The official turbo build thread.

[550]

You sir are full of win.

[So Live]

haha thanks man.

Ill be happy when i have 400 to the wheels. Im completely bored of it

[shmutzigE30]

whats #'s are you at as of now?

[So Live]

I got together with a friend of mine at EPL in stratford and tuned ignition on the dyno. Pulled a ton of timing and pulled off a 322WHP and 319wq only spinning to 5500rpm (where it hits the boost fuel cut at 15psi. Fcuk boost creep).

Haven't changed much, upped the cut to 17psi and hooked up my boost controller to help spool a little and make the boost curve a little more aggressive. Maybe a few more hp but nothing too crazy.

[ILoveMPower]

Wow man, what a crazy build. Don't know how I missed this, especially being from CT. Well done

[550]

I say add some water meth injection and start adding in some more timing advance.

[So Live]

So the other day i was cleaning out the garage and found some timing chain guides that i ordered a while ago and went to put them with all the other parts i have. I found my 3.0 liter s50 crank, complete rebuild kit (top+bottom end gaskets, main + rod bearings, timing chains, timing chain guides, lots of hardware, ARP head studs...) And i thought wtf why am i not using this?

I might buy a set of eagle rods and a set of Wiseco's from Maxpsi and oil pump, and arp main studs and put a motor together...

So should i only build a motor, or get a tig welder, a thick head gasket, and a new turbo (i can probably get a turbo this winter)

[ikkitousen]

so should i only build a motor, or get a tig welder, a thick head gasket, and a new turbo (i can probably get a turbo this winter)

MOTOR MOTOR MOATERRRRR!!!!
ima little biased tho...

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DAMN THATS WHAT I WOULD DO!!!

[So Live]

HAHA why you biased?

I think the motors a better step in the right direction. The thick HG deal just sucks, MLS's leak and your killing the squish area i guess. BUT i can definitely make 400+ whp on a HG and studs. I dont know what to think about MLS, some people love em and some people have nothing but issues.

The motors more of a long term investment where as the HG + turbo would net me some good gains right now. And i can afford a HG right now and the motor would have to wait a few months. Idk if the stock motors gonna last a month or two...

[So Live]

Nothing bad happened yet but i ordered my MLS today and wont be driving the car till its in.

[bender]

wow there's a little pressure :)

did you get some studs too?

gasket and studs should hold you over for a bit

[So Live]

Yessir thats what im thinking. Ill spend the money dialing my system. I think id rather wait and put the motor into a killer setup rather than a killer motor in a ok setup.

So ill do the gasket with studs, i want to redo my charge piping, upgrade the cooling system and maybe hook up some meth but we'll see. Hopefully i can get my hands on a nice turbo too.

I think i need to pick up a winter car soon...

[Schnitzer318is]

Holy crap... I was going to do a turbo m50 swap, but now I don't know. Maybe just s50 it. LOL, either way... one helluva build sir. Much respect.

I'm not looking for those kind of numbers and want a max of 8psi. Does someone affordable ($500ish) tune on stock ECU's or piggybacks for mild boost?

[So Live]

TRM (the racers market) tunes em for around that maybe 550$ i think. Yeah 8psi will net you some decent gains and you can do that on a 100% stock motor no problem.

Thanks! Yeah its a lot of work but its starting to be well worth it.

[Schnitzer318is]

Awesome... thanks for the response. I actually ran across their site last night. Looks like $650 plus you have to dyno. Well worth it for a tune if you ask me. I'll be going that route, already have the turbo.

Out of curiosity (and I know it's just a guess) what type of RWHP do you think I'll get out of it? I was hoping for around 250 @ 8psi.

Oh and again, awesome build... can't wait to go boost...