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So what the exact spec of this engine, as thats massive power, and i know of other members with over £4000 on internal mods to there XE's that dont make that, thats why i gave a guess of 196 as that about right for a cammed TB xe, the cam must be mental if it's 100% spot on?
Scott
Certainly attainable with a proper lairy cam set. QED's Q450 kit can make this power if set up right, but you do need seriously evil valve springs and solid lifters.Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Full port polished head 3 angle seats 1608 cams double springs ecotec lifters verniers 48 mm taper body kit on 9a4 ecu comp ratio raised to 11:1 wossner comp pistons pec rods and crank, all balanced. The dyno is bang on, plus sbd 'guessed' it would make about 240, so were not far off, this isn't just your average camd up bolt on build, and once I go for solid lifters and sbd300 cams plus dry sump, I'll be looking for 300 ;)
You obviously have the wallet for it, so fair play, but bear in mind thats going to be a very stressed engine. The cav supertourers used to run 300bhp XE's and they eventually dropped back to 250 as they needed rebuilding so much lolQuote:
Originally Posted by yayoboy
Fair enough, so have spent that £4000 i was talking about then! lol
Mines "your average bolt on job" lol as im tight and have been skint for the last part of last year.
Fair play to you if you go 300bhp+ as Lee said though more chance of it popping, and you can ask him about that one...
Thats another reason why i dont want to spend loads and loads internally, as if it does go bang then it's harder to build it back up (if your not rolling in it) where as buying and XE and a basic rebuild can be done for under £500.
Scott
tbh honest matey i agree it is probably too much, but ive made a bet with steve and craig at sbd that ill get it more powerful than the westfield on their homepage lol. seriously though, this is NOT an every day car, so it can afford to be a bit close to the edge, but at the same time i dont wanna be rebuilding it all the time, hence going for the strengthend bottom end. ill see how happy i am with it at this, but ill definetly be dry sumping it, and the cams........ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmlolQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
and the rest, and id love to say im minted, i do have a well payed job, but an even more understanding bank manager! this build wont be payed off for 12 monthes!!Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
AM I INVISIBLE OR NOT WORTHY OF A REPLY:wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by novaxe235
Calm down calm down lol it still runs hot but nowhere near as bad since I wrapped the exhaust in that magma vlocano wrap stuff. Plus I have my fans on 50% of the time!
OK! At least you have it sorted do you know what the torque figure is, similar spec motor to mine yours makes slightly more power........ At the moment.