ExtremeSaleen

All the components in my motor where top notch, even the pistons. But the Arias is more of a racing piston and noisy, and I wanted something a little different and much more quiet. The rods were Manley and the crank is from a cobra so Saleen did a good job on the motor. Mine just had some issue. Maybe it was abused when new, I don't know.

I don't know what Saleen used in the new cars so I can't tell you what would be best, but if it were me, I wouldn't touch it.

mikeg

extreme, if i was piston slapping wouldnt the knock sensor throw a code after time? I havent had a code.

ExtremeSaleen

My car never did throw a code, but it was pinging like mad none the less. Compression checks didn't seem to show any problems either. My car never looked like it was burning oil (exhaust) but I would loose about a quart every two weeks.

My car was also loosing anti-freeze for a while so I though blown head gasket, but it turned out that the fluidyne radiator had two very small splits on the seams that were leaking but they were hidden. The leaks were small enought that it didn't pool on the ground, it just evaporated off the hot radiator.

But I'm certainly no expert. Given your other problems you could very well have an intercooler leak that is causing some of your issue. I don't think that would have anything to do with the oil lose though, so that is why I say its probably the rings.

mikeg

yeah when i didnt see oil burning though the exhaust my first though was the rings. ughhhh i guess shes trying to tell me she wants more power lol . im gonna send it to the dealer i have no time to get into the motor.

S281 E

Thanks extremesaleen. Mikeg I hope everything goes well for you. Stinks to have such a nice car, but not being able to enjoy it.

mikeg

Extreme did u do the rebuild or send it out??? i think im gonna take a few weeks off and work on it. I just don;t want the headake thats why im debating on the dealer.

Thanks for the help guys i aprriciate it. and if i do a rebuild shes getting more boost and maybe some spray.. ill post pics and how tos. well see!

ExtremeSaleen

My father and I did it. It took us a month with some delays due to getting the parts. Not that difficult all in all, although putting it back together was a pain. The cam timing was one of our biggest problems. It takes a special tool to do it and finding one was hard. If you took the time off, I'm sure you could get it knocked out in that time. You'll save yourself a lot of money too.

Birdieman4

Ok, first of all, where is it leaking? Is the heat exchanger leaking? What does your max H2O intercooler temp get to under hard driving? First things first.

mikeg

ok so i looked over the car. Noticed a small leak in the bottom corner of the raditaor. Theres no intercooler leak. I cant figure out what is causing the go. Its along the core seam. I did a pressure test and under pressure it doesnt leak. After a drive it leaks when off. So i figure i may of been getting boost pressure blown into the raditaor. Hook up a gauge and went upder boost and all is good. Any ideas on this??? This will be radiator 2-3 now

Now on to the oil disapearing.While checking through the problems i datalogged and used a dyno to monitor and see whats going on. First run i made 319hp and 361tq. It was hesitation severly. Hp and Tq curve is up and down you can see the hesitation on the dyno sheet. So we looked at tps,ect, o2 ,spark,ltft,fp etc. Everything looked normal operating. Then 15 minutes later we ran again no tuning just montoioring and mad 331hp and 363tq again choppy and ugly and again all sensor were all normal. Then off the dyno went to a compression test and was around 180psi. Then i 5 gased it at idle it all was normal at idle a/f at 15.1 when under load on the dyno it was 11.1 which is a tad rich but not bad. No oil is on the pan i replaced the pcv for the hell of it.What i am thinking is oil is getting past the rings possibly down to upstream o2 and causing the o2 to become lazy (due to oil on the o2) therefore effecting the a/f and ltft causing the hesistation. Open loop it runs normal closed loop it acts up thats y im thinking o2s but no codes.

I called saleen they want a few bits of data but there kinda stumped too. I also asked about the motor, I know its forged and a saleen seriesiv s/c. Like in my last post im asking specs to find out what the motor was built with. Does saleeen make there own pistions rods etc or do they use others. Whats done to the head. I was told whipple makes the blower for saleen is that true??My car is only making 7-8psi of boost. saleen tech said he thinks i should be at 12psi are you guys running 12 or 8???Im looking for info like that if anyone can help

Tommorow im going back on the dyno getting the info saleen wanted. Still visible leaking coolant, missing oil,Hesistating, missing out on the summer. Thanks for reading ANY help info or anything is appreciated!!!


Also EXTREMESALEEN why did you go with the cobra pump and tank just curious???
Mike

Birdieman4

Saleen uses pretty good aftermarket components. The E car motor is basicly as strong as an 04 cobra motor. The heads are aluminum and ported and reworked. (Upgraded valve springs as well) You should be seeing at least 10 psi. The early 02 S281E's had a slightly bigger blower pulley; I believe it was a 4.25', while the later ones were all 4.0'. Even if your car has the 4.25' pulley, you should still see 10 psi. Saleen may upgrade your pulley for free if you mention it to them.