tylercaz99shee Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Okay soo i know this is a noob question. I am debating on rebuilding my top end, but dont really want to. I am pretty wrapped up in bulding my race car, and am a full time college student right now so its not like a have a whole lot of time, or funds. I was told it was rebuilt in 2011, and has probaly 12 weekends of HARD rides on it. i always ran 93 octane with ocatane +7 booster with amsoil dominator 42 to 1. I am not very family with banshee engines, but have done my far share working on big block and small block chevy engins so i think i could handle it. i guess i just dont want to wast a weekend of riding if it siezes. Should i do it now or wait till after summer? i was told the engine is all stock? if i wated till after summer i think i would do some engine work and go with a 4 mill? any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfrjag Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Check compressjon regularly. Keep air filter clean. Loose around 10% of compression its time to do something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uman1030 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 have you done a compression test to see if it even needs a rebuild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 What they said ^^^ Leak-down wouldn't hurt either Pull exhaust and inspect pistons and cyl. (of what you can see) and see how much slop the pistons have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydownunder Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 octane booster ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylercaz99shee Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 compression is 114 in right and 115 in left. Octane booster is what you put in pump gass to make the octane higher so 93 with +7 would be 100octane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxrider603 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 From my understanding putting octane booster in your gas does nothing for you but waist your money. I could be wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevota84 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 compression is 114 in right and 115 in left. Octane booster is what you put in pump gass to make the octane higher so 93 with +7 would be 100octane Probably closer to 93.7 Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldskool Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 93.10 octane 10% of 1%, just heard that somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tylercaz99shee Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I think im gonna be safe and just go through it rebuilt the top end. You guys are probably right on the octane booster lol. I would run turbo blue but its hard to come by where im at. i just know if i have it all apart i will want to get a cool head and port work, and possibly end up with a whole new new bottom end but o well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwriter Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I would be more worried about the bottom end. Split the cases and have the crank checked, trued and welded by a site sponsor. Then you know that the crank is not gonna take out your fresh top end and destroy your cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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