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[Adam]

Hot foz is hot!

[CRUISN]

Brakes need painting......

Gold under silver doesnt work.

[Marv]

Cheers mate, I am very much looking forward to the pants tightening experience
Thanks for the offer but I have my heart set on a new 207 short. A have a lot of the ancillaries for a full build already and twinscroll requires a different oil pan and filter mount anyway. 207 with serviced heads, new valve stem seals and maybe new springs?

Valve springs would be a worthwhile addition with the cams, mate

No worries, re ej207

[waali]

Brakes need painting......

Gold under silver doesnt work.

*looks at crusin's avatar* uh huh....

Valve springs would be a worthwhile addition with the cams, mate

No worries, re ej207

Springs, stem seals and retainers are pretty cheap so will add them to the list. Standard arp headstuds?

[Marv]

Yeah, 11mm should be fine, mate. No need for bigger unless you're going to lean on it with a BIG Garrett and lotsa abuse

[waali]

Yeah, 11mm should be fine, mate. No need for bigger unless you're going to lean on it with a BIG Garrett and lotsa abuse

Ta.

Speaking of abuse whats the accepted max output on a 207? 230atw?

[Marv]

A few people have run 10s and pushed them to 300 @ wheels.

[waali]

A few people have run 10s and pushed them to 300 @ wheels.

In stock format!? Jeebus! Ok, question rephrase, what is the accepted max if you would like it to last 100 or 200 thou?

[Marv]

Power figures are funny. It depends on the tune, the size of the turbo, etc. A lot of people run too small a turbo, introducing heat to a motor and stressing it out. Heat will kill a motor faster than anything else - fact. It leads to detonation and all that jazz, so a bigger turbo, oversized fuel injectors and everything else that forums tell us are bad can often help a high-compression motor last longer.

I'd say you could comfortably get 220-230kW out of that set-up, verified by drag strip MPH (which is more accurate than a dyno). You'll probably make 250 @ wheels on a dyno, htough. lol.

[waali]

Power figures are funny. It depends on the tune, the size of the turbo, etc. A lot of people run too small a turbo, introducing heat to a motor and stressing it out. Heat will kill a motor faster than anything else - fact. It leads to detonation and all that jazz, so a bigger turbo, oversized fuel injectors and everything else that forums tell us are bad can often help a high-compression motor last longer.

I'd say you could comfortably get 220-230kW out of that set-up, verified by drag strip MPH (which is more accurate than a dyno). You'll probably make 250 @ wheels on a dyno, htough. lol.

Ta mate, a good source of info as always

[CRUISN]

*looks at crusin's avatar* uh huh....

Those wheels are slate grey.

New brakes, new wheels. Just need avatar changed.....

[waali]

The stars have aligned and now it's on like Donkey Kong!

Install of the following parts later this week:
Body spacers removal mod
Front lower alloy control arms
Sti steering rack
GDB rear torsen diff centre
and a couple of other bits and pieces, engine mounts, new gearbox plug, etc.

[waali]

Small update:

The above body spacer removal mod and sti rack was a bust.
New rear grb rear diff centre, alloy control arm and gdb engine mounts and pitch stopper are in and have made a huge difference in tightening up the driveline.

Also new 1bar actuator and changed the 3port to a peirburg.
Retune was done shortly after and the car now has more power than ever, a smooth idle and epic increase in fuel economy.


Some more goodies for the next engine also purchased... slowly getting there.

[Alex]

Keep us updated with details please!

I'm hoping to have mine retuned later this year

[waali]

Will take some pics later

[Alex]

What's the advantage of STi trailing arms over the stock units?

[waali]

Its all in the joint apparently, that and they were cheap.

[waali]

[Adam]

You've been quiet for a while!

[waali]