Bullet Ride's 2.8L Stroker Project (Updated: Dyno Plot pg. 6)

[BMW_325i]

Couple of things about this thread that made me, as an Aussie, smile:

- you use the term "in the bush"

- your picture of snow coverage is "one of the not so cold days"

I am now subscribed and looking forward to how this goes. Keep on with the great pics and narrative

[PeteD]

Wow, nice work.

[nomansland92]

Awsome build, now i wanna start building my spare ix block haha

[The Humjet]

Good to see you on the machines doing it yourself. Hope it all goes well for you.
Just curious on what you do for a living. It's good to see you teaching and going over the processes undertaken when machining these parts which makes it an interesting read the few of us who aren't in the trade.
My guess would be your a fitter and turner of some sort.

[acolella76]

Awesome, can't wait to see it done! I'm just going to live vicariously through you to satisfy my 2.8 needs if that is alright ;p

[Bullet Ride]

Which standalone are you thinking about buying?

Probably one of the DIYPNP kits from diyautotune. I built one for my turbo E30 last year and it's been working well.

[acolella76]

Which standalone are you thinking about buying?

[Bullet Ride]

This is awesome, i'm going to start mine here in about a month and a half. I'm going to follow your build closely. Whats your total costs so far. I have like 2500 saved up, but i planned on getting a head from Master-e, i think it's like 850, with a valve job, cam, port and polish, Hd rockers.

I don't have an exact number but just to list out a few of the costs...

- Between the cam and the headers I've spent $1000
- All of the hardware and seals and other bits required to rebuild a motor is ~$1000
- I spent $250 on the machine work for the head and block
- The crank + flywheel balancing was ~$150

Things I still need to spend money on...
- new exhaust from headers back (probably ~$500)
- stand alone engine management (probably a DIYPNP kit... another $500)

I can see this project costing me around $3500. However things are cheaper in the US than Canada. Case in point is the rebuilt head you mentioned with an upgraded cam and rockers for $850. In Canada, at least the area where I live, just to get a head decked and get a valve job will cost $300-400, throw in a reground cam and HD rockers and that's $800 without including any porting, polishing, disassembly or reassembly.

One other thing to keep in mind is that I am doing some of the machining to keep costs down. If I had to pay someone to do the machining I'm doing it would add at least a few hundred dollars more to the grand total.

[StreetMafia21]

nice build thread bra cant wait to see the final product!!

[JA1991]

This is awesome, i'm going to start mine here in about a month and a half. I'm going to follow your build closely. Whats your total costs so far. I have like 2500 saved up, but i planned on getting a head from Master-e, i think it's like 850, with a valve job, cam, port and polish, Hd rockers.

[Massimo]

This is a might engine build big thumbs up dude.

[Bullet Ride]

A couple more pics....

When I was in the shop yesterday I turned down the pulley adaptor from the M52 crank to make the oil spacer needed. I also squared up the inside of the cam gear for my attempt at a DIY adjustable cam gear (still needs to be deburred).

[camip]

Excited for more updates.

[Bullet Ride]

Sweet! Hope this turns out better than mine! :p

One can hope. Hopefully yours gets back on the road with a vengeance!

[acolella76]

Sweet! Hope this turns out better than mine! :p