1993 e36 turbo stroker long term project

[Rowleym]

Don't get too fancy with the cams until you get the rest of your setup dial IMO. What will you be doing for tuning? The most important step by far, but you know that. 

Good choice in turbo. But I'm sure its not an hx45 haha. 

Thats an hx40 with an obx manifold which is t4. The turbo position will be slightly lower because I was running a t3/t4 adapter. This manifold is for sale by the way. Many people have made great power on them, and they are great for the price. I'm assuming you want top mount? I Don't really think its an option for bottom mount, because its kind of tight with that turbo. 

LMK if you want the manifold. Its brand new, only used for mockup. 

Oh, I also have some brand new motor mounts. They are AKG red, and one of them is the "turbo" motor mount for extra clearance or whatever. 

Good luck man!

[e36t-yost]

yea what would you be willing to part with the manifold for? and the motor mounts?

and I'm not sure on what I'm going to do about tuning haltechs are super nice but id have to save 2k to get one

does anyone know if i could just get the stock ecm retuned???

[Earl]

Megasquirt.......MEGASQUIRT!!!!!!!!

[Rowleym]

You can definitely tune the stock ecu, which is a very reliable and easy solution, but it is expensive. Like 1000$ for injectors, maf, and chip.

Otherwise you can use a chip burner or a emulator(ostrich 2.0 is what I have) and real time tune the stock ecu using tunerproRT and some sort of datalogging(and wideband)

Otherwise megasquirt is your best cheap standalone and a few of us have experience with it.

[Rowleym]

And just make an offer they are both sitting on a shelf would love to see them put to use.

[e36t-yost]

well currently after picking up the m54b30 rotating assembly any offer that i have the cash for would be an insult so i'd rather wait till i have enough cash to make a respectable offer.....

also does anyone think i'd be able to reuse the piston rings they have 70k on them.... i was thinking i should just replace them cuz every things out, but if i burn them up i wouldn't feel bad tearing the motor down again... just trying to have the car driving with maybe 10lbs of boost by the time automation rolls around. one bearing on the crank isn't smooth like the rest so i'll be doing crank and rod bearings already......

[jc43089]

I would think you will want new rings, they seat to the cylinder walls during break in and this happened in a different block. Might have increased oil usage, no need to build it twice and pay for 2 sets of gaskets, head bolts, main cap bolts etc.

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[e36t-yost]

and as far as hg goes and head bolts I'm looking at going for a cut ring hg to run high boost psi, and arp head bolts. the stock ones would literally just break in half from what i plan on running long term in the end.