AFAccord
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What compression were you aiming for again?
F23 NA BUILD 200whp or bust.......
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michaelp4283
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i guess 11.25-11.75 would be ideal
AFAccord
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My tuner just found something rather interesting...
Take a look at the top photo.
http://www.jgenginedynamics.com/Intake_manifolds.html
Take a look at the top photo.
http://www.jgenginedynamics.com/Intake_manifolds.html
BlkCurrantKord
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That plenum is insanely huge.
hiddengamer7
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Those welds are insane!
michaelp4283
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Bisi suggests a hard weld cam for my head. Expensive but worth it for a dd car?
SykVSyx
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Well, this looks like it should be interesting.
All the best with your build.
All the best with your build.
AFAccord
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With everything else you've done, anything less than a hard weld would be cutting yourself short.
Even though you may drive it daily, I wouldn't consider it a DD. It's going to idle a bit rough, it's going to require premium gas, it might not have a very streetable powerband for city driving, with a good exhaust, it's going to be loud, with the appropriate engine mounts, it's going to shake and rattle, and with any build, reliability is never as good as a stocker. All things considered, you might as well go all out.
michaelp4283
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Good points. Its still going to be driven daily. I've already got headers/catback and its loud-ish but not terrible. I already run 89/91 in it regularly, and shakes and rattles and rough idles add to the fun factor. I'm not sure what you mean about streetable powerband. Do you mean wheel spin/bog or are you saying no low end power? I think it can be reliable.
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AFAccord
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What size collector on the header, and what size catback?
Is there a reason it already shakes and rattles? lol
I don't know what the power band will look like. I'm really curious myself to see how it turns out.
Undoubtably so, but there are 100 places for things to go wrong when you're assembling a motor from scratch. If everything goes well, it should be plenty reliable. But if something isn't done to correctly, it will usually show itself in the first few thousand miles.
