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What do you recommend as far as strengthening the motor towards going turbo?
This is what I figure I can start out with....add to it if you can. I want to get the most out of my motor before going forced induction.
-2" custom piping exhaust
-carbon fiber hood
-header
-magnaflow exhaust
-ngk spark plugs
-spark plug wires
-engine reground
-port polished intake manifold/head (if possible)
-upgraded pistons
-short ram
looks like uve got i good list there, port and polish the heads, new lightweight racing pistons, theres nore u can do with cams and stuff, but i wouldnt do it to an E-tec lol...maybe seeins ur swapping out the hood maybe a scoop on the passenger side or a slit in the hood to help guide some air to the ram air...jes a thought. but u have a good list there
run 2.25" exhaust
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Originally Posted by AVE0SAM
I read somewhere on the forum the 2" exhaust is better for our engine setups.
But you're going turbo, so that's going to add more gases and thus you will need larger exhaust. Also you'll have to look into investing in a EMS (cheapest DYI is megasquirt) and larger injectorsQuote:
Originally Posted by aveogyrl
the thing is, that I want to see what I can do NA with this motor because I might go the swap route in the future.
2" will be fine for "reasonable" boost
Well again, if you either upgrade your motor, or swap in a bigger motor, you'll still need bigger exhaust because you will have more gas to flow (but that's all depending on how much more gas you'll be flowing to determine if it's worth it)Quote:
Originally Posted by aveogyrl
For sure..because if/when i do the motor swap its going turbo and will need a bigger exhaust.Quote:
Originally Posted by y2daniel1981
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Originally Posted by y2daniel1981
You mean more air flow!
first you need to decide what your doing...either building up for turbo or stay NA....your saying you want to keep it NA til a swap or turbo...but NA and turbo require different setups
What I'm saying is that I want to build this motor up and when I do the swap I could always sell the built motor. I want to see how many horses I can get out of this motor NA. The swap would go in and it would get turbo'd.
alright...there are higher compression pistons from another engine that will work in ours (forget which one but ill post it when i find it)....2" exhaust, cams , port n polish.....4-1 or 4-2-1 header
Ok cool thank you very much guys for teh info.
Has anyone had issues with their 4-1 or 4-2-1 header?
Yes, air flow out which is exhaust which is what I ment by gas... exhaust gas... but I can see how in some cases this may need clarificationQuote:
Originally Posted by Brian5475E
Get some NOS like me!Quote:
Originally Posted by aveogyrl
http://www.aveoclub.net/phpBB2/userp...NOSDash2_1.jpg
http://www.aveoclub.net/phpBB2/userp...NOSmotor_1.jpg
http://www.aveoclub.net/phpBB2/userp...nostrunk_1.jpg
Ok maybe not like me in these pics...