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[serdar_18fr]

7.9kg 18x8 Tomason ultralight
SC7 225/40

Gorgeous
Especially with those wonderful Tomasons

 

[Giuseppe Busso]

Gorgeous
Especially with those wonderful Tomasons

Thanks, neighbour.

 

[nd-photo.nl]

@Giuseppe Busso They look awesome!

 

[queen]

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This is 1.8 stage 3
IS38 OEM
WMI Snow Performance
LEYO Motorsport full intake
RTMG turbo muffler delete
APS TUNED Greece custom file with multimap (low-high)
6pad custom clutch
Do88 intercooler
Do88 charge pipes kit
76mm dp with cat100cpsi
76mm catback
7.9kg 18x8 Tomason ultralight
SC7 225/40
Cupra brakes 340x30
HEL braided brake lines + RBF600

420-430bhp estimated

100-200km/h @8sec

Nice! How much boost are you running? Stock internals?

 

[queen]

Patient is stable. Short block’s on standby. JE & ZRP reinforcements incoming. Beast is catching its breath… probably dreaming of boost.

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After a couple of months everything is finished, engine has been broken in, only had a minor oil leak from a gasket that has been replaced and ready for a new remap from 500 with stock internals to 550 and up, depending on fuel limitation.

Some more pics during the build and video of the 1st start.




https://streamable.com/tus5fd

 

[Giuseppe Busso]

Nice! How much boost are you running? Stock internals?

Stock internals yet.
Max 2bar OB tapered to 1,8 @6500 approximately
15 degrees of timing advance (16 in winter).

After a couple of months everything is finished, engine has been broken in, only had a minor oil leak from a gasket that has been replaced and ready for a new remap from 500 with stock internals to 550 and up, depending on fuel limitation.

Some more pics during the build and video of the 1st start.

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https://streamable.com/tus5fd

This is a very good setup!
JE Ultra. Hope you went 83mm and not drop in. Why you choose 2618 pistons instead of the more daily 4032?

Which gasket had the leak, the one from crankshaft?
Also, on what turbo you had 500?

 

[queen]

This is a very good setup!
JE Ultra. Hope you went 83mm and not drop in. Why you choose 2618 pistons instead of the more daily 4032?

Which gasket had the leak, the one from crankshaft?
Also, on what turbo you had 500?

Thank you, the block was in excellent condition and I didn't really want to bore a perfect block, so all that was done was honing.
I was concerned about noise but I still went for 2618 because of the pistons themselves as I had feedback from other people and I heard about a particular incident where the turbo was blown to pieces the pistons didn't have a scratch, so I was impressed. It's also the best option for this engine according to my mechanic, at least from all projects he has built. Furthermore I don't notice any piston slap, even on cold start, just some blow-by during warm-up.

It was the valve cover gasket.
The turbo is the RTMG IS6XX ball bearing (GTX3076R GEN II) that is rated for over 600hp.

 

[Giuseppe Busso]

Thank you, the block was in excellent condition and I didn't really want to bore a perfect block, so all that was done was honing.
I was concerned about noise but I still went for 2618 because of the pistons themselves as I had feedback from other people and I heard about a particular incident where the turbo was blown to pieces the pistons didn't have a scratch, so I was impressed. It's also the best option for this engine according to my mechanic, at least from all projects he has built. Furthermore I don't notice any piston slap, even on cold start, just some blow-by during warm-up.

It was the valve cover gasket.
The turbo is the RTMG IS6XX ball bearing (GTX3076R GEN II) that is rated for over 600hp.

You might had less than 30-40K kms then, anyway.
JE Ultras have really good fame.
Have you gone with ARP bolts only in Head Studs or you added Main Studs and cam tower bolts?

I already know that RTMG 580X achieves very good numbers... I can imagine with 3076...
Do you know its A/R? It's based in stock .57 or bigger?