Turbo or High Compression

[thedemonhatesme]

I have a 2003 Protege with a 2.0L motor and witht he benifit of working at a dealership I was able to get ahold of another 2.0L motor that a guy hydrolocked the engine....So plan is to tear it down and rebuild it from scratch. My biggest determination is deciding what type of setup to go with. What are the benefits of running a high compression engines as compared to running a turbo setup? I'm setting my goals kinda low at this point... The engine puts out around 130-40 at the crank stock... Hoping to reach around the 250 mark. I'm fairly new to working on eniges in terms of mods... But I have people to help me out. Let me know what you think

Thanks
Josh

 

[njaremka]

250hp will only be reachable with a turbo, and forged components

 

[Brian MP5T]

Agreed,

250 NA would be all but impossible..

plus I would not be too quick to use a block from a Hydrolock... The crank support might be badly out of trim because of the way the motor failed..

get a new block.

 

[thedemonhatesme]

Agreed,

250 NA would be all but impossible..

plus I would not be too quick to use a block from a Hydrolock... The crank support might be badly out of trim because of the way the motor failed..

get a new block.

We're gonna tear the engine done, see how bad the damage is... then we'll see how bad the crank support is damaged... if at all... thanks

Another question, what type of turbo setup should i use? should i go with a t28 setup or bigger? what type of intercooler are people running on custom setups..?

 

[Brian MP5T]

GT-28RS is good for well over 300WHP..

Custom..

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