Re-build questions

[gob4sho89]

I am in the process of rebuilding my motor and trans in my 97tsi fwd. I know that I will have many questions, and am going to put all of them in this thread.

I am heart set on the stage 2 shep trans for fwd.
This car is daily driven, along with auto cross and a little bit of drag use.

I plan on doing the sbr stage 2, 2.3L stroker kit. I am going to also put on sbr's stage 5, 2g head. I am going with hks cams, and cant decide which ones to get. I am trying to decide between a pair of 264's, 272's, or a combanation of the two? Any suggestions greatly appreaciated. I drive the car every day to school. I do not care about a lopping idle, or how loud my o2 dump is(these things dont bother me being that I am a 17year old male ) I just dont want something that could decreas the life of my motor. Also, is anyone runing a 2.3L in their fwd, if so how is that working out for you?

 

[dsm_racing]

I'm in the process of finishing up my stroker build. You can check it out here: Stroker link

I went with 272's because I already had them. If I was buying new cams, I'd certainly consider Forced Performance. I wouldn't go with 264's on a stroker. I previously ran the 272's on a 2.0 daily driver. The idle is not bad at all.

 

[Cs4g63]

The main thing to remember about cams is that in a bigger engine bigger cams will act like smaller cams in a smaller engine. So basically 280's in a 2.3 will act roughly the same as 272's in a 2.0.

 

[LaN-]

i would build up the engine/head yourself with the help of a local machine shop. SBR i know people that have had big issues with there stuff including myself.

You can build up a race head and block cheaper and better then getting it from SBR.

I'm local for you, so i could help you out if needed.

 

[gob4sho89]

Ya, I need help. I have had good experences with them so far.... You said that I could get more for less if I do it myself, but dont know where to take things to get them machined. Where are would you recomend locally?
thanks

 

[Turbocharged]

As was mentioned, I would recommend finding a good machine shop to build both the head and the block. You don't need to spend over 5k to build that engine. I spent nearly half that and have a MUCH better build IMO (align honed, balanced, arp all around, clearances to my specifications, block squared, cylinder head CC matched, flow benched head, but most importantly I got to watch the build and communicate with the builder during the entire process). Does that head even come with cams?

My suggestion for cams is to go big. I have FP2's but wish I had FP3X's. Do a search on this forum and dsmtalk; you'll find information that compares HKS to COMP (COMP cam's seem to perform better on a stroked motor; COMP cams are the same as FP cams).

http://store.forcedperformance.net/...roduct_Code=FPCamInt&Category_Code=DSM-Engine

With the setup that you're building I would suggest DSMlink and a better clutch. An upgaded transmission is definately a good idea. I hear NOTHING but good about shep but I've been happy with my TRE transmission for 5 years; not a single issue and I put my car through hell.

 

[LaN-]

what are you goals for the car? What time are you trying to put down, how much power do you want? I'd look into converting to AWD, but thats just me

 

[LaN-]

Shoot me an email - [email protected] and we can discuss this further.