Yeah there is an ftoy forum, but I think this one gets a lot more traffic from motor heads!
So buggy engines in my mind are an odd breed, and my thinking on this motor is as follows:
-Regular or premium requirements barely matter, since the dont use much fuel. Though being able to run on whatever is nice.
-Reliability, responsiveness is key.
-I have a personal limit on how much Im willing to spend on a motor. Call me crazy but a 5k motor running for 200 miles a year seems silly.
-Its in an Ftoy, so I cannot run turbos, SC, or anything but a squirrel infested 22r. We're also running factory injection, run by an ORS harness.
-20R on 22r block is out, since we're staying with factory injection.
-Since I like to try and chase v8 buggies, broad power range is important. Lots of gears for crawling, so a bottom end only is not needed. idle to 5k-6k powerband would be nice.
-The more power the better!
So what would you build? Right now its got a header and 2.25 exh, no cat, freeflow turbo muffler, and we're needing to play with plug gap and general tuning. Followed shortly by larger TB, and cam. From there comes a long block. Thinking a new head with bigger valves, minor port work, and maybe smoothing the intake runners a little. On the bottom end Im a bit torn on just a honing/rering job, or bumping compression up with higher compression pistons and thus putting a bit more in the bottom end.
The only real concern I have with bottom end parts/cost is being that I have no respect for upsidedown rigs, the mottor will get hammered on with zero oil pressure. The parts that get the most abuse from this, is the bottom end.
Thoughts?
So buggy engines in my mind are an odd breed, and my thinking on this motor is as follows:
-Regular or premium requirements barely matter, since the dont use much fuel. Though being able to run on whatever is nice.
-Reliability, responsiveness is key.
-I have a personal limit on how much Im willing to spend on a motor. Call me crazy but a 5k motor running for 200 miles a year seems silly.
-Its in an Ftoy, so I cannot run turbos, SC, or anything but a squirrel infested 22r. We're also running factory injection, run by an ORS harness.
-20R on 22r block is out, since we're staying with factory injection.
-Since I like to try and chase v8 buggies, broad power range is important. Lots of gears for crawling, so a bottom end only is not needed. idle to 5k-6k powerband would be nice.
-The more power the better!
So what would you build? Right now its got a header and 2.25 exh, no cat, freeflow turbo muffler, and we're needing to play with plug gap and general tuning. Followed shortly by larger TB, and cam. From there comes a long block. Thinking a new head with bigger valves, minor port work, and maybe smoothing the intake runners a little. On the bottom end Im a bit torn on just a honing/rering job, or bumping compression up with higher compression pistons and thus putting a bit more in the bottom end.
The only real concern I have with bottom end parts/cost is being that I have no respect for upsidedown rigs, the mottor will get hammered on with zero oil pressure. The parts that get the most abuse from this, is the bottom end.
Thoughts?