M20 Turbo => M50 turbo fun.

[Rowleym]

Aren't you shooting for around 500whp or something? a 35 would be just a tad bit small I would think. What kind of manifold are you going to use?

[GunMetalGrey]

I would like 400 at the wheels for sure, which from.what I was reading is about all the 35 will do efficiently.

Probably going to use the blunttech/goodntight manifold, assuming your talking about the exhaut.

Sent from the future. Or my phone, who knows.

[Brian.]

Goodntight exhaust<3

[Rowleym]

Might have traded for a hx35 today. Also, sold my wheels so now I have 800$ to spend. Buying a wideband for 100, need to get some studs, that's another 230+ 50 for gasket. Leaves me with about 400 for a cheap eBay clutch and some machining haha.

[240sxguy]

Awesome dude, you will be very happy with the HX35 if you can get a hold of one.

I'll get back to you on the HX35 potential. I can tell you they'll make 500 wheel all day long as long as you're ready to run large boost numbers. There have been reports of boost creep with some cars trying to run "low boost" on the internal gate. I run an external gate, so I am just going by what I have heard. I have a 28psi spring in my wastegate on my 240sx. Yes, it's an E85 car. My advice would be to leave a place/space where you can add an external gate in the future if needed.

[Earl]

Rowleym said:

Might have traded for a hx35 today. Also, sold my wheels so now I have 800$ to spend. Buying a wideband for 100, need to get some studs, that's another 230+ 50 for gasket. Leaves me with about 400 for a cheap eBay clutch and some machining haha.

What wheels were they?

[Ryan...]

Good choice on selling it

[Rowleym]

they were some chrome VW aristos. They were on that Green jetta i posted. Just bought an AEM wideband. Trying to get my hands on some ARP Head studs. The guy said he will get back to me on the HX35 tomorrow. Questions. 1.) Should I make my own manifold adapter for my turbo build? I have access to a TIG welder and everything, but I can only weld mig. My family owns a tool and die shop. There is a tubular one being sold for around 180$ on r3v right now. it has a 38mm wastegate port, and an UNDIVIDED t4(i think?)

2.) anyone interested in oringing there blocks around here? I'm thinking about renting the isky "groove-o-matic" and having it for a bit and helping out the community. haha.

[Earl]

Buy that one for $180. That's a steal and it's good quality and just needs to be bolted on. Then you can buy my 38mm wastegate too=D

[Rowleym]

lol. Thanks for convincing me. I will pick it up hopefully. Trying to get it for 150 haha. How much for the wastegate?

[Earl]

It's brand new in the box, never mounted. It's a Tial. So the best of the best quality. Looking for $220 since they're about $250 new.

[Rowleym]

What lb spring in it?

[Earl]

I forget

I think it is an 11 or 12

I can try to figure it out

[240sxguy]

Is that the tial MVS? 220 is a good price.

[Brian.]

Spring shouldn't matter. They're cheap

[Rowleym]

Yea I guess. But it's a convenience thing haha. Should I buy a new clutch or arps first?

[Rowleym]

No one have interest in oring-ing their blocks?

[Earl]

I would o ring mine maybe just for the hell of it. Lol and springs are stupid cheap;)

[REKIII]

I o-ringed a neon block once. Problem with oringing is you need to be very careful what head gasket you use. Many of the modern MLS headgaskets wont work with o-rings and are actually better than an o-ring/alternate gasket set up.

[240sxguy]

I agree with REKIII, I wouldn't o-ring just for fun. I am not familiar with the bmw motors and boost, but my experience with other I6s has been good with just head studs. I run a stock head gasket on my rb25det.