BUILT E90 N54 DYNO DAY: SEIZED FOOTAGE & END OF THE FLOWMAX STORY
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- čas přidán 7. 01. 2024
- I finally got the laptop back, so this is the footage from the day before the raid, where we had the Flow Max car on the dyno!
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It would be great to see a final result with the JMC ST kit in the E92... 👍
Eventually…. Thinking of getting Ken down to tune that one in person!
@@ZeroTo60Tube That would be epic!
Love that the N54 content is back!! Life is good. Keep that chin up Andrew, we love all that you do. QPS can bugger off.
Thanks dude!
Yep, that was a bummer back then, guys. I would like to see the Max Speeding Rods setup. Thanks for sharing Andrew. Dutch regards Nico.
Thanks dude! We’ll see what happens
Good morning from Greece, I'm very happy that you're back on youtube. i love you to my brother. you have given me the best information about n54
Good morning!
Man I tell you what, we are far from perfect over here but damn if videos like yours don't make me glad to be American. It's getting rough over there. Glad to see you back at it man, you will bounce back better than ever. N54 FTMFW!
thanks so much dude!
That smoke was louder than my flower bong rips 😎
King tech into a motor!
Hahahaha 😂
King tech would be the choice for me. I'm sorry for all that has gone on for you in the last couple of years. Your videos are outstanding and the N54 community in the states really appreciates all of the hard work and effort you put into your builds. I was inspired by your channel to use the china turbos 16ts and I am not making the power like your are but Im only running 16 psi about 450-500 hp great work Andrew best of luck
I appreciate that! Thanks man
I think it'd be a good idea to make a video on some of the more recent developments in the N54 world and potentially upcoming ones etc. A new build series would be nice too, on one hand I'd love to see a full tilt build with no expenses spared, on the other I'd love to a see a street build with solid balance between power / drivability. Keep it up dude, so glad we're getting some more N54 content.
Well I think you and I are on the same page
I can’t imagine the feeling of needing to do 2 n54 head gaskets and the next day when you thought things couldn’t get worse, they get much worse!!
So good to see you got your laptop back finally!!
I’ve been daily driving my e92 335i with 17t turbos which were installed about 6 months before your original video. I’ve put 30,000kms on them and still going strong. Bit of nostalgia watching some of the OG Zero to 60 videos.
Great to hear! Have you had any bitters on your recent for sale post?
@@ZeroTo60Tube I haven’t actually. I should probably put some effort in to taking some good photos.
Any n54 content is good content! Between you and Dan the knowledge is amazing.
Perfect timing too as I hope to also build my e91 n54 8 speed this year!
It's because of this channel that I have my Flow Max+ in my car. 😄
It's unfortunate that the creator of these turbos weaseled his way out of the n54 platform, but I love them on 93 octane so far, and can't wait to try e85!!
Its a touchy subject. I think most of the failures are not becuase of the turbos. But in this day an age most people need to blame someone else. At the end of the day, they make incredible power, expecting and warranty when we are pushing motors so much is crazy. Enthusiasts need to man up and take repsonsibility for the car they put together.
so glad u got yr shit back and r hangin in there
thanks so much for sharing the end of that build’s story and looking forward to yr upcoming adventures
sounds like the flomax turbos might still prove viable tho which is super cool too !
Yes they are some serious turbos! However no longer available.
Thanks for sharing this with us, looking forward to any N54 build, preferably with the Max rods to see what a budget build can yield. TeamN54 keeps moving forward.
You and me both!
Great to see you back, Team N54.
Would love to see an update on all the cars you've still got. Hopefully the og 17t now JMC car is still kicking around. Also haven't seen Dave's E39 and the E60 M5 in a while. Sucks to see most of the cars sold for legal fees but super stoked that you're back.
