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  • TooTall90
    Grease Monkey
    • Mar 2009
    • 338
    #1

    reliable boosted m42?

    I have been tossing around the idea of boosting my m42. I don't want a real intense setup, I should say I can't afford one. I would like to run around 6-7 psi, stock internals. Something like Danny's budget build or the other guys at m42club.com.

    Is it realistic to have a reliable, boosted m42 for a low budget? No offense to danny or any other boosted m42 owners, it seems that at some point most of them traded reliability for more power, I would like to think I won't go this route but I hear boost is addicting. Reliabilty is number 1 priority, I am still doing lots of research on turbo and I won't start to actually buy/build until I'm absolutley sure I kno what I'm doing.

    Is this a realistic goal or a just a dream?
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    • nando
      Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 34834
      #2
      you need engine management, quality parts and time spent on the dyno. it's not rocket science, you just have to do your homework.
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        • slo325i
          E30 Addict
          • Aug 2008
          • 417
          #3
          Reliability: not cheap


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            • Danny
              Moderator
              • Feb 2008
              • 14216
              #4
              Buy my kit, or even just my megasquirt and wideband, then you're reliable.

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                • Holland
                  R3V OG
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 7176
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Danny
                  Buy my kit, or even just my megasquirt and wideband, then you're reliable.
                  Nor smog legal.
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                    • Danny
                      Moderator
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 14216
                      #6
                      I have no idea about Rhode Island's smog laws.

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                        • deutschman
                          R3V Elite
                          • May 2008
                          • 5958
                          #7
                          yeah look up your smog laws before you do anything ells. then buy danny's kit.
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                            • nando
                              Moderator
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 34834
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Holland
                              Nor smog legal.
                              you should be able to get it to pass a sniff test no problem.

                              it could even pass a visual, except for the turbo itself. So basically in the nazi police state of california, you're hosed..
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                                • Danny
                                  Moderator
                                  • Feb 2008
                                  • 14216
                                  #9
                                  What Nando said.

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                                    • Aptyp
                                      R3V OG
                                      • Feb 2008
                                      • 6584
                                      #10
                                      how much would you want for MS and wideband, danny?

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                                        • Danny
                                          Moderator
                                          • Feb 2008
                                          • 14216
                                          #11
                                          700 I believe is what I had up last.

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                                            • TooTall90
                                              Grease Monkey
                                              • Mar 2009
                                              • 338
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Danny
                                              Buy my kit, or even just my megasquirt and wideband, then you're reliable.
                                              so you are telling me that your turbo kit was completely reliable in the end until you got that ref ticket?
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                                                • Danny
                                                  Moderator
                                                  • Feb 2008
                                                  • 14216
                                                  #13
                                                  Solddddddddddddddd already, just shipped it out yesterday, sorry guy.

                                                  But to answer your question, yes.

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                                                    • TooTall90
                                                      Grease Monkey
                                                      • Mar 2009
                                                      • 338
                                                      #14
                                                      congrats on selling your kit, i didn't have the funds to buy it at the time neways. now i know i can pretty much mimic your build and avoid the bumps that you ran into on the way. no offense but thanks for being the guinea pig, how much hp where you getting in the end?
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                                                        • Danny
                                                          Moderator
                                                          • Feb 2008
                                                          • 14216
                                                          #15


                                                          http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=123978

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