Need other people's thoughts.

[RICH17]

Junkyard motor FTW. L26 will be fine with your build. Also buy HPTuners as well so you can really scan

 

[slowchevy]

You were monitoring it when it blew right? Post up the log. Also you changed up the pulley which is imagine would up the boost, so did you tube it for the added air? If not then its going to lean out

I was monitoring on torque, I don't have the fancy DHP setup.

3.4 pulley is super conservative. we're talking a mostly stock car can run it.

Cold engine burnouts brah

3800tec kickin

 

[1quick]

junk yard motor throw your cam in it if its still good (probably not good though), what injectors you running? most the time they throw a rod then the piston shatters normally its the rod that windows the block as well, it detonated pretty hard to do that, and almost always parts of pistons go back into the intake when she blows

 

[slowchevy]

stock injectors

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

that ring



I'd say l26 or 32. Whatever you find cheaper

 

[slowchevy]

looked into the s3s, they're all 1k+ on car-part.com .. unsure of buying craigslist or regular junkyard engine.

 

[1quick]

looked into the s3s, they're all 1k+ on car-part.com .. unsure of buying craigslist or regular junkyard engine.

just get an l26 and call it a day, neils in peoria normally has some and sells them cheap, who tuned the car?

 

[slowchevy]

Was a mail order ZZP 1.0 pcm

 

[1quick]

Was a mail order ZZP 1.0 pcm

one of those cost me a motor back in the day also with a similar build, have someone tune it in person or get a dyno tune and a wideband

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Canned tunes go boom!

 

[ktraver97ss]

Turbo it.

 

[10sec]

If you go l26 you're likely going to blow that up as well. It's weaker and higher compression. You will need it professionally tuned. I think Syp's boy can do it, he's tuned a couple 3800 cars. Not sure if he'll want the hassle, though.

 

[ktraver97ss]

 

[ZephTheChef]

If you go l26 you're likely going to blow that up as well. It's weaker and higher compression. You will need it professionally tuned. I think Syp's boy can do it, he's tuned a couple 3800 cars. Not sure if he'll want the hassle, though.

If he's sticking with a 3.4 pulley there's no reason an l26 shouldn't be able to handle it. My L26 that just took a craps did fine up until around 25psi boost. Nothing wrong with getting another L67 either. L32s are like twice the money in my neck of the woods.

I'll second the local tuning, or get HP Tuners and a wideband and learn to do it yourself. If you're familiar with logging and watching for knock already then you're half way there.

 

[10sec]

If he's sticking with a 3.4 pulley there's no reason an l26 shouldn't be able to handle it. My L26 that just took a craps did fine up until around 25psi boost. Nothing wrong with getting another L67 either. L32s are like twice the money in my neck of the woods.

I'll second the local tuning, or get HP Tuners and a wideband and learn to do it yourself. If you're familiar with logging and watching for knock already then you're half way there.

So he blew up an l67... And an l26 is ok?

 

[10sec]

You don't know the history with him so I understand. Trust me, using parts that are OK with 98% of the 3800 world, will not work with him.

 

[Turk]

I skimmed through. I'm still confused how motor parts got into the blower?

 

[RICH17]

Vacuum

 

[Euro]

I skimmed through. I'm still confused how motor parts got into the blower?

 

[10sec]

I skimmed through. I'm still confused how motor parts got into the blower?

*I am not defending him*

When motors blow up, parts fly everywhere. GTPMike had piston all up in his blower when his piston decided it was time to become 9 million pieces.

 

[bikrboy128]

this reminds me of the time GTP mikes car assploded at the BP Nurburgring. chunks of piston crunched up in the rotors

which time?
when it blew racing KJ on the BP proving grounds was the worst carnage i've seen personally. there wasn't anything left of the piston.


so wait, you're comfortable doing a complete engine build from a bare block (not at all recommended btw) but not a turbo kit?
if i were doing a 3800 build again, i'd be selling the cam, and picking up a j-yard l26 then slapping turbo and rockers on. get it tuned and you have a quick reliable car that even on low boost would dust your current m90/cam build.

 

[slowchevy]

one of those cost me a motor back in the day also with a similar build, have someone tune it in person or get a dyno tune and a wideband

Wideband was a future plan, when I had the exhaust shop weld the header downpipe to my existing exhaust I also had the second bung installed for it. :thumbs:

Finding someone trustworthy to do the tube is my sketchy area.

If he's sticking with a 3.4 pulley there's no reason an l26 shouldn't be able to handle it. My L26 that just took a craps did fine up until around 25psi boost. Nothing wrong with getting another L67 either. L32s are like twice the money in my neck of the woods.

I'll second the local tuning, or get HP Tuners and a wideband and learn to do it yourself. If you're familiar with logging and watching for knock already then you're half way there.

I would not feel comfortable with an engine that was never meant to have boost on it from the factory in my car. I drive everything like a pissed off sixteen year old girl.

 

[Mook]

Wideband should be one of the first mods for a boosted car.

 

[slowchevy]

which time?
when it blew racing KJ on the BP proving grounds was the worst carnage i've seen personally. there wasn't anything left of the piston.


so wait, you're comfortable doing a complete engine build from a bare block (not at all recommended btw) but not a turbo kit?
if i were doing a 3800 build again, i'd be selling the cam, and picking up a j-yard l26 then slapping turbo and rockers on. get it tuned and you have a quick reliable car that even on low boost would dust your current m90/cam build.

The factory rotating assembly never came apart. Heads only came off so I could do the valve springs and check to make sure there was no pre-existing damage in the cylinder bores or to the pistons. It's more a fear of Idunno how to tune in the slightest and it's basically a fear of the unknown.

 

[bikrboy128]

The factory rotating assembly never came apart. Heads only came off so I could do the valve springs and check to make sure there was no pre-existing damage in the cylinder bores or to the pistons. It's more a fear of Idunno how to tune in the slightest and it's basically a fear of the unknown.

your option 3 in the OP was rebuild using a bare block. not recommended. lol
the beauty of going turbo with these cars is everyone is doing it, which means there is plenty of info and help if you run into any trouble. plus a second hand kit can be had on the cheap.
you'd have to take it to a professional tuner considering you have no tuning experience. if you rebuild and put that zzp tune back in you're going to cache another engine, so you should figure out who's going to tune your car whichever way you end up going.