Building the Perfect engine shortblock up...

[nicks99eclipse]

Alright personally I dont think this is a newbie question... due to the work involved but anyways i noticed more people view the newbie section so here I go.

I bought a 95 GSX Shell for $400 no engine/tranny just shell and me and a friend are going from the ground up to build our own car that we can be proud of when were old as hell you know . anyways first things first were going to get a shortblock that can handle 600 HP so after looking around at slowboy/maperformance/ffwd and a few others we went with the 2.3L ffwd engine because they seemed like they knew what they were doing and actually like talking to us like human beings anyways. My friend works at a import tuner shop so he can get alot of parts for a discount but hes not a engine speacialist so anyways we want to be a true DSM'er and do the work ourselves *for the most part* and want to build the engine up. Please tell me if there is an order of parts we should buy/ best brands and why you think they are/ and pretty much everything that we need. Ive done research on the 2.3L going into the 4g63t gsx and it works out so please dont reply with *YOU KNOW YOUR GOING TO PUT A 2.3L INTO 2.0* I know and itll be worth it.
Thanks yall O yea were wanting around 500HP at the wheel+

 

[red97gsx]

We need a little more information to help you. What are you going to do with the car and what are your limitations going to be. Pump gas, race gas, street, strip, autocross, daily driver and we can help head you in that direction

 

[TunaTalon]

What Red97GSX said. The most important distinction is where you want to make your power.

More low and mid range torque for street driving will want:
Less aggressive cams.
Lighter pistons and rods.
Lower stiffness valve springs.
Higher compression ratio pistons.
Faster spooling turbo.
Less aggressive porting of the intake tract.

Changing from the stock 2.0L engine to a 2.3L stroker will change the nature of the beast.
The good news is that you can pick the nature that suits you. Personally I made all compromises in favor of street driving.

As always, I'm still pushing http://www.kidzuku.com/StrokeOrNot.pdf as a place to learn more about 4G63 strokers.

 

[nicks99eclipse]

plan on being able to run it on premium fuel and a daily driver street car. theres alot of different kind of pistons whats the difference between them?

 

[Gstclipse69]

The difference between the pistons is the compression ratio. With lower compression ratio pistons you normally can run higher boost. Higher compression pistons generally run less boost and your tuning window will be much smaller on high compression pistons. You can have a shit tune with low comp pistons and be o.k. With higher comp. pistons they'll be toast if your not right on. Higher compression can also mean more hp at lower rpm, so they would be a better apt for street driving.

 

[drewvr4]

The most important part is what do you want to spend, because I can name off the best of every part you need but you might not want to pay it.

 

[nicks99eclipse]

well we spent 2000 on the short block and its going to be something for us to put money into over the summer so I think 3000 without cost of labor. Id much rather go with a trusty brand and pay a little more. But I want to be able to keep decent gas mileage of at least 18 mpg if thats possible. if you have anymore questions you need to know just let me know. or if I need more money for parts. Im also going to have to get a transmission down the road but were just focusing on one thing at a time
Thx for the help guys
Nick

 

[Splitpi]

What Red97GSX said. The most important distinction is where you want to make your power.

More low and mid range torque for street driving will want:
Less aggressive cams.
Lighter pistons and rods.
Lower stiffness valve springs.
Higher compression ratio pistons.
Faster spooling turbo.
Less aggressive porting of the intake tract.

Changing from the stock 2.0L engine to a 2.3L stroker will change the nature of the beast.
The good news is that you can pick the nature that suits you. Personally I made all compromises in favor of street driving.

As always, I’m still pushing http://www.kidzuku.com/StrokeOrNot.pdf as a place to learn more about 4G63 strokers.

Thanks for the white paper link... Very good read.