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Originally Posted by javadog View Post
I don’t think it’s clear whether or not he popped the motor, or the gearbox.

But boosting a high compression, previously normally aspirated engine that doesn’t have any sort of knock control is just a really stupid idea. Looking at his list of modifications, it’s clear that he didn’t do anything to build that thing in a sensible way.

Sounds like a “hold my beer” kind of guy.
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This guy looks like he built a short stroke 3.2 first, then decided he didn’t have enough power, and added the turbo.

Bad plan.

Yeah. He sounds like the urban planners in my city. No real plan going in, and no appreciation of what each subsequent change does to affect the whole, or why none of it works together.
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