It all comes together now! LOL. I guess the other car with that single turbo and Titanium pipes is gone as well or maybe it was gone before that? I'm just really happy you're back on the channel and are going to be doing N54 work! Selfish maybe but it's just the way I feel. You are the best channel IMHO doing this work . I think it's because you are bringing us all along with you in your research and fun! Not to mention I have (to my monetary ability) been using your findings as my blue print for my N54. So much fun and heart ache and knuckle busting etc. Do which ever of those two ideas you had that you feel most passionate about and I'll be happy all the way!
There’s still a single turbo car spot in the stable…. Soon.
Never unsubscribed. Great to have your videos back 🙏🏻👍🏻
Awesome! Thank you!
Good to see u back on track with the n54s and as allways mate thanks for all your help last year u have helped me so much in the past and can not thank u enough 🙏🙏
Dude thank you for following along and watching the channel.
He helped me with my diff from watching the lsd swap he did. Works perfectly.
@@davidaames8787yes he programmed my msd81 as my msd80 mosfits shit them self and was so helpfull and verry suportive in replying to me about issues i had with my car but absolute gemtleman and would not hesitate to contact him in the future if have anu issues thanks agan 🤜🤛
He’s backkkk❤!
Love the n54 content. I hope to 8hp swap my flow max+ e93 somewhat soon! Keep up the good work
YES! more n54 content please
Happy to see either
Kingtec Pistons & Rods brother💪🏼
Let’s see how those do, a lot of people got questions & wonders about those!
Glad to finally get the update about that car tho, would also love to see the E92 come back🙏🏼🫡
I wanna see them too. Maxpeeding rods and amp44 were fine.... but lets see what the kingtecs are like
Love to see these n54 videos great work
Glad you like them!
I'm using a Victor Reinz HG with Full M11 head studs on 814WHP
At 750WHP I lifted the head with Elring HG and stock head bolts.
Anyway, love the N54 content again!
Yes! Finally, n54s are back! I reckon built engine with custom machined 19ts to fit td04hl or td05 if that's even possible. Everyone knows what a single can do and daw not producing anymore is proof that they weren't a great product to begin with. So make your own twins as big as possible.
Like others have said, this channel/you are the reason many of us local in south texas went with the chinese turbos back in early 2022. I personally made it 11k miles on my 17t's 11 blades then sold the car. New owner is still driving to this day. Any N54 content is a great watch so looking forward to all the videos in the future! Maybe try out the V4 19t's?
Thanks man!
Maxpeeding and AMP44 pistons, very keen to know how the rods go, I've used them before on other engines without any issues
i wanna see the maxpeeding rods and the amp pistons
Not sure what id like to see. Im not even a bmw guy. You deliver well and have interesting content so im here. :D Love from New Zealand. Maximum respect getting through the crap with the feds and coming out the other side. Thanks for this video and any other video you make. Ill be watching.
Thanks man, thats very nice of you to watch without the BMW additiction haha
Build a King Tec motor with concrete fill for a closed deck. Also you should do an n54 tuning guide.
Credit to them for not breaking it.
I would love an update on all of the cars as well as the background of them with turbo setups / issues and causes of the issues if possible, just to get a refresher
It's good to see some more N54 stuff. As cool as the 8HP tech is, I kinda missed the N54 tech. I really want to see that JMC single turbo build. Your build are a serious inspiration man.
Its coming back..... i do really enjoy doing the 8speed work. So that stuff i will share as well. However, the quest for 1000whp n54 is on.
Brother, thank you for this content 🙏. Finally! So long anticipated. But, WHERE IS THE JMC KIT?!?! The suspense! Ive been holding off on buying the JMC kit, in hopes to hear your experience with it. Built N54 should def be paired with the JMC kit for a real ripper!!! Maybe in a different body? Would be cool to see what it takes to transplant an N54 into a non BMW chasis even
Just wait, just wait!
That rebuild is a big job! And it’s gonna be epic.
Max rods and amp pistons , lets see how it holds up!
Glad you got laptop back mate! The flow max car was half expecting to through a rod through the block as that’s defo rod knock! Even so I don’t own my 335i anymore I’d still like to see you build a proper successful one! I’ve just fully forged a 1.8t 20v s3! Aiming for 5-600hp!
