A friend of mine had JEs in his supra. After about 7 year with a t66, his pistons melted almost like yours there and a few of the pistons were oval when taken out. No change in tune or anything during that whole time.
hmmm...... must be a JE 7 year life expectancy thingy??
as the old saying goes.....
Build motor...
increase boost...
increase boost....
motor blows up...
build new motor...
set boost 2 psi below previous engine max boost....
:bigthumb:
Really, there is no true way to determine max boost. You will just have to monitor all that you can, hoping for...
I can afford a used M3 for around $30k, but to spend $16k on a turbo kit, I can't afford that! Wowzer............. I hope that comes with free installation.
A nephew of mine works at a metal fabrication shop that builds custom parts for customers like aap, balanced performance, etc....
I just cut up thick paper into the shapes that I need. He takes them and cuts them on aluminum, ss, or whatever I need it in . Does all the welding and...
My brother has a 96 M3. Intake and 3 inch exhaust. Dynoed 210whp. Highest stock dynoed M3 I have heard about is 223whp. Most are in the 210 range and the 95 M3s are around 200whp. M3s feel really fast because of the torque and instant throttle response. It's actually pretty slow in today's...
ANYTHING??? :rofl: :evil2: :evil2: :evil2:
My uncle had a 78, green. It was in perfect condition. He sold it for $1200. I was just a kid back then.... :nono:
That's and MK4 NA.
268.4bhp and 289.2 fts on stock stuff is BS.
unless he rated it the ricer way...
Stock - 220hp
intake - 10hp
exhaust - 10 hp
header - 15 hp
tune - 10hp
total gain = 265hp... :bigthumb:
M3s with cams, intake, exhaust, ecu tune gets around 245whp and they start off with...
Or you can buy all the gauges used and save a ton on them.
Plus having 30 gauges in the car looks sooo much mroe BLING then one $6000 LCD display. :evil:
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