Sport Compact Magazine Chooses VQ35DE for Top Shop Engine Challenge

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07-07-2008, 05:17 PM

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Sport Compact Magazine Chooses VQ35DE for Top Shop Engine Challenge

http://tinyurl.com/5zho6s

I know I will be following this build closely.

07-07-2008, 09:54 PM

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Definitely looks like an interesting build.

07-07-2008, 11:44 PM

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Oh snap! I'm surprised it isn't another Honda build-off.

07-08-2008, 12:13 AM

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Finally an engine that is relevant to us. I was sick of seeing B/K series engine builds..

07-08-2008, 12:18 AM

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Hmm will be following this...like to see what they do.

07-08-2008, 03:26 PM

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neat.

07-08-2008, 09:43 PM

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not bad!

07-08-2008, 10:39 PM

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Very cool. Will be watching. Thanks for posting this up.

07-08-2008, 11:01 PM

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Kewl man.I'll def be keeping an eye on this.....

07-09-2008, 12:30 AM

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I remember reading this at the start of the year, someone posted it in the AM section.

07-09-2008, 05:05 AM

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hmm not bad, lets just hope everything goes well... i would also like to to win the engine

07-09-2008, 06:27 AM

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hmm not bad, lets just hope everything goes well... i would also like to to win the engine

And then sell it? Or dissect it and use everything you can?

07-09-2008, 08:02 AM

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sounds interesting

07-10-2008, 08:15 AM

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And then sell it? Or dissect it and use everything you can?

To convert his max to RWD of course! Neat build up.

07-10-2008, 08:50 AM

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IBnothinggroundbreakinggoesintothisbuild.

07-10-2008, 09:23 AM

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And then sell it? Or dissect it and use everything you can?

sell

07-12-2008, 03:02 PM

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Part II. Sizing Up the competition.

http://tinyurl.com/6zxxl5

07-12-2008, 04:09 PM

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Ill be keepin an eye on th is myself, would be interesting to see what they do exactly and how much power they can produce once it is done

07-13-2008, 07:19 PM

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this is not 5th-gen-specific. Moving to general discussion.

07-21-2008, 08:17 AM

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after reading alot about this i think they have 0 chance of wining staying NA. they can only hope other engines don't last through the stress test. and if they are getting judges on how the engine looks then they should paint it if others are doing the same...
but i hope they win.
why don't they just use the stroker kit that bumps it up to a 4.1 and then go from there?

07-21-2008, 08:53 AM

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because they are going for hp per litre

I entered the sweepstakes to win the motor, i think my s14 would be a good home for it lol.

07-22-2008, 05:53 AM

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then why did they stroke it out to 3.8? more tq under the curve? if so why not 4.1? can't rev as high?

if i were them i'd take a 3.0 and get it to rev to 9k+. unless i'm mistaken it should be easier to get it to rev high than the 3.5...or the stroked 3.8. afaik the only chance they have with an na engine is silly high revs and hope it hold together.

please correct me if i'm wrong. i certainly don't claim to know alot about engines but i like to learn...and from what i know i'm confused...

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