Thread: STRATTON's OFFICIAL MOTOR BUILD !!

good stuff man keep us updated...do what you usually do and im sure it will turn out great and make the numbers that you want

Id have to agree with morgans on this one, I think the money your gonna spend on a AEM plus the cash your gonna dish out for a tune, it may be worth it to look at other options.your prob talkin close to 2 G's with the tune and the whole nine. Thats money for a really nice ASP manifold AND maybe a sheet metal IM. Jus my 0.02 tho.. as far as head studs go, Im running the mazworks 1/2 head stud kit(which is arp hardeware), No probs at all.

Well, to each his own. The AEM has a lot more features that make it worthwhile. Antilag anyone?

depending on the GT2871r, they can support power levels up to 475.

I can't say for sure what the issue is with studs. The new ARP are a lot stronger, but I still blew out my cometic gasket. Now, it could be because of detonation as to why it blew. Or it could be either the studs or the cometic. No way to know for sure. The ARP being a stronger material and a higher torque spec than the GE studs, should be up to the task. The cometic had fitment issues from day one. Plus, when I ran the 20v gasket and the old ARP I never had any issues. Just food for thought.

A local guy here made around 350whp on 18psi iirc on a 2871r with an O2 inductions manifold. Tons of work done to that motor, and a lot of potential. But I have seen people struggle to make great numbers on that turbo.

I think that if you have everything you need now, go for it. I honestly don't think you will have any issues with the parts chosen. Even after my cometic blew, the car still ran fine and didn't smoke at all. But high boost runs in the desert with 100*F+ days with tons of boost and pump gas would push coolant out the reservoir. At least now I know why.

I really like the fact that the GE studs only torque to 72lb. Torquing the ARP studs always makes me sweat. Not just because it's a lot of torque, but because I'm worried about pulling the threads out of the motor.

build sounds good only thing i would change is the head studs other than that your in good hands

**** that gasket, i blew the cometic, apexi now im rocking a cosworth, and i have the same setup. im going to hit over 400hp first , blah lol, i feel like we are going to be copying off each other alot this summer lol, but all i can say is go external wastegate asap

cars gonna be a beast stratton i cant wait till it goes back toether it will be a totally differant animal .

If he has the loot for both, it would not matter. Besides when he upgrades later on and really needs this, he wont have to try and sell his current set up and buy this.

sorry to hear you melted a piston. it happens. I would look into water/meth injection for saftey and use ge head studs.

subscribed..... good luck on the build

What are these GE head studs? I've never heard of them, I just bought some ARPs for my build (granted I'm not shooting for 400+hp either)