thats exactly what i was trying to get at.
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thats exactly what i was trying to get at.
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Good ol' DiscreetSpeed has some motor build experience, but getting ahold of him will be the first task 
He built his and Hellcat's.
He built his and Hellcat's.
Good ol' DiscreetSpeed has some motor build experience, but getting ahold of him will be the first task
He built his and Hellcat's.
out of curiosity how much HP did they get outta their's??
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ohh man, i couldnt tell ya. I was at one of his last dyno's on his stock block/turbo years back......he pulled 276whp with his own race gas mix. He went forged the following year with a t3/t4, but i dont know what he was pushing.
in that video of the run hellcat did with you that time, that was after all the build-up right?? He looked fast as all hell with his MP5. He must have had close to, if not more than, 300 hp.
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Has anyone ever considered sleeving the block? I was considering getting it done when I got pistons and rods, get some nice centimeter thick sleeves put on for mega security. Do you guys think it is worth it in the long run for the ole protege? I plan on getting somewhere around 300-350WHP with a T3/T4 setup. I'm just trying to decide if its overkill or not because thats an easy 800-1000 I could be spending on the tranny eh.
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Oh really? Thats fantastic
In that case pistons, rods and bearings should be suffictient for that power level right? I'll be getting the head machined at the same time so other than tranny and axles should be good strength wise I'd think. 45psi here I come!!
P.S. completely kidding about 45psi lol
Oh really? Thats fantastic
In that case pistons, rods and bearings should be suffictient for that power level right? I'll be getting the head machined at the same time so other than tranny and axles should be good strength wise I'd think. 45psi here I come!!
P.S. completely kidding about 45psi lol
I would say that those should be sufficient for that, thats what I had done. I warn you though!! You need to start lookin into the tranny parts, like quaife lsd and stronger gears but from what I have read the stronger gears wont even hold that much hp. I know from experience on the lsd. Just got my car back last year, and I had forged pistons which were ceramic coated and forged rods, ported and polished head, fmic, and lightened flywheel. Not even 8 months later my retarded self decided to give it some gas and I snapped the diff. in half, broke the fork, and fried one of the bearings. Now im lookin at even more money to throw into the car. Thank god I have 2 cars.
p.s. Im still wonderin if this car is worth keeping or not.
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I figure I'll just keep a couple spare trannys in the trunk lol. but yeah its definetly on my mind from all I've read, I'm hoping as long as i dont jam gears and pop the clutch hard while daily driving it should hold up for me until i hit the track at least . most of the time the gears break between shifting not so much when you're already in the gear.
Buddy i know used to have a boosted integra and had to tear his tranny apart and rebuild it every other day so I'm no stranger to the hardships that come with that much power.
I think its all worth it, after all we dont slam our cars and boost the s*** out of them so they can reliably and comfortably get us to work Its all about the feeling and the speed, its a way of life that costs us way more than we want to believe, but yes its worth it just for that feeling. Too bad the angry girlfriends cant see that haha.
. most of the time the gears break between shifting not so much when you're already in the gear.Buddy i know used to have a boosted integra and had to tear his tranny apart and rebuild it every other day so I'm no stranger to the hardships that come with that much power.
I think its all worth it, after all we dont slam our cars and boost the s*** out of them so they can reliably and comfortably get us to work
Its all about the feeling and the speed, its a way of life that costs us way more than we want to believe, but yes its worth it just for that feeling. Too bad the angry girlfriends cant see that haha.So..What exacly did you have Ceramic coated and Dry film coated.
I figure you had the piston tops Ceramic coated..and the skirts Dry-filmed...Did you do anything else like the Heac combustion chambers or the bearings themselves?
Combustion chambers, passages, piston tops. They used two different kinds of ceramic. The side skirts and bearings were dry filmed.
The pistons had a white colored ceramic and the head had a dark gray colored ceramic coating. Side skirts and bearings had a dark dry-film coating.
I wish I would have taken pictures of the pistons
They looked pretty cool.