So turns out, its piston slap. The motor has now been dissasembled and rods, bearing and crank are fine. Everything looks like new. So i assume piston slap....... Unless that missing gasket on the turbo was causing the noise..... :S
@@ZeroTo60Tube it’s was odd how it sounded when it started ramping up on the dyno but then disappeared! Phones and go pros seem to pick it up really loudly! Oversized pistons and a rebore? You can measure the cylinders to n make sure they are actually round!
Really want to see either your built motors do what you intended them to do.
Yessirski ❤️🔥
How did the China Gaskets hold up like the vakave cover gasket and oil pan gasket etc?
Hello, I have a question. I have been removing my injectors and centering metal tab has fallen off the injector.. Does it affect anything? is it still good to use if I a line it correctly? Couldnt found any information on this topic thank you
Let's go Max speeding rods as they are easy to get for most people!
Would like to see the built motor with the 8 speed and the single turbo setup you had.
i think ultimately that is end game!
Good morning from Germany Andrew, well im still following you! After all, honestly, im still sorry you had to sell the car and parts...i still hope you will be able to build and enjoy some other cars for yourself and I hope you haven't been in need to sell everything else(i mean back in the days you moved out of your house, there were quite a few cars).
Do you know how lucky you are? haha
Welcome back!
Great to have you back! Will "Team E39" also be back?
Eventually. We had a lot of changes in the family over the last 18 months. Some of the e39s are still around. But all are in need of some love.
@zeroto60tube
Don’t know if this is in the plans but I would love to see e90/e92 8hp turbolamik with the sequential DCT shifter all the rest of the cool cars have. I wanna see how you go about doing P R D D/S and using DCT shifter. We’ve seen the other cars with aftermarket ecu’s ,how do you do it on a stock bmw ecu?
With turbo lamik or cantcu, both send the can signal to the chassis to emulate the gear position. So you can use any shifter and the chassis is non the wider.
However complete that question. You start the car always in park. Then one pull down will engage drive or two pushes forward will engage reverse. You basically pull back to up a gear or push to go down. Both TCU’s have mode switches. By default you can manually shift at any time and they return to auto mode a set time after.
Never clicked so fast in my life
Honestly and maybe selfishly, you have the motors, and now you have the dyno access. I would love to see someone go down the Shuenk road and give some good numbers. Another future direction I brought up a few years ago and you shunned but they are coming on strong now is the n55 platform. Lots of people starting to make some pretty good numbers.
Man I love the way they sound. But those n55s don’t take the abuse a n54 will. That being said if one came at me at the right price I’d love to play with it.
Hey Brother, I love all of your content! I was wondering if you are planning to make anymore " Team N54 " T-shirts? If so, I'd love to get one. I'm a huge fan and it really sucks what happened to you. I wish you a Great 2024! Mahalo & Aloha from Honolulu, Hi. 🤙🏼
I havent thought about the merch in ages. I dont think i will get any time to update designs or anything soon. but i will mention it if i do.
I love it
Sucks that happened man. I built my engine following your Nissan patrol 12mm headbolt specs and it all worked out for me. 770whp @27psi on my 53/53mmps then I upped it to 34psi for my twin turbo 60-130mph and 100-200km record and it worked out for me. (Still hold that record). I built my engine in my garage 100%. Never went to a machine shop. I used sandpaper and brake cleaner to “deck” my head and blocks surface then used a vac motor sports copper ring head gasket and just sent it. Maybe I just got lucky either way thanks for pointing me in the right direction for my budget build 😄🤙🏼
Dude i am so glad yorus worked out. Where are you at with your car at the mo? I remember seeing something about some new turbos? Ready to try a single yet?
