idosubaru Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 if i installed turbo pistons in my XT6, but ran it NA for awhile before i installed any forced induction how would the car run? would it suck really bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 doood. it would suck so bad. youd think you had a 4 cylinder. compression is power. plain and simple. youd get worse gas mileage also, maybe alot worse. why not open up the heads with a die grinder. theres metal