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DoriftoPnoy · 03-16-2009, 10:35 PM

Sooo..... I have Tomei RAS on my S14 SR20. Basically just rev'd freely along with my brother at a stoplight. I hit limiter and big ass backfire. Next thing you know I'm running on 3 cylinders (sounds like a suby). So I pull the valve cover off and lo and behold the 4th rocker on the exhaust side is off the valves and I can't find the shims.... Just wondering if anything similar happend to anyone else where the RAS didnt really do its job....

murda-c · 03-16-2009, 10:38 PM

Rockers are silly anyway.

slider2828 · 03-17-2009, 12:06 AM

Nope why would I need to rev to redline?

Z33dori · 03-17-2009, 12:15 AM

they only a slight stopper....

they will not completely stop teh rocker from flying off

DoriftoPnoy · 03-17-2009, 12:52 AM

I see. well at least i didnt pay for em. Got em for a xmas present =D

drifter_for_life06 · 03-17-2009, 01:13 AM

that sucks...but at least hopefully you learned a lesson. No need to rev like just sitting still. Be glad they were a gift and you didnt have to fork out money for em, and be glad you had em...coulda been worse without those bad-boys

BTW, like previously stated, they arent a 100% safe guard against rockers going "hay-wire". They just help to keep things in check up top

DoriftoPnoy · 03-17-2009, 02:41 AM

yea i learned my lesson. in the mean time ill just go ahead and lower my redline and do a soft cut. power starts to drop at 63 anyways....

drifter_for_life06 · 03-17-2009, 09:29 AM

wat did you have your limiter set at when this whole thing happened?

opponheimer · 03-17-2009, 09:38 AM

Spring pop up? Valve's not bent is it?? Cross your fingers!!

*DALAZ_68* · 03-17-2009, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slider2828

Nope why would I need to rev to redline?

LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoriftoPnoy

I see. well at least i didnt pay for em. Got em for a xmas present =D

nice, free RAS and a fucked motor, you are pure WIN

DCP94 · 03-17-2009, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drifter_for_life06

wat did you have your limiter set at when this whole thing happened?

x2

Quote:

nice, free RAS and a fucked motor, you are pure WIN

yea your still on top!

deukalionS14 · 03-17-2009, 03:11 PM

I also would like to know what you had it at...

DoriftoPnoy · 03-17-2009, 03:53 PM

Nothing leaks on a leak down test so no nothing is bent. Just a broken rocker. limiter was at 75

drifter_for_life06 · 03-17-2009, 04:05 PM

you got lucky

DoriftoPnoy · 03-17-2009, 05:29 PM

i kno right.....

!Zar! · 03-17-2009, 05:35 PM

RAS are a waste of money.

Just another cool piece of jdmbullshit.

Why were you revving at the light like an ass hat anyways?

DoriftoPnoy · 03-17-2009, 05:57 PM

exactly that. bein an "ass hat"

!Zar! · 03-17-2009, 06:04 PM

Just wanted to make sure broham.

DoriftoPnoy · 03-17-2009, 06:09 PM

meh... live and learn right?

MannylovesLian · 03-17-2009, 06:35 PM

they are only to help a little bit more than nothing. They dont make it bullet proof. its as if i were to drive really fast to a guard rail, but if im going faster then its saftey rating then it will fail. duh!

!Zar! · 03-17-2009, 06:37 PM

Worst.

Analogy.

Ever.

SR2Zero · 03-17-2009, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !Zar!

Worst.

Analogy.

Ever.

Sums it up.

