Thread: Budget ve build

pm happynole. He is using mine for his build. I am sure he will sell you his.

Pm sent, thank you!

What bearings should I use? Oem or acl's? Something else

Order up a set of ACL race main and rod bearings. They also come with the thrust washers. I believe they sell the complete set on eBay for like 120 bucks. Also, I would get them in standard size.

Sounds good. I scooped up a set of new cp 12.5:1 pistons for cheaper then I could get sr16's.. Happynole said he will be ready to sell the block around the first of the year. And he is local, so that's a plus.
My b14 obd2 calum realtime came in yesterday. This is starting to come together

^Sounds good TJ! I'm going to try and scoop up a B13 RT. The last one got away from me. Definitely don't want to take any short cuts on tuning after piecing together such a nice setup.

Well your setup is gonna be much more hardcore then mine.. But after my last calum basic.. It's gonna be realtime only for me!!

What brand valve springs and retainer would you guys recommend?

I'm running the bc and haven't had any issues thus far reving to 9.7k. But as far as I kno h22 springs are interchangable with the sr20ve, right? So you could find a higher end spring for the h guys...

BC springs and retainers are what I picked up as well. I hear they are good until 10k lol, but you will have to ask JUN about.