NOR-CAL General Chat.

[YosemiteSam]

someone hop on this like yesterday!

I just saw that. Tomorrow I am going to try and convince a friend of mine to buy it.

[Cabriolet]

edited about half of my photos last night of my trip http://www.flickr.com/photos/4385902...7632772872442/

[Vivek]

someone hop on this like yesterday!

Meh..meh...meh...FIRST OWNER?!?!

[Cabriolet]

i think LBV needs to upgrade to a I6

[Vivek]

Actually I was gonna make a thread on that in the m42 section. Going on m42club will convince you to like an m42. These guys know their shit and many consider it to be a better engine than an m20 for various reasons. The bottom end is strong as hell (all forged) and can take what you can throw at it, and with a .140" MLS hg you're looking at about 8.5-8.6:1 compression, add ARP studs and you're good for a turbo up to fairly high PSI and making 250+ at the wheels. There are no rockers to break and no valve adjustments. I honestly don't get why no one gives it a chance. I've been talking to a guy on here with a turbo'd m42 with I believe not much more than forged pistons and maybe new rods but he's planning on getting 400 at the wheels when he's done.

[Danny]

M42 pistons are cast.

[Cabriolet]

bc 4cylinders suck and tiny engines in heavy cars suck more.

[Vivek]

M44 is cast, m42 are forged. At least that's what I've read multiple times..

And Eric that's just ignorant and you know it :) if it can handle boost then there's no need for two more cylinders. And everything I've heard points to m42's being able to handle reasonable boost. I think I'll make a thread in the m42 section so people can share knowledge in one place on this forum.

[Cabriolet]

I hate the 4 cylinder "buzzzzzz"

[Vivek]

Well I hate the m20 sewing machine :p

[Danny]

Your 16 year old is showing, Vivek.

[Vivek]

Your 16 year old is showing, Vivek.

That may be true. Do you know for 100% that m42 are cast? I've just heard that the m42 are forged and m44 are cast, I'm not necessarily saying you're wrong...you probably sell these damn pistons for all I know.

Edit: so even if they are cast, what's the likelihood of cracking one at low boost (under 1 bar)?

[decay]

That may be true. Do you know for 100% that m42 are cast? I've just heard that the m42 are forged and m44 are cast, I'm not necessarily saying you're wrong...you probably sell these damn pistons for all I know.

the pistons are cast- when people say "the m42 bottom end is forged" they mean the crank and rods.

[Vivek]

So what takes the most stress: crank/rods or pistons? I would think the rods, but I have no clue.

[Danny]

The pistons. Then the rods. It doesn't matter. The low boost setup you're talking about running but will never actually be running won't hurt anything. Mostly due to the fact you won't be running it ;)