I've been getting alot of questions as to why I'm selling the 280hp 3L, so I've decided to sell it to make room for a turbo engine. I've been wanting to do it for some time, but it was just too expensive, so up until now I wasn't able to do it. The most expensive part was the turbo (about $1500 bux) and the header, which doesn't cost much in acutal parts but required lots of labor for quality work.
I'm going to be using a relatively stock 3L engine and a medium sized T04E turbo. I'm not going to be using any forged rotating assys. or custom parts. Just the heads have been polished but better flow. I'm not going to give out the entire detials of the heads because I'm not done with them just yet, but once again its going to be mostly stock. I would have used the engine I have now, but it has too much compression and cams for the turbo. I haven't had time to adj and measure the cam timing for a smooth idle and optimal lobe separation. Thats why I'm selling the cams with the engine since it was working good without any adjustment to the timing.
I'm trying to get the most out of the midrange power band so I won't have to rev the heck out of it to make power and I don't want a quick spooling turbo that will smoke the tires immediately, so my goal was for linear boost. So I chose a 60 series, which would make boost at about 3000 rpm and come on strong at around 5000 and hold the power band cloee to the redline. It would also be good for 450+hp, but my goal is for a streetable 400hp.
If you have any question feel free to drop me a line...