@@ZeroTo60Tube Honestly man after my MMPs failed due to a loose bolt in the chra I was going to try another set of twins but I just dropped that idea as I am currently going Big single turbo as we speak. I’m just sick of the twins and all the work that goes into every swap plus I know I’ll never get another set of twins that will perform as strong as the MMPs so I’m not trying to downgrade. I moved across country so my car hasn’t been my top priority these last 7 months but it will be back up soon even stronger and we will Crack into the 4’s 60-130! Hope your new build works out!
Love your content guys it motivates me to keep building my 335xi!
I recently put in upgraded TD04 turbos by Vargas and they’re awesome but I’m limping out at high RPM. Thinking it’s fuel pressure related pump or injector.
In my 4 years of ownership I’ve been scared to mess with the JB4 that’s on it installed by previous owner.
My question: should I get the JB4 Bluetooth adapter to see codes, or should I have my mechanic take it off and try MHD? I’ve heard MHD is more user friendly and I think the JB4 in mine may be quite old….
Appreciate all your content guys and if anyone has a response I would be very grateful!
MHD all day...
Kingtec pistons and rods for sure
Finally get to know what happened to this car!
It’s a shame….
Amp and msr rods in studio please 🙏
time cert the block while the head is off and switch to a cut ring gasket. my n53 head swapped 3.28l n54 has seen 43 psi so far and no issues. you should awd 8hp70 n54 swap an e30 with one of those motors in my honest bmw loving opinion!
Got any videos of yours yet?
waiting for a custom turbo manifold for the n53 head, it didnt like the n54 manifold we rigged up to fit much. . update on the engine since its changed since we last spoke, its now 3.28 liter, 11.5:1 comp, 625 studs, fire ringed, darton mid/wet sleeve insert that machines the entire center of the block out. n53 head, 288/284 +11mm cams. inconel valves, ti springs. it saw 9k rpm on maxxecu, lamik tcu on the built 8 speed on the gen2 6266 in testing. nothing major just little things to button up. im strapping a sportsman class precision on it, 1400-1500hp capable. if this new block insert and sleeve system lets the block live above 1200hp , ill open source the cnc file for the darton sleeves and the block guard insert. i for sure set a 6266 n54 power record, lets just say it definately can make 900hp before the turbine starts singing the star spangled banner lol (thats why its not running currently, i blew the turbine out the back of the turbo hurt the billet valve cover and some little bs)
@@ZeroTo60Tube i designed a custom insert that goes between the timing chain and cylinder 1 to beef up that area of the block, tolerance fit and deck smooth. it fits mechanically no issues. the mid sleeved block is like 12mm chick sleeves with massive flanges and o ring system. we think we finally nailed the n54 block that can handle 1500hp. the stroker kit BC makes is good for 1800ft lbs, and i just proved the n53 head and high duration cams at 9krpm makes a ton more power than the 3.0 n54 head high lift cams. we are about to make some serious noise in the next few weeks and as always, if it works ill email the files i have for everything
How did u get the widebody on the 135I, it's on the stock M-Tec rear bumper right? I am very keen on this.
It’s a full custome moulded job. Not sure who did it to be honest.
please bring back the N54 content
tha thing flies!!!
still wild to me that you got raided by the pigs man!
was that knock? The knock lifted the head?
Myself and my mate ed been running amp44 pistons for 2years with 450bhp m52b28 engines so as reliability goes i can vouch for them also I'll add that we had a head lift issue and solved it by one engine running m12 arp studs and the other is running longer thread into the block M10 studs
Nice, did you get any piston slap from the AMP44s?
Nope all good @@ZeroTo60Tube
Bring them back flow max
Kinda of off topic but i have a n54 and i got a port injection manifold and have a reflex with mhd, can i run just port and block off the di? There isnt much info out there on a stock dme with di contollwe and ive looked everywhere and came up empty.
Also what size injectors would you recommend for 600 wheel, i have 17t's and would a dual pump be necessary at this power? It seems over kill, a single 525 in my mind should be fine.
Thanks! And good to see the n54 content back!!
You cant at the moment. However soon MHD will support port injection instead of DI. A di delete essentially. Injector sizing is not yet calculated or locked in, so hold off on buying anything for now.
