Hello all!

Im currently in the middle of a 2.4 build!

Last week i was beating the ***** off my car running at 15psi WOT and i bent a rod. Of course with a bent rod it beat the **** out of the bottom end of my engine so i had to get a new engine.

Currently the list of parts is as follows:
1) Used low milage engine - 1k
2) Carrillo Rods- 1k
3) Custom 8.8:1 Wiseco pistons- 550
4) ARP head studs- 140
5) Valve Springs- 300ish
6) Ported + Machined - 650
7) Hahn intake manifold- 850
Labor = 1400

Goal- Atleast 450whp.
Hopes- break 500whp
I plan on taking it to Tune Time in Toms River NJ and getting it dyno tuned and maxing out the turbo that comes with the Hahn kit.

Ill update here and on G5club.net soon as i get some pics, currently have down time due to waiting for parts. Gonna be exciting! Should be first documented 400+Whp g5!

Update 11/14/08

So started getting some parts in, Got the Intake manifold / Rods... still waitning on the damn pistons, they said 2 weeks but we are almost at 2 and a half now.











Will post more as the build advances

Update 11/19/08
Pistons are in and engine headed to machine shop! woots.

Update 12/12/08
Sorry for the slow updates guys. Anyways 2 new pics
1 is of the valve springs and retainers
2 is of the bottom fully built ported polished and sleeved.

Car should be fully done by thursday of this week!

Update 12-18-08
2 new pics of the build in progress, maybe someone will actually comment this time lol.

Update 12-24-08
Updated a couple more pics. The build is complete. Got to take my pride and joy home tonight 8)


Thanks all for joining in on the fun. Any and all comments are welcome!

 

Very cool! Good luck!

What are you hoping your timeline will be?

 

this WILL be done by the 14th of November.

 

 

wow man thats sick..you should post some pics

 

ill post pics soon as i have some to post lol all they got in right now is the new engine.

 

where from bethlehem you live, you the one that cruises around whitehall often? i see a black g5 in whitehall with a high rise all the time, im usually driving my ss/sc(laser blue) when i see you as well.

 

hahahahaha i dont have a high rise but ya i work at the ATT in the Lehigh Valley mall. You can see my car there, usually, all the way in the back parking lot by a blue WRX.

 

hrrmm, we should run once haha. before i convert to turbo as well.

 

how about the tranny?

 

interested in this answer...

 

apparently 250ftlbs of wtq is the magical limit

 

Cryo treated the gears, ive had it running at well over 300ftlbs of tq for about 7 months before i bent a rod.

 

cool

 

Thanks, that gives me something to look forward to when I finally throw a SC on my car.

I just noticed you live in Bethleham. We have an office down there in PA that works with our office.

 

Very nice, I will keep an eye out for what you do.

 

Awesome build, sub'd

 

Don't think you'll get the 450whp with the 2860

 

I concur. With that lofty goal you'll need more cfm.

 

Wow nice build GL.

 

only one way to find out 8).

 

Methinks a GT3076R is in order.

 

hahaha no way, ill max out the current turbo and see what it puts up. Any mod above and beyond what i am currently doing will follow the purchase of the Quaife LSD.

 

ur gonna need more engine build then that to be safe. Im going to be running my G5 GT with meth with 10 psi haun stage 2 turbo with a tune i should be at 300WHP from what the tuning shop said. Without major engine mods and axle mods and stuff your going to brake something. Just going by what my mehanic said.

 

Nah, I think hell be safe, thats a pretty stout build with Carillo rods and Wiseco FI specific pistons, he'll be safe (engine wise) to the 500hp neighborhood. so long as all the clearances are good and its assembled properly.