*fliprayzin240sx* · 03-17-2009, 10:53 PM

Be thankful your SR didnt also pull a disappearing magic trick with one of the valves.

drifter_for_life06 · 03-18-2009, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MannylovesLian

they are only to help a little bit more than nothing. They dont make it bullet proof. its as if i were to drive really fast to a guard rail, but if im going faster then its saftey rating then it will fail. duh!

wow.....srsly, wow

03-16-2009, 10:35 PM	#1
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Rocker Arm Stoppers Sooo..... I have Tomei RAS on my S14 SR20. Basically just rev'd freely along with my brother at a stoplight. I hit limiter and big ass backfire. Next thing you know I'm running on 3 cylinders (sounds like a suby). So I pull the valve cover off and lo and behold the 4th rocker on the exhaust side is off the valves and I can't find the shims.... Just wondering if anything similar happend to anyone else where the RAS didnt really do its job.... __________________

03-16-2009, 10:38 PM	#2
murda-c Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery County, MD Age: 36 Posts: 3,198 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Rockers are silly anyway. __________________

03-17-2009, 12:06 AM	#3
slider2828 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 6,040 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	Nope why would I need to rev to redline? __________________ Turn and Burn!

03-17-2009, 12:15 AM	#4
Z33dori Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Riverview, FL Age: 36 Posts: 5,557 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	they only a slight stopper.... they will not completely stop teh rocker from flying off __________________

03-17-2009, 12:52 AM	#5
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I see. well at least i didnt pay for em. Got em for a xmas present =D __________________

03-17-2009, 01:13 AM	#6
drifter_for_life06 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Freedom, PA Age: 36 Posts: 775 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	that sucks...but at least hopefully you learned a lesson. No need to rev like just sitting still. Be glad they were a gift and you didnt have to fork out money for em, and be glad you had em...coulda been worse without those bad-boys BTW, like previously stated, they arent a 100% safe guard against rockers going "hay-wire". They just help to keep things in check up top __________________ RPS13: +.020" 2871r 264's AEM EMS http://enjukuracing.com/#_l_4s

03-17-2009, 02:41 AM	#7
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	yea i learned my lesson. in the mean time ill just go ahead and lower my redline and do a soft cut. power starts to drop at 63 anyways.... __________________

03-17-2009, 09:29 AM	#8
drifter_for_life06 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Freedom, PA Age: 36 Posts: 775 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	wat did you have your limiter set at when this whole thing happened? __________________ RPS13: +.020" 2871r 264's AEM EMS http://enjukuracing.com/#_l_4s

03-17-2009, 09:38 AM	#9
opponheimer Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bikini Atoll Posts: 1,267 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Spring pop up? Valve's not bent is it?? Cross your fingers!! __________________ SR20 & RB20/25/26 in s13/s14 Wiring from $125 to $200.. Best prices EVER.

03-17-2009, 03:11 PM	#12
deukalionS14 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal Age: 39 Posts: 326 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	I also would like to know what you had it at...

03-17-2009, 03:53 PM	#13
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Nothing leaks on a leak down test so no nothing is bent. Just a broken rocker. limiter was at 75 __________________

03-17-2009, 04:05 PM	#14
drifter_for_life06 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Freedom, PA Age: 36 Posts: 775 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	you got lucky __________________ RPS13: +.020" 2871r 264's AEM EMS http://enjukuracing.com/#_l_4s

03-17-2009, 05:29 PM	#15
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	i kno right..... __________________

03-17-2009, 05:35 PM	#16
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	RAS are a waste of money. Just another cool piece of jdmbullshit. Why were you revving at the light like an ass hat anyways? __________________

03-17-2009, 05:57 PM	#17
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	exactly that. bein an "ass hat" __________________

03-17-2009, 06:04 PM	#18
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	Just wanted to make sure broham. __________________

03-17-2009, 06:09 PM	#19
DoriftoPnoy Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SoCal 818 Posts: 715 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	meh... live and learn right? __________________

03-17-2009, 06:35 PM	#20
MannylovesLian Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: LA County Age: 40 Posts: 304 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	they are only to help a little bit more than nothing. They dont make it bullet proof. its as if i were to drive really fast to a guard rail, but if im going faster then its saftey rating then it will fail. duh!

03-17-2009, 06:37 PM	#21
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	Worst. Analogy. Ever. __________________

03-17-2009, 10:53 PM	#23
fliprayzin240sx Man w/ CTSV & a Car Seat Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 17,998 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: fliprayzin240sx Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Be thankful your SR didnt also pull a disappearing magic trick with one of the valves. __________________ If you think Zilvia has too many assholes... CLICK HERE!!!