Hello duncan,

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duncan Registered: Nov 11 2007, 08:38 AM -- View Profile

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It's good to meet you all and I hope to learn from you!

 

thx for the welcome smile.gif

i'm duncan from toronto, with a 1999 beta accent turbo. i've had it for about 3 years. low compression pistons and an SDS standalone, running about 250 whp/torque.

i had it in the shop yesterday to be retuned for an upgraded computer chip and emissions compliance, and the engine grenaded on the dyno at about 230 whp @ 6800rpm. mechanical failure, not bad tuning. a (stock) connecting rod went thru the block.

i can only guess what went wrong. i was at the track a couple of years ago experimenting with race gas and boost, and i had one bad run with some detonation. the pistons survived, but maybe the connecting rods developed some hairline cracks? it was only a matter of time.

a few recent pics here:

http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o...n1437/1999_x3/

and a video from 2005:

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=685...76&hl=en-CA

i'm not feeling too sharp right now, but i'm looking forward to meeting you all and learning about rebuilding the engine.

 

Good introduction! Can you tell us how you found us? Looking forward to hearing about the rebuild.

 

Welcome to the site!

 

Welcome. I always thought a beta accent would be a lot of fun and with the turbo I bet its great. Good luck with the rebuild.

 

insane! i love it! my favorite accents are the first generations. although they're cheap and dangerous as hell, they're excellent sleepers and they look good.

i think you did a wonderful job with it. i wouldn't touch anything but the paint (red or black my favorite)

any engine shots?

 

With a name like Duncan theres only 1 mod you need


a license plate that says

FURIOUS D


ps welcome from Oakville area!

 

Nice, i think i seen 13.2 @ 109 on that vid? and it said 1.54 on the board before your time, was that your 60'? thats damn good if it was

good numbers, what boost was that at? more info about your setup?

 

I saw 1.47 on the board.

 

yah i didnt go back and look twice, but i knew it was a really good 60' time if it was indeed his 60' time