Fenda's uber garage Engine Build

[Fendamonky]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

There's really no need for any of that anyway.

Oh, I realize that there isn't any real need for the fancy shmancy custom CR rotors and such (I was initially musing as something to consider several years down the road). At this point I'm just shooting to get the car running happily again.

Originally Posted by Brian

What is the ULTIMATE HP goal? Remembering that @ 469 you were basically dead even with the FC @ 375

I would like to be able to touch on/around 500whp whenever I want by upping the boost that the computer allows. HOWEVER, I'll still probably just drive around on WG pressure 95% of the time. 370whp is plenty for messing around on the street and having fun in twisties... bumping the boost up to make 430 and then 500 would really only be used to sort out arrogance on the highway

Originally Posted by Brian

No need for all this custom comp shit for what you're doing. Just find an S4 n/a rotor that's within a weight range of what you've got, send it to Chip and be done with it. Order new bearings... ALL THE BEARINGS... an eshaft, oil pump, blah blah blah and get it back together.... then ship it to me to wire in the LR and tune the bitch...

Oh, I agree. If I had everything else I needed already (and some spare cash) than it would be a no brainer... However, I'm sitting at $0 in my car fund (had to divert the $1,500 I had to a Lawyer to help fix how my command has been fucking me for the past few years) and before I can even consider the wiring harness I'm gunna need coils (thinking I'll go with the Sakebomb setup $510), the new CAS/Trigger kit from FFE ($225). And I'd *really* like to go with the FFE engine mounts this time ($420)..
Total for Engine associated bits: $1,155

Engine wise I need the new bearings ($90+/- for the rotor bearings), the rear stat gear bearing ($40-$50), the front stat gear ($120), the front stack (approx $100), the E-Shaft ($190ish), Oil control rings for one rotor ($170 +/-), lapping/nitrating of the center iron ($220), a new rotor ($100 est), machining/balancing of that rotor ($400 approx), I already have the soft seals... I'm probably missing something, but I think that's the main chunk of the internal engine.
Total for Internal engine: $1,440

Harness wise I'll need the wiring materials, connectors, boots, tubing, bulkhead connectors, etc., etc., etc.. I think we worked out the cost of raw materials to be somewhere in the $800-$1000 range, depending on how much we ended up using and quality.. That's not even touching on what I'll pay you for your time invested, tools required, and experience used to make it right from the start (this labor cost will be your call)...And I've still got to factor in the EGT sensors/modules, the second MAP sensor, the boost control solenoid, I'd *like* to have a Toucan display plugged in (somewhere in the ballpark of $800-$900 iirc) so I can monitor all the values I don't have gauges for and adjust settings on the fly).
Estimated total to make the brain-box work: $2,000


(Approximate) Grand total to get this bitch running where I want it: $4,600 (this is NOT taking into account tuning costs or labor for yours truly)

I'm currently sitting at $0 in the kitty for the car... I'll chip away at it little by little, but I'm thinking there is no way in hell I'll have this finished before October.

Originally Posted by Brian

With the amount of interest that has accrued, the FC, the 8, the XJ and the FC next year get washed... bitches

I'll have my CBR down there most likely, we can have Chris and Bawb pose on it for the car washing photo-op