Originally Posted by
AWDFURY
i guess my opinion of the ej20 comes from partly working at mastro for awhile and seeing them all busted to shit, plus some that ive seen laying around S&R with holes in the block. I donno i guess depends on the tune and what you do to it. I didnt do anything to my motor and i never overboosted mine either. I just had bolt ons for the longest time. But i guess me being the 3rd owner didnt help either. I did replace the oem clutch at like 65k miles. And that was when the car was bone stock.so i guess that just goes to show that my rod spinning was obviously part of the other two owners driving like tards. All i know is im happy with my 2.5 block and supportin mods for my 18g =)
Yea dude but 85% of the cases bearings issues are oil related.
What oil were you running?
I know plenty of care 310+ stock internals with over 30k miles on the setup. One with over 75k.
Its about the tune. Not going to aggressive with timing and staying away from det.
The 50 or so engines i have seen blown towed in. None have had a broken component out of the blue. Oil starvation, or rings giving out from det. (low comp in cylinder from crap tunes).
So its about keep at least a 5w-40 in the sump and making sure you have enough oil and a good tune. Soobys like to burn a little oil and if your over a quart low you could be in for a spun bearing very easily.
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