Thanks for your reply
I think I’ve watched most of you videos but can’t seem to find what happened to OHRLY. Was it sold?
Ohhrly was sold. And then subsequently dismantled and parted out.
Hey, did the cars with the elring gaskets had studs retrofitted or were they on stock bolts? Because elring says, that the multi layer gasket is designed specifically to the oem bolts stretching, when oparating. Kind regards Christian
One had n54 oem bolts, the other had 12mm Nissan stretch bolts. Both lift the head around 650whp.
I also know John Gago had a similar experience with elring.
@@ZeroTo60Tube Hi, thanks for the reply. Haha then I know that my head needs to come off again. I just assembled the head with an elring gasket, a few weeks ago. I just wanted to save a couple euros, but I guess it's not worth the risk 😁.
Kind regards Christian
I just recently bought a 335i with flowmax turbos the car has been put though some proper abuse but they are still holding up at 18psi. Starting to smoke on decel though might need a rebuild soon
Smoke on decel is usually PCV, not turbos.
How would you know 😛
@@ZeroTo60Tube LOL. When you're on you're 5th set of twins, you start developing a sense for it 🤣
I forgot what head bolts you used for that motor. Was it arp? Or head bolts from a diesel?
Nissan ZD30…. However I need to revisit this.
What happened to the jmc tuning setup?
Not sure what you are talking about officer…… 😛
It’s out of the car, sitting on a motor with a blown head gasket. The story will continue soon.
Turned a bit grey in the beard mate haha. Glad to see you’re back doing your thing!
Times are tough when you can’t afford that beard die.
Since Elring are the OE gasket, could the problem be in the install? Not saying you did anything wrong, but once a motor is opened, it's never going to have the same seal that the factory gets with its perfect mating surfaces and robotic assembly where all bolts are simultaneously torqued.
Elring version I had is different to OE. Elring is an OE supplier but not the manufacturer of the n54 mls gasket. There are a few differences between them.
Hard to believe you couldn't hear blowby from that turbo. That's crazy
Ahhh man. I reckon it only leaked when there was some decent manifold pressure. The flowmax manifolds are machined differently to others and probably seal quite well in comparison….. bloody annoying I wasted the turbos over a silly mistake not paying attention. I probabaly filmed me putting it on. Need to go back through footage.
Elring gaskets are no good for the OFH as well, it held for a year, then when car was stored in freezing temps it started seeping again, switched to OEM gaskets (made in Japan) and it has held for 2 yrs now.
Not as important as the head gasket obviously, but because of this i only buy OEM gaskets now, replaced both pan and valve cover as well with OEM last year and holding good.
The gaskets may be fine for lower power levels
Bring the S62 back :D
Team N54! Max speed rods!
Being a car enthusiast in Australia is akin to being a criminal.
Any ideas on xhp going on sale?
Every Black Friday.
It’s always good to see a cheaper attainable build so maxpeedingrods build please…is it remotely worth putting money into them or save up a little longer?
I think those rods are pretty stout! I’d use them again.
F yeah mate, why doesn't Australia have an Autobahn!?
We used to have unlimited speed roads in the NT.....
Would like to know the source of the knock. It's the mistakes you make that are the most valuable for us viewers: to help us avoid trial and error where the error is the outcome
Most likely culprit at this point is a loose power steering pump.
I through it was piston slap. But it’s been stripped down now. Everything inside looks perfect. Power steering pump was loose when it got pulled down. It only knocked at low rpm. It was definitely louder at the front of the motor. But if I get a definitely answer I’ll defs update everyone.
What headstuds were used?
Zd30 head bolts….
Sounds like it was knocking like hell on the dyno, wich is probably why the headgasket went if I should guess.
I think and im fairly confident all this time on that was piston slap. The knock i was worried about was piston slap. The amp44 pistons are made of a material that is more prone to piston slap.
@@ZeroTo60Tube what fuel did you ran ?
I guess you will be able to see if its piston slap or deth.
