny Ten ran a 8.83 woth a DE block like 8 years ago, mazworx ran 7’s I believe. The R&D for a big power blower build isn’t there. Not many VQ owners are willing to drop 50-75k into these cars when you have the GtR to go fast in a straight line and in corners. There is a guy in south Florida who made 900whp with his De and he built it himself and tuned the car on a haltech stand-alone. I can put you in contact with him, just pm me he might be a huge help with any questions you have.

Tim right? He has been very helpful. Thank you though. This build was actually roughly based on what he had done, just hopefully taken to a bit higher level.

But yeah I think I'll just leave this thread be now, no point. Tired of people, I have better **** to do.

What's up, puss'in out. Figures

Is this you????

And the train has officially wrecked. Trips, close this dumpster fire down like it's 2020, please.

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Also, Mr. Bacon, it seems all your posts have been converted to periods. How did that happen??

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He has to hide what he said somehow.