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Stoney_god
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Post Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:30 pm

Sorry to hear about your car dude.. Just read all about it on UGS forum..
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Post Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:33 pm

m52 - 2.8
Got cable ties? Get diffin..

Arch roller for hire.

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Post Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:30 pm

as the yanks say there is no substitute for cubic inches so if your gonna do it you may as well do it right :twisted:
3.6 24v for some awsome torque 8O
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Post Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:15 pm

your options are only limited by how much cash you want to spend.
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Post Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:18 pm

ive heard talks of subaru turbo engines....

or if u want to be different vauxhall 2.0?

cosworth lump?

im have a 2.7 m20, looking for 230bhp then im fitting a turbo
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Post Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:18 pm

M30 or M50 then cam and chip and maybe equal length manifold and should make 250bhp easy, the 24V engines respond much better to cams/NA tuning then the 12V tho so go for M50 if you can, even tho cam will be twice as expensive you will probly make back what you spent on the cam in fuel over the year with a smaller M50 engine V the larger M30 engine producing the same power.