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Old 12-08-2006, 02:53 PM   #1
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Unless you want a piston in your lap, I'd worry about internals first.
but with the slew of solid echo motors in the US junk yards due to accidents and what not, i don't see any reason why couldn't push the limits of the stock block for a little while.

and build one up in the process, no point in building a motor and finding out that the turbo wont work due to some other issue not involving the motor.
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Old 12-08-2006, 08:28 PM   #2
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but with the slew of solid echo motors in the US junk yards due to accidents and what not, i don't see any reason why couldn't push the limits of the stock block for a little while.

and build one up in the process, no point in building a motor and finding out that the turbo wont work due to some other issue not involving the motor.
I bought a few engines at first to go thru or mock up prototypes on an engine dyno. Not sure if that is the way I will go yet.
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