S1 SC Rebuild
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S1 SC Rebuild
Hi guys. I'm new to this forum, so excuse me if this is a old question. I've searched for about a week and have not found a old post that answers my questions. To make a long story short, I've been a dealer technician for 15 years and one of my good customers gave me a 92 SSEi. Perfect shape but it had a lower end noise. I'm going to rebuild it so here is the guestion.
What upgrades or parts ( cam, pistons, ect.) would you guys recommend? Ive never done a stock rebuild, usually the aftermarket comes up with something better than the factory. So any advice would be great.
Thanks again.
What upgrades or parts ( cam, pistons, ect.) would you guys recommend? Ive never done a stock rebuild, usually the aftermarket comes up with something better than the factory. So any advice would be great.
Thanks again.
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Stock rebuild. Nothing else is necessary. We had a car here that rebuilt the whole bottom end with mildly upgraded parts for a total cost of about $10k, but for no apparent benefit that we ever saw (part of that cost was a very shitty mechanic).
I'm running the following on a stock bottom end with 125,000 miles, and I've been beating the tar out of my 93 SSEi for 5 years:
(Not the complete list, but you get the idea)
Custom transmission w/ HD TC, Diff, shift kit, all the goodies and 18000 GVWR cooler adjustable modulator
Magnaflow Hi-flow catalytic converter
Magnaflow 24" resonator
Magnaflow F-body crossflow muffler
INTENSE 3.5" Fenderwell Intake
PulleyBoys 2.5", 2.2", and 2.0" Supercharger pulleys (depending on setup and tuning)
INTENSE 160° drilled thermostat
MSD 8224 ignition coils (custom laser engraving for cylinder numbers)
MSD Superconductor 8.5mm plug wires
Custom ram-air Supercharger and throttle body cooling
Custom Hi/Lo radiator fan override
Custom H2O/Methanol Injection (Aquamist 0.4mm nozzle)
Fuel injectors flowmatched to less than 1% by FIE
Walbro 255l/hr fuel pump
Casper'* adjustable fuel pressure regulator
ZillaMotorsports Gen 3 M62, stage 2 ported Supercharger outlet, polished inlet
ZillaMotorsports (Port-matched plus 18%) Lower Intake Manifold
ZillaMotorsports Ported and polished Gen3 (1995) throttle body and throttle plate shaft
Ported exhaust manifolds (16%), ceramic coated
Exhaust Y-pipe and QTP electronic exhaust cutout with programmable controller
Ported and polished ZillaMotorsports cylinder heads (18% intake, 10% exhaust)
Heavy Duty Cloyes timing gears and chain
Yella Terra 1.8 ratio Rocker Arms
Custom Smith Brothers one-piece chromoly pushrods
CompCams valve lifters
CompCams 105# GN valvesprings
Mickey Thompson drag slicks
Jet Stage 2 PCM
Custom Fan override, E-stat and 'happy timing ****' hardwired to the PCM
__________________________________________________ __
In other words, replace what needs to be replaced with quality (OEM) parts. Nothing more.
I'm running the following on a stock bottom end with 125,000 miles, and I've been beating the tar out of my 93 SSEi for 5 years:
(Not the complete list, but you get the idea)
Custom transmission w/ HD TC, Diff, shift kit, all the goodies and 18000 GVWR cooler adjustable modulator
Magnaflow Hi-flow catalytic converter
Magnaflow 24" resonator
Magnaflow F-body crossflow muffler
INTENSE 3.5" Fenderwell Intake
PulleyBoys 2.5", 2.2", and 2.0" Supercharger pulleys (depending on setup and tuning)
INTENSE 160° drilled thermostat
MSD 8224 ignition coils (custom laser engraving for cylinder numbers)
MSD Superconductor 8.5mm plug wires
Custom ram-air Supercharger and throttle body cooling
Custom Hi/Lo radiator fan override
Custom H2O/Methanol Injection (Aquamist 0.4mm nozzle)
Fuel injectors flowmatched to less than 1% by FIE
Walbro 255l/hr fuel pump
Casper'* adjustable fuel pressure regulator
ZillaMotorsports Gen 3 M62, stage 2 ported Supercharger outlet, polished inlet
ZillaMotorsports (Port-matched plus 18%) Lower Intake Manifold
ZillaMotorsports Ported and polished Gen3 (1995) throttle body and throttle plate shaft
Ported exhaust manifolds (16%), ceramic coated
Exhaust Y-pipe and QTP electronic exhaust cutout with programmable controller
Ported and polished ZillaMotorsports cylinder heads (18% intake, 10% exhaust)
Heavy Duty Cloyes timing gears and chain
Yella Terra 1.8 ratio Rocker Arms
Custom Smith Brothers one-piece chromoly pushrods
CompCams valve lifters
CompCams 105# GN valvesprings
Mickey Thompson drag slicks
Jet Stage 2 PCM
Custom Fan override, E-stat and 'happy timing ****' hardwired to the PCM
__________________________________________________ __
In other words, replace what needs to be replaced with quality (OEM) parts. Nothing more.
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