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Old 10-22-2006, 10:28 PM   #1
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I am looking for the best way to make my motor in my car to have the most power...and i was wondering if i should turbo the motor i have done some research and some places say that the motor can handle the turbo but others say it cant so i am wondering if anyof you guys can help me out..
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just dont go over 7psi and youll be fine,,im my opinoin
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i have a good bit of miles on it.. wat will i have to do to the motor so it can hadle it though
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how many miles ?,,to go more than 7psi i would competly build the bottom end,,you know they make motor mounts to put a h22a in there now
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it has almost 200,000 miles .. yea i wld love to put a h22 in it but every where i go to find one they want an arm and a leg for it .. do u happen to know of a cheap website or a place to get them for a reasonible amount like perhaps under 4 grand.. but the only thing about h22's i herd that they mess up the steering and it hadles like crap.. i have thought about the rebuild of the bottme end but not sure if i shld turbo the b20a5 or the h22 bad hadleing cld u help me out on that decision
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damn dude who did you call you can get 2 h22a for 4k go to h motors they got them at a good price, but yea the sterring does go to crap but the tork is well worth it unless you wont a road race car
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if i can get a h22a for a good price do u think that i should just get cams and header or would it be ok to deck out the motor and get a turbo for it or is that to much power for the front end of the car
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well i would trow the h22a in there and see how you like it and if its not enough power then you can go from there but to do anything magor to a h series you got to resleeve it, but its a out of the boc v8 killer no stock gt stang will wont any
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alright koo thanks man for ur help.. bc i really dont know alot bout the h series i jsut know alot about the b series .. thanks again for helpin me out with wat to do and yea ur right on h motors i cld get 2 for the price of one around where i live lol ..
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but back to your b honestly its a bit to many miles to realy do anything to besides basic bolt ons,,,no prob
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it has almost 200,000 miles .. yea i wld love to put a h22 in it but every where i go to find one they want an arm and a leg for it .. do u happen to know of a cheap website or a place to get them for a reasonible amount like perhaps under 4 grand.. but the only thing about h22's i herd that they mess up the steering and it hadles like crap.. i have thought about the rebuild of the bottme end but not sure if i shld turbo the b20a5 or the h22 bad hadleing cld u help me out on that decision
in actuallity the H22 only weighs 30lbs more than the B20A5. putt a 30lb kid in your car and see if it makes a difference. whoever you herd from that says it will handle like crap is just assuming. you can find all the info you need on 3rd gen ludes at preludepower.com
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call the junkyards and find a B21A1 head. slap that sucker on your B20A5 block and your cr should me somewhere around 8.86:1. then you'll be able to boost atleast 10-12lbs on your stock bootm end. i personally don't like boost. so i'd go with B16A pistons in the B20A5 block among other things. bump the cr up to 11.2:1. and get it tune.
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