[Ecotec] Engine Rebuild

[MaN|aC]

Seriously, COME 4.2 Stroker's are so overrated. There's a fella on these forums who's been through a few of them, i think his name is maniac.

Yeah im that poor bugger

I just got my third stroker running and im sending it back to Chip Torque for a re-tune on Friday just before Power Cruise Powerplay. Just be prepaired to spend big $$$ for modifying an ecotec. I had spent over $25,000 on engines and tunes over four years and add another $3500 for a supercharger :whistling

 

[Ross D.]

They're still overrated. They're about 11k for the top notch model which only gives you about 230kw @ the fly, then if you go forced induction (which is decompressed so about 200kw+ maybe) you have to shell out for either a turbo or supercharger setup worth maybe 5k if you go cheap through a shop. Then you have to get the things tuned which as stated above me is $200/hr.
Then you have seriously inadequate brakes, a crying gearbox + driveline, engineering woes worth $1000's... should i go on?

so for roughly $20K on top of what you spent buying your car, hopefully you'll have something rivalling an ls1/2 with a maffless tune.

I'd do it if i won lotto...

iam sure a stroked and turboed or supercharged ecotec would flog a ls1/2 with a maffless mate.

 

[one_and_only2004]

iam sure a stroked and turboed or supercharged ecotec would flog a ls1/2 with a maffless mate.

sarcasm's a lovely tool...

 

[MaN|aC]

I had a VZ V8 with a mafless tune beat me down the quarter by .139

He's on the left im on the right, I kicked his arse off the line

 

[VSIIBerlinaL67]

get your balance shaft removed and block up the oil feed to it. there is lots of oil system mods that can be done to help it last, mine just about finished being built get it back sunday.

 

[VSIIBerlinaL67]

those times with the 4.2 and s/c??

 

[chargedvx6]

sarcasm's a lovely tool...

It looks like a fair statement to me. Torque of a stroked or charged 6 for the win

 

[MaN|aC]

yep

I still need an intercooler to up the boost

 

[VSIIBerlinaL67]

ahh no cooler.

what boost you running atm? whats the compression ratio?

 

[MaN|aC]

10psi and my compression ratio is 8.2:1

Just wait till I raise it up to 16psi I should be running low 13's high 12's