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Great news! ^^^^^ dont worry about the clutch. In for pics of that sprocket.

Take the sprocket apart, what do you have to loose?

I am almost 100% positive you have a proper diagnosis on this. What else is in the system? Nothing really, good luck.

^^^^ Shit stirrin bastard.

As I was reading your delima and thinking of what you could be missing here and the sprocket was the first thing I thought of. I read on and you mentioned it. I think you are on the right track. Here is my initial thought; Are the sprocket part numbers the same for both banks? That would be the only way I can think of to not spend the money and test if that is the problem. My cam sprockets are buried in the trunk of my car so I cant check them, otherwise I would go out there right now.

^^^^^ My wastegate stuck during a dig with a turbocharged Acura RSX, saw about 25psi and hit fuel cut about 15 times. That is what broke my ringlands. :facepalm:

Thanks for clearing that up. I would never use a piston in a DD without the skirt coating, it works wonders. My 83,000 mile pistons hane no wear on the skirts at all. I was just wondering about that heat coat for the top, I agree it is probably overkill for a 300whp DD. What I did notice was the underside of my pistons have a brown "burn" spot right in the center, like oil was cooked a bit slinging off the small end of the rod. Thats why I was considering the top coating.

Remove the oil pan, pick-up tube and baffle plate and hold it up thru the crankcase.

No doubt......BUT, You can even break a 2618 piston if there is enough detonation. What about the Swain heat coatings, has anyone here tried that service?

^^^^^^^ I'm just nicken picken I guess. Although he does write silicone more than once. My spelling suks too.

You better pull those pistons and check them. Were you burning any oil?

The author repeatedly refers to "silicone" in the pistons. That instantly makes me doubt his credibility. (silicon is the proper term) Note he only refers to "all motor" in recomending cast pistons. 4032 is much stronger than cast, period. Detonation will kill any piston regardless of it's composition. I still feel the 4032 is a great choice for a DD. You can run OE clearance and get the long service life without beating the crap out of the cylinder walls.

Put it in a vise, SLOWLY compress it and insert the appropriate size pin or drill bit to hold it closed.

The oven method works great, just wear gloves so the hot sealer doesn't burn you. I am about to pull mine apart for the second time to add some LED's.

They def do suk to do. Try moving the insulation like I mentioned earlier, makes for a bit more room.

I'd like to add one step to this that makes the rear plugs easier. There is some sound deadener insulation on both front frame rails. Take the forward most clip out and let the insulation hang down. It gives you another 3/16-1/4" of room between the frame rail and cylinder head to get your ratchet in there. When your done, just reinstall the clips (they are reusable). Every bit of room helps! OP, maybe you can update you walk thru? Doing this saves me about 20 minutes total on the job.

Black LGT sedan on RI RT2( South County trail) Friday at 5:45pm. Yow saw me behind you because I heard the EAT downshift and saw you blast off!

Same problem here on my Vista lap top. Used my Ol' XP laptop and works perfect!

Both sides. It works, try it, you can always pull it off if you don't like it.

I know, I'll crack a window open and save the CO poisoning for later. It was raining the other day and the defroster worked perfect.

Fumes constantly. Whenever any window is open and I peg the boost gauge. Even when the car was new I'd get cat stench at times inside. Anyone else suffer from this? I read it all the time in here. This worked so good for me so I had to share it. The only time I smell my exhaust now is when I get out. Fumes are gone. Almost 100%. Go in the trunk and find these vents/exhausters. One on both sides behind the trunk liner. To my knowledge, their main purpose is to vent the cabin when the doors shut. Seal the bastards off. I used a sheet of asphalt/dynamat type of material and just layed it over the opening. No more passengers bitching about headaches too!

Will street tuner software work on a Protune map? I just want to install ST and tweak a base Protuner map. Thanks

Cheap/insanely bright DIY LED interior lights. http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111906

Easy fix;