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Caporegime
Caporegime
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225 or V6?
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Soldato
To be fair with an arse like that, no wonder it's all tight and new
#nohomo
Soldato
That needs an S85 swap
Caporegime
That needs an S85 swap
Its having a turbo build. I love the M20, its original to the car, its a great engine, and it has massive potential for power with forced induction. I don't see why I would change it.
They can do something stupid like 500 brake before complaining on stock internals and stock drivetrain, just need to upgrade the head bolts and clutch... I'm only aiming for 400 high boost and probably 300 ish for regular driving.
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Soldato
Its having a turbo build. I love the M20, its original to the car, its a great engine, and it has massive potential for power with forced induction. I don't see why I would change it.
They can do something stupid like 500 brake before complaining on stock internals and stock drivetrain, just need to upgrade the head bolts and clutch... I'm only aiming for 400 high boost and probably 300 ish for regular driving.
the engine will go pop lol.
Caporegime
Oh ye of little faith. Do a little bit of digging around about the M20B25 lump and boost.
Soldato
Oh ye of little faith. Do a little bit of digging around about the M20B25 lump and pop.
corrected that for you
Caporegime
Soldato
But but but... V10Its having a turbo build. I love the M20, its original to the car, its a great engine, and it has massive potential for power with forced induction. I don't see why I would change it.
They can do something stupid like 500 brake before complaining on stock internals and stock drivetrain, just need to upgrade the head bolts and clutch... I'm only aiming for 400 high boost and probably 300 ish for regular driving.
400 in that will be good fun! It's looking smart. It'll be a nice little sleeper.
Caporegime
It wouldn't be able to get 400hp down on the road with road tyres etc, 300 should be OK. But it costs about the same to go for 400 ish as it does 300 ish.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJr0OfBKkb4
This is 400 wheel, stock internals and drivetrain. So probably something like 470 brake.
My original plan was to built it as a 2.7, fit ITB's and a tubey manifold, and an Alpina ECU chip... But that would cost about the same and would be about 230HP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJr0OfBKkb4
This is 400 wheel, stock internals and drivetrain. So probably something like 470 brake.
My original plan was to built it as a 2.7, fit ITB's and a tubey manifold, and an Alpina ECU chip... But that would cost about the same and would be about 230HP.
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Soldato
The chances of Acme building a 400 bhp e30 is about as likely as England winning the World Cup.
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The chances of Acme building a 400 bhp e30 is about as likely as England winning the World Cup.
I'm sure it'll happen (might take another 52 years though)
Caporegime
It will happen but not for a while now. Its been put on the backburner after talking to some people who said I should really only go to 300 without rebuilding the engine with new rings, bearings, and seals. Can't be bothered with the effort for 300 so I'll wait until the engine is re-built in future, and play with N/A mods for now.
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Caporegime
Surprisingly
I could press on and build it to 300HP instead which would still make it rapid, but not as rapid as I was aiming for.
Soldato
It's... it's like we told you this!It will happen but not for a while now. Its been put on the backburner after talking to some people who said I should really only go to 300 without rebuilding the engine with new rings, bearings, and seals. Can't be bothered with the effort for 300 so I'll wait until the engine is re-built in future, and play with N/A mods for now.
But the block is good for 500hp!