Piggysniffer

Wow, interesting story ! Shall keep an eye on how it goes, sorry I can't help but kept us posted as the car progress

Welcome to the madhouse 😆

I like the sound of that mr tidgy, looks like an 18g turbo will keep the torque down a bit while still giving up to 380, been lookin at kinugawa turbos or mamba gtx2871

Ok cheers mate 👍 Taking out all the massively expensive turbos I could get, are these td05 20g any good

Hahahahaha, twas my thinking exactly lol

O......K......🤔

Might be prudent to bung a decent used one on I spose 🤔

Nope, changed my mind, it'll get a 6 speed as and when, the car only owes me £1200 as it stands, so if I throw 4 or 5 grand at it it'll be worth it, ok ....plan is.... Build engine to do 400, get it mapped to 325 ? Can they do that ? Or just get it mapped to 350 and be gentle, then save for a 6 speed conversion, Can I put a 400bhp turbo on and have it mapped down and still drive nice ?, might have to sell some stuff to move it along :)

Yep, that's what I'm reading mate 350 max 😕

You may have a valid point lol, when I said to the wife that I will take her car, she said "will it fit in there" yes I said, it's only this big (made size of shortblock with my hands) oh, says she, is that how big an engine is (knowing full well it's not) , no , says I, that's just the bottom end without heads and stuff....... Probably shoulda kept that bit quiet haha

Gonna take the wife's x3 to pick it up as its diesel and has 6 gears and cruise

Oh it's also coming with their 5 layer head gaskets to take the standard heads

Yeah, I think I'm in for the long haul with this one, it's gonna take more than one Xmas list to get this done, but I want it right, I don't see myself doing a 6 speed conversion tbh, and I don't want any more than 400bhp, so hope a 5 speed can handle that ? I don't want to have the engine anywhere near its limit as I want it to last so 400 on a 500 build should be good I hope , I don't think I'm gonna need sti heads for that, I don't know if I'm gonna need new headers either, I will have to find these things out, brakes is defo a good idea tho 😳

I would go for a late blob or get your engine pulled and change the Pistons for peace mind or you will never get this thought outta your head........ Ask me how I know lol

Spose I will want a turbo that can run 400 then run it at 375/380 ?

No mate still soldiering on valiantly lol, are you all tuned n built and running big numbers, I was thinking 350bhp but I'm erring more towards 400 now tbh, turbo is gonna be the thing there methinks

Yes mate, honed bore, bought set of second hand std pistons and stuck one in, cleaned head up fine, (but still would not put it on this new bottom end I'm getting) did valve gaps and put it back together, told this to mr dynamix at the time

The piston took a crap and stuck little bits of debris in the head, and I can watch the avcs solenoid chasing the actual pulley trying to keep the advance steady, so probs leaky seals in pulley (bought car with bad piston)

Just worked it out fuel wise, I've worked it on 28mpg (maybe too optimistic ?) over 500 miles, I think worked out at 81 litres, bout £100, sounds to little, gonna have another check

So, next things needed clutch kit injectors heads (well at least the left hand side) turbo killer B oil pickup tube maybe a sump delete tgv cam belt kit left avcs pulley to start with 😆 Edit:- turbo back exhaust headers ?

Hmmmm, starting to think it may be the actual rum induced eBay bov leaking .... Unless I've made a mistake fitting the intercooler some how, it does seem to reach better boost in 4th and 5th, wasn't pulling any timing, well, any more than usual haha, I had also takes the silicone inlet pipe of earlier to check turbo shaft play, there seems to be enough play to pretty much let the inlet blades touch the casing when no oils circulating, and I do get a weird "noise in a tube" effect at times, anyway, new engine on the horizon so gonna not worry bout it too much

I am more than mildly exited tbh, I think that's taking the edge off of the 10hr round trip lol

Had a good chat with graham (nice man) and I will be picking the offending article up next Saturday from "group b Motorsport" 🙂

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