2.2L L61 Performance Tech 16 valve 145 hp EcoTec with 155 lb-ft of torque

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Old 10-31-2012, 12:23 AM
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That's like something I'm after. An exhaust that flows well but almost as quite as stock.
Old 11-11-2012, 05:18 PM
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Picked up some Stance rear springs (yellow are KWs)...anybody wanna guess what happened when I installed them? lol
Old 11-11-2012, 06:11 PM
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way lower.pix asap
Old 11-11-2012, 10:30 PM
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way lower.pix asap
too low

they rub just driving around lol. Since I can't add any camber I'm gonna have to get tires with a smaller sidewall or find a way to raise it up just slightly
Old 11-11-2012, 11:33 PM
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add washers to the bottom 2 hub studs lol that'll get you camber.
Old 11-12-2012, 02:11 PM
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Lol

I'm gonna have to pull them off until I can get a proper setup together
Old 12-08-2012, 03:54 PM
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this week is build week!
Old 12-09-2012, 08:53 PM
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Day 1/2 (real work starts tomorrow)

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Old 12-09-2012, 10:21 PM
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i hope you clean it up a bit in there lol
Old 12-11-2012, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by bmxracerchamp12
i hope you clean it up a bit in there lol
I will, car has still been dusty from summer lol


Day 1

Got the head off, oil pan and pulled the pistons and rods

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Day 2

No pics yet, got 3 pistons/rods in and broke a compression ring on the 4th piston so there's gonna be a couple days delay while I get new rings from Wiseco

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Old 12-11-2012, 08:26 PM
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cant wait to see what it makes if you can find a dyno
Old 12-11-2012, 11:39 PM
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whoever is helping you is a douche
Old 12-12-2012, 05:14 AM
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agreed and he breaks piston rings! bahaha
Old 12-12-2012, 06:35 AM
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that steve guy is a doushe
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wow
Old 12-12-2012, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 1LowLS
wow
yeah cody wtf is your problem.
Old 12-12-2012, 04:50 PM
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haha just kiddin
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el oh el that was at both post.
Old 12-16-2012, 10:49 PM
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Day 3

Got the replacement piston ring and was able to finally install the 4th piston

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Then 1LowLS showed up and gave me a ****-ton of help. It was raining the entire time we were working on this thing.

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1LowLS removing the valve springs so we could replace the valve seals

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Oil pan and block were cleaned so we could apply sealant and re-install them

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Later we re-installed the head

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Then goes the intake manifold and the coolant hoses, also Comp blower cams installed and motor timed

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I bought an intake manifold > supercharger spacer from Overkill Engineering Motorsports and the POS wasn't even cut big enough for the supercharger inlet. Still pissed about that

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Moving on without that, installed the blower, 2.7" pulley and intake

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Got everything bolted up, oil and coolant in. And she runs!

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Also got an updated tune for E47 from Vince at Trifecta. Just need someone to let me borrow their cable so I can upload the tune.

And thats it for now

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Old 12-16-2012, 11:04 PM
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Also on another note I blew one of the struts on my KW coilovers so I have to figure out what to do about that
Old 12-16-2012, 11:06 PM
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hell yeaa
Old 12-17-2012, 07:13 AM
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dang man. do you know which color cable we use?
Old 12-17-2012, 01:07 PM
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For what? Trifecta?
Old 12-17-2012, 01:34 PM
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nice work man, great build! want to see vids of this running
Old 12-17-2012, 01:42 PM
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Nice work, congrats.

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