With the noise and performance drop, I know my engine has something really wrong with it. I am doing a 3L in the near future, but I don't want to rush it just to get a 3L in my car just to have a 3L....I can wait to do it correctly. Rather then continue on my 'in-car' repair, I'm going to pull it to do it right.
I'll be pulling the motor and transmission in about a month anyway for the HMS MTX75........
Basicly I want to do a "cheap thrills" type of build up on my 2.5L.
Ported & polished heads
gutted and optimized exhaust manifolds
gutted and P&P LIM
P&P 3L UIM, optimized TB
upgraded bearings, rings, gaskets and seals
DMD
custom chip
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Any other ideas? Keep in mind I want to keep this all low cost and plan on doing everything myself....except for the custom burned chip