What is the best way to contact you with a Motiv ReFlex+ question? Thank you!
It’s best to contact whoever you bought the motiv from. Otherwise post any comments here. I don’t do DM’s I’m sorry. Too many to keep up with.
No problem. Motiv has been a real pain.
My motiv 0-10 bar pressure sensor for the fuel line going to the PI plate is reading 110psi constantly. LPFP is +/- 70psi. I’m expecting both to read the same or very close. I feel something is wrong. I’ve traced power, gnd and signal wiring from the motiv harness.
I think I should be able to read the voltage of the signal wire to see if the sensor is functioning correct? What voltage should I be reading for approx 70psi?
Can u think of anything else
They should read with in 10% of each other. However that sounds like either a faulty sensor or wiring issue. The sensors are cheap and it may have just failed. Even the expensive ones have a very strange lifespan. Dont over think it, check the wiring, if its good grab another sensor.@@edwardwerley8831
Great. Thanks for the input
Hello Guys, what do i need to do reach the 500-560hp?
It needs to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Shouldn't really be visible ( I live in Switzerland, the Police is our best friend for cars)
I have a E90 LCI N54 Manual RWD. I thought 17T, downpipes 200 cells + FMIC Evo2 + low pressure fuel pump stage 2.
I have Index 12 on it. My Car is runing very well.
Very nice Content!
Best Regards
Thanks for answering
Maxpeeding and amp44
you need to blurr out your car windows in the editing every time u do high speed drives
Hehe, now you tell me…
The china flowmaxs turbos 😂
Have you pulled yours apart yet?
@@ZeroTo60Tube Not yet just received a set of ceramic ball bearing 19ts turbos to replace the flowmax swap them over this weekend. will let you know what went wrong.
Super keen to know what it was if anything. Which ones did you with to replace?
6:25 160 km/h is appears not to be on the track because you're passing trucks moving in the same direction. Were the cops looking for the raw footage of clips like this? Trying to match it's time with your phone location ...
Yes correct. That was a seperate road to the trucks. A service road. But none the less it was that footage that instigated the investigation.
Anything n54 is great. Just what the others want to see is fine with me.
Was this the car with the 12mm head bolts?
Yes
Likely related. I pulled threads with the same head bolts that you used in the video.
What did you torque them to? Also curious how you re-tapped. Did you use an end tap? @@peytontan5201
@@ZeroTo60Tubethey pulled at 85ft/lbs, I did use an end tap and followed the threads. The problem with these bolts is the friction coefficient which is now added to the threads itself. The reason people use studs is because the only friction is between the washer and the nut.
The friction adds variability to the clamping force which in your case didn’t look to be accurately measured. Different lubricants, etc adds variability, and simply torquing them down to 100ft/lbs gives us no idea behind the actual clamping force for bolts.
This is why BMW went with 35nm and then angles to torque their bolts, paired with a stretch bolt.
defnitely a huge unknown using stretch bolts the way i did. I remember looking up the zd30 torque procedure and from memory we 45nm then 90deg - 90deg. Which i think i surpased when testing, but might not of on n54 motor.... i can't remember. Either way both motors with the elring spat coolant at similar power levels unfortunately. I think next motor, i will got OEM gasket and bolts and just see what happens..... doing things by the books.@@peytontan5201
Id say a build with what ever is cheapest. 😂 So we know if they are anygood or not.
The stress literally made your beard white bro. Fuckin hell.
Car was an animal
lol….. that’s how tight things got, I couldn’t even afford beard colouring lol
@@ZeroTo60Tube haha I feel that. I'm headed your way myself.. been going white since I was 17. Now I'm 30 and the last 6 months I've suddenly got a bunch of random white hairs in my facial hair.
Like you, I stress out constantly. Life isn't easy, and they certainly make it less easy here in Australia. It's very hard to have nice cars here... Starting to end up like California.
