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Driving the COP Hybrid

Posted by Rikenbomb, Aug 18 2008, 09:38 PM

I've been able to put some miles on the COP Hybrid now. I've done some rigorous testing (save for drag racing) on the COP system and it's work phenomenal. With the retune the car is actually a bit quieter and sounds great. Throttle response and torque feel great! It's nice and smooth throughout the entire powerband.

Right now I'm testing the "Sweeping turns and oil press loss" myth. Call me the myth buster lol. So far I've taken on and off ramps from anywhere from 40-60 mps in 3rd gear (can't really do it 2nd mph limited to 55) and oil pressure stays the same. I even punch it coming out of the turn. I still have the 2.5L heads and SVT oil pan. Yep no "oil pan upgrade" here. As I do have the oil press sensor installed off the main gallery, I can read oil press. accurately. I guess what people don't understand is that :

1: Not much oil goes up to the heads. Only a certain amount of oil is needed for the cams and valvetrain. After all you can take the oil fill cap off while its running and not get a face full of oil right?

2: As Terry Haines has mentioned In His Con rod/bearing thread it has more to do with the rods than anything else.
See I had a rod bearing on its way out. I had the symptoms, flashing oil press light at idle, weak idle, etc. Last year I DROVE it all the way to Ohio to get it repaired and guess what, it still runs as strong as ever.

I guess what most people fail to see is that there is a Huge Oil drain passage at the timing chains that prevents oil from staying in the heads even if there was to be some clogged condition on the oil drains.

Well I'll keep everyone posted on it. I'll be enjoying it! laugh.gif


Back at Dom's Shop

Posted by Rikenbomb, Apr 16 2008, 02:29 AM

Last weekend I drove up to Ohio to drop the Cougar off for some transaxle work. I had a great time hanging out with Brian (Racerx), Dom and Billy while I was up there. gathering.gif Dom is sending the tranny to Terry Haines to look at the 3rd gear issue and do some upgrades to it as well. While it's at the shop, Dom is going to look at the small oil leak. The cause is more than likely the crank seal, probably due to a possible scored DMD from being removed and installed quite a bit. I also asked him to look at doing some rewiring of the battery cables (fix my screwup lol).

I decided it's best to leave the wiring and electrical work to the hands of a professional rather than do it myself. I think I'll stick to radio installs and minor vehicle maintenance. I've been impressed with the quality of work Dom puts into my car.

There's some other things on the list and I'm glad that while it's there it'll be looked into. I may put on a fresh new set of tires on it as the current tires (Yokohama Parada Spec 2) are showing wear signs as well as get on my nerves with the road noise. The exhaust is loud enough and adding the tire noise doesn't help. I looked at the Yokohama S.drive tires as a suitable summer tire replacement.

Dom also pointed out that there is some small bubbling on the roof of my car by the washer nozzle. Yay. I was thrilled to discover that. wallbash.gif So I guess I'll have to have that looked at some point in time.

Overall I'm fairly excited and I can't wait to get the car back. yahoo.gif


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