It's time to let it go......

[vr2turbo]

Somehow for me, I started to notice more Airtrek lately. Last week inside my university, saw an Airtrek turbo driven by student.

All go to Ipoh dy.......lol

 

[RENESIS VIII]

All go to Ipoh dy.......lol

Maybe. Or I did not pay much attention to Airtrek before until I joined this thread.

The Airtrek I saw at my uni sounds quite harsh. I was cycling when it passed me. At first I thought that is the sound of some small/light truck because the engine sounds harsh. After I passed me, only I realize it was an Airtrek. How wrong I was, mistaking 4G63T as a lorry.

 

[vr2turbo]

Wah! that bad ah.......

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Wah! that bad ah.......

The engine does sound harsh instead of sporty. Maybe it was all stock.

 

[vr2turbo]

The engine does sound harsh instead of sporty. Maybe it was all stock.

Maybe hydraulic tappets making hell of a noise........

 

[stutzedward]

I am pretty sure it's the notorious tappet noise. When it's noisy, it really sounded like a truck. Again, this reminds me of my painful experience on morning start up. It sounded as if the engine will seize. It was actually a lot better after I did the engine flush. Maybe too many carbon deposits. I have had the tappet changed from halfcut and they were soak in petrol overnight. It's the oil smug that causing the tiny hole to be stuck where oil can't get thru. But the noise came back shortly.

 

[lsm1991]

Maybe hydraulic tappets making hell of a noise........

urgh...... i hate them tappets... mine sounds like a diesel engine........

strange tho, mine only sounds very bad when its hot, first start alright

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Maybe hydraulic tappets making hell of a noise........

How does tappets sounds like. Until now, I'm still not sure how to identify it.

I am pretty sure it's the notorious tappet noise. When it's noisy, it really sounded like a truck. Again, this reminds me of my painful experience on morning start up. It sounded as if the engine will seize. It was actually a lot better after I did the engine flush. Maybe too many carbon deposits. I have had the tappet changed from halfcut and they were soak in petrol overnight. It's the oil smug that causing the tiny hole to be stuck where oil can't get thru. But the noise came back shortly.

So, the noise is still there until you sold the car?

 

[vr2turbo]

urgh...... i hate them tappets... mine sounds like a diesel engine........

strange tho, mine only sounds very bad when its hot, first start alright

Maybe your oil viscosity too thin. I had that problem when I tried 5w-30 in my VR. 5w-40 much better and now on 15w-40 diesel EO is quiet.....lol

 

[stutzedward]

So, the noise is still there until you sold the car?

Only sometimes....

 

[stutzedward]

I heard that the new owner to my sold-off Airtrek sent it to the shop to retune and said to have gotten like 330whp (not sure if it's true) out of the stock existing hardware.

However he fried the engine after returned. The car now uses an Evo 7 engine....

 

[lsm1991]

Maybe your oil viscosity too thin. I had that problem when I tried 5w-30 in my VR. 5w-40 much better and now on 15w-40 diesel EO is quiet.....lol

keke now running 10-40....was thinking of going even thinner!! the thing is fine when cold.... then transforms into a diesel when hot....

I heard that the new owner to my sold-off Airtrek sent it to the shop to retune and said to have gotten like 330whp (not sure if it's true) out of the stock existing hardware.

However he fried the engine after returned. The car now uses an Evo 7 engine....

just curious.... do you know how much an evo 7 engine would cost?

 

[vr2turbo]

keke now running 10-40....was thinking of going even thinner!! the thing is fine when cold.... then transforms into a diesel when hot....

Don't use thinner, will be very noisy when hot......

 

[stutzedward]

just curious.... do you know how much an evo 7 engine would cost?

I am not sure how much it costs but he got the 'engine kosong' only. He fried 2 of the 4 pistons and conrods. So he just got the block, pistons and cranks. I believed it's even more powerful now :)

 

[vr2turbo]

I am not sure how much it costs but he got the 'engine kosong' only. He fried 2 of the 4 pistons and conrods. So he just got the block, pistons and cranks. I believed it's even more powerful now :)

Engine kosong will be much cheaper but then depends on seller too....:rolleyes:

 

[stutzedward]

Engine kosong will be much cheaper but then depends on seller too....:rolleyes:

It will be around the range of 1000-1400 I think. Yes not very expensive ...

 

[vr2turbo]

It will be around the range of 1000-1400 I think. Yes not very expensive ...

Oh! if around that price is not expensive. I got my VR4 engine kosong 10 years ago at almost RM1k...

 

[stutzedward]

Depends on the seller but there's one guy in the Airtrek group from Shah Alam selling used Airtrek and Evo parts really cheap! Didn't bother to remember his nick.

 

[lsm1991]

Depends on the seller but there's one guy in the Airtrek group from Shah Alam selling used Airtrek and Evo parts really cheap! Didn't bother to remember his nick.

wah... alrright.. must sneak into the airtrek club kekeke