Slowbalt2000's s257 Stock Engine LE5 Build
04-25-2016, 01:02 AM
#1
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Slowbalt2000's s257 Stock Engine LE5 Build
Decided I would make a new build thread for my LE5 adventures. I also decided that k04s were gay and I wanted all the powers, so I got a nice brand new big turbo setup since I was tired of buying used ****. Since im in college, the only way I could afford it was to buy a Saturn Ion with a blown trans, swap the trans, and flip the car. It actually ended up turning out pretty well. 
A lot of you know that my car is pretty low on custom BC racing coil overs, so before I started making stupid power, I needed a solution to my axle bind issues. That involved me slaving away at recreating 3/4 of the engine mounts, resulting in an engime that sat over 1 inch higher than stock. Wah-lah, no more axle issues. Here are some pictures of that.
Yes, the vibrations are crazy.
Ended up having a friend powdercoat them all. Turned out awesome.
A lot of you know that my car is pretty low on custom BC racing coil overs, so before I started making stupid power, I needed a solution to my axle bind issues. That involved me slaving away at recreating 3/4 of the engine mounts, resulting in an engime that sat over 1 inch higher than stock. Wah-lah, no more axle issues. Here are some pictures of that.
Yes, the vibrations are crazy.
Ended up having a friend powdercoat them all. Turned out awesome.
04-25-2016, 01:13 AM
#2
These things work great, no axle issues at all anymore, so I ordered this...
Borg Warner s257 with .63 A/R turbine housing
Rotating the motor forward helped the turbo to fit between the mani and firewall.
Turns out the OTTP downpipe I bought was warped at the flange so I had to fix it myself.. Frustrating to buy new parts that are bad.
You can see where it was warped.
Painted the turbine housing with VHT 2000* header paint.
Custom under car dump, 3" stainless. This thing is LOUD and whistles like crazy, I love it.
My first time ever using a tig welder.
Had one of my buddies that is a fabricator weld everything else for me.
Custom 3.5" intake.
Here is the final product. Car has a wally 450 and 60s, currently tuned on 93 at 12psi. She pulls pretty damn hard compared to the K04. I will be turning it up very soon to reach the 400whp mark on stock internals.
Borg Warner s257 with .63 A/R turbine housing
Rotating the motor forward helped the turbo to fit between the mani and firewall.
Turns out the OTTP downpipe I bought was warped at the flange so I had to fix it myself.. Frustrating to buy new parts that are bad.
You can see where it was warped.
Painted the turbine housing with VHT 2000* header paint.
Custom under car dump, 3" stainless. This thing is LOUD and whistles like crazy, I love it.
My first time ever using a tig welder.
Had one of my buddies that is a fabricator weld everything else for me.
Custom 3.5" intake.
Here is the final product. Car has a wally 450 and 60s, currently tuned on 93 at 12psi. She pulls pretty damn hard compared to the K04. I will be turning it up very soon to reach the 400whp mark on stock internals.
04-25-2016, 01:30 AM
#3
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These things work great, no axle issues at all anymore, so I ordered this...
Here is the final product. Car has a wally 450 and 60s, currently tuned on 93 at 12psi. She pulls pretty damn hard compared to the K04. I will be turning it up very soon to reach the 400whp mark on stock internals.
Here is the final product. Car has a wally 450 and 60s, currently tuned on 93 at 12psi. She pulls pretty damn hard compared to the K04. I will be turning it up very soon to reach the 400whp mark on stock internals.
04-29-2016, 09:31 AM
#17
Slowbalt2000, excuse me if this is a dumb question but what happened to your engine? It obviously looks like water or fluid got in there somehow and hydro-locked. I'm just trying to figure out what that regulator/flow control unit is and how you got water in your intake manifold. What went wrong?
04-29-2016, 09:40 AM
#18
Thats the boost controller. The line fell off because i forgot to put a zip tie on it. Boost spiked hard because of that im assuming and cracked the block. Coolant in the intake manifold mustve gotten there through the intake valves when the water was rushing into the cylinders.
04-29-2016, 02:08 PM
#21
Thats the boost controller. The line fell off because i forgot to put a zip tie on it. Boost spiked hard because of that im assuming and cracked the block. Coolant in the intake manifold mustve gotten there through the intake valves when the water was rushing into the cylinders.
I know that feel all too well
Last edited by Twoozofjuice; 04-29-2016 at 02:15 PM.
05-15-2016, 12:18 PM
#24
Girdled LE5 block
Set up shop
Didnt have time to wait for new BS delete bushings, and they were not budging with a slide hammer.
Best piston ring compressor you can buy
You can tell that the rod is slightly bent. I bought molnar rods but they dont fit stock pistons. Ill probably end up rebuilding it again this year.
Almost done. Engine will be finished today and installed this week.
Set up shop
Didnt have time to wait for new BS delete bushings, and they were not budging with a slide hammer.
Best piston ring compressor you can buy
You can tell that the rod is slightly bent. I bought molnar rods but they dont fit stock pistons. Ill probably end up rebuilding it again this year.
Almost done. Engine will be finished today and installed this week.