Cough* swap a zf8 into an e55 amg cough*
I think it’s been done…. I think. Hmmm
@@ZeroTo60Tube I've only seen the s55 dct adapter plate online none for a zf8. I think it's a perfect candidate since those cars are known for sluggish transmissions but extremely potent and reliable engines
I really like your content, but how much did DAW have to pay you to accept the blame for their chinese turbos blowing apart?
Nothing. I left a gasket off it’s my fault. That’s fairly simple. A mm metal rod got so hot it melted…. That’s not a manufacturing failure ever. In fact you get a turbo hot enough to melt the bearing that’s nearly always user error.
Something Ive learnt from being in the shop. It’s pretty rare for a mechanical part to fail. It’s not rare for someone to make a mistake and cause a mechanical part to fail. People who own a car, build a car and then try and blame someone else for their car breaking, shouldn’t be building cars. And with that attitude they will never ever build anything decent.
I’ll also say this, if you run twins above 550whp and they don’t blow up, that’s a win. There is too much energy and heat getting squeezed through those tiny manifolds for them to ever be reliable.
#stopblamingotherpeopleforyourcarbreaking
@@ZeroTo60Tube I agree - the turbos (or rear turbo) was pushed too hard and that's why it failed. I think the failure was spun (pun intended) to make DAW look much better. Instead of just tossing it up to installer error - it should be noted that it's just too much heat for twins. Do you really think 30psi is the 'safe' amount of boost, but 35 is too much? You said in the video yourself that they become heat pumps over low to mid 20s - they are already out of their efficiency at that PR. Were you running a stock exhaust? God knows DAW would blame you for that as well, which is absolute BS - the stock exhaust is not a restriction at all below 800whp.
To honestly answer that, after watching 4 or 5 hybrid cars on the dyno over the last 12 months. Anything over 23/24psi is the danger zone...... thats where 1 psi extra makes less power than all the previous psi's..... So heat is exponeitally going up. You get in to that 25psi range, then add a small boost leak, add an injector thats not flowing the same as the rest, add an exhaust manifold leak to one of the turbos and what happens to everything in the system........ something is getting much hotter than it should. My point in this video, i was running the car too hard, i didnt install them properly, it would be foolish to blame anything on the turbos. A lot of people in the community are too quick to blame manufacturers and its not good for anyone. It annoys the manufacturers, it winds people up because they feel like they are being ripped off and they sprial with silly threads on facebook, filled with 99% of people that dont have a clue what they are commenting on, all winding each other up. And the general sentiment around a component failure is just crappy. At the end of the day, it is really easy to make a N54, which is only a 3l 6 cyl make 500+whp with a massive powerband through the rev range. It's easy and cheap, which people dont understand is a serious amount of power for a relatively small capacity engine. Expecting warranty and pointing blame is not how the platform moves forward. It's what stops manufactures making aything for the platform. I want people to take more care, have a better understanding and learn from building their cars. When everyone simply blames the component thats failed, they are not learning. While a stock exhaust might be fine behind a big single turbo with half the turbine speed, maybe at 600whp and twins the stock exhaust is an issue. A slight restriction that just pips them in to melting range....... Its an unknown and even with a dyno, its pretty hard to scientifically check this. Becuase maybe they will do 2 back to back pulls and be fine. But they wont survive 4 pulls due to heat build up. Again this is an incredible amount of power for a small motor. 10 years ago this was an incredible amount of power for a 6l. @@langsbr
Both yourself flowmax and other vendors should be receiving compensation 🤔 they've got to be punished for this bullshit and need to publicly apologise for hindering small qld business
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Get your seized laptop, phone and other hardware checked for spyware.
Don't use off the shelf antivirus malware spyware programs as they usually will not find anything the federal authorities have installed and if it's the state authorities that have done it you have a 50/50 change.
The authorities here in Australia bug your electronic devices after seizure 90+% of the time.
Just letting you know what I know.
Up to you to get your devices checked
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Appreciate the heads up!
Australia is a joke. I need to get a US green card somehow
I just posted a short with my brand new hpfp that I never paid for. It was a success