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07-17-2009, 08:45 AM

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Thanks for all of the suggestions; sounds like great advice!

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Originally Posted by bobsiopener

Hi JJ, Are you starting with a stock motor or are you building one with 10:1 pistons. If so why not just start with a low compression engine.

Yeah, like I mentioned above - the stock standard 24 valve is already at 10.0:1 compression. So, no - we are not building it with 10.0:1 pistons - we're already there - not much choice in that since the 24 valve is the core of choice for us.

We don't want to build yet - the reasoning is that if we are going to build, we'll go bigger and better. Besides, we don't want to blow up an expensive (built) motor. What we would like to do is complete our learning-curve on a stock-standard 24v motor, so 10.0:1 it is. When we validate our setup, we'll build a 9.5:1 3.45 litre with forged pistons and rods, with commensurate head-work etc.

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Originally Posted by bobsiopener

Do you think that you can use the Gotech to handle the boost?

There have probably been about 20-30-40 twin-turbo Alfas built in the last 5-6-7 years that run/ran on GoTech, so yes - we would likely be doing the same. That way we have access to start-up maps etc.

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