2.3T SVO Rebuild... MAX PERFORMANCE

[Turk]

hey guys.. i am going to rebuild the motor on my 86 SVO.. what is the most efficient and most effective setup to follow for max torque and HP when doing a rebuild??

can anyone help me out.. i am lookin for around 400hp...

thanks..

[svobud]

Turk - there's only a few guys on here that are very close to the 400rwhp level (upper 300s) - but maybe only 1 or 2 that have hit the 400 mark..and one over 500rwhp

It's obviously possible, but very tough to do....

[Turk]

well guys... i am here todo it.. help me out.. can anyone give me any leads to where to find these guys??? i need some advice. i am 19 and I am sick of these 5.0's .... I want them!!! i need help with the setups i should follow for my rebuild... please help me out guys... PLEASE...

[svobud]

ok - first thing...very first thing you need to do is get in the phone with this guy http://www.turborepair.com/ and tell him what you're HP goal is...seriously...and he'll map you out a Turbo that's capable of pushing the CFM you're going to need.

Your are going to be required to spend MONEY. More than you know by the time you're done.

You do have mechanical experience, right? If not, you better be loaded or have a pocket full of credit cards.

[SVOJames]

It's late, I've had a couple, I thought I'd chime in my 2 cents worth.

Bud mentioned money. You want to just "buy" 400 or such rear wheel hp? figure about 25K.

If you got mechanical skills, and some connections, you can probably get that to about half that amount.

If you're _really_ good at both the above, figure a third that amount.

On a side note, why 400 hp? Good driver and an honest 260-280 hp will beat 90 percent of those GT's

[1HOTSVO]

Mo' Power!?!?

SVO James is right! 240-260HP will smoke the street competition if you are a good driver. I am currently driving a 285HP 86 SVO and it is great for the street. It takes most people I come up to and they are sooooo... pissed where I let them catch up and I throw up 4 fingers and point at the hood. They usually won't believe me but who cares, they got smoked!

On a side note, I am building a new 2.5L stroker motor and putting all the goodies (and cash) to build the whoop *ss +400HP motor. I have done a ton of studying and spent a lot of time on the phone with many people. It is possible, but it takes cash, time and skill. The first thing I am doing is protecting myself and thermal coating the entire motor (all parts!). Jerry at www.sun-enginering.com is helping me out in that department.

One thing that is good to know is you will give up streetablitiy and bottom end to achieve the real high number. It has been said many times and is very true, "A 300HP car will beat a 600HP car on the street." This is because you can not maintain high RPMs to maintain high horsepower.

The +400HP motor is going into a track car so I can care less about the street, but if you want to be able to run your car on the street and have it do so reasonably well, I would not recommend breaking 300HP. The head and cam you need to build the high numbers will suck every time you try to take off from the stop light unless you are holding the RPMs at 3200!

Good luck and let us know how it all turns out.
Brian

PS. If you want more power, build a 300HP motor, thermal coat it and run nitrous!