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Good News - We found that 16-20 PSI is the limit of our 2.4L Kia motor. The car felt great while running the higher boost level on the street, but we recently heard something when starting the motor and believe it to be slight rod knock. Assuming that the bearings aren’t going to last much longer, we put a set on order with KIA and will break the motor down for inspection before going any further. IMPORTANT!!! If you think you hear rod knock, get the bearings swapped ASAP! If you catch it early enough, you can typically just swap out the bearings and be back up and running. If you wait too long, you can score the crank or rods or completely spin the bearing and trash your whole block. Now this isn't an open invitation to run your Forte at 16PSI. We are just reporting our findings as we push the limits.
Bad News - we won't make it to the meet this weekend as planned. Crock will be there so you guys can check out the kit first hand!
Once again, TurboKits.com does the dirty work so you all don't have to. We'll get the bearings swapped and get onto the DYNO and push the boost up again and see where we go for power!
Bad News - we won't make it to the meet this weekend as planned. Crock will be there so you guys can check out the kit first hand!
Once again, TurboKits.com does the dirty work so you all don't have to. We'll get the bearings swapped and get onto the DYNO and push the boost up again and see where we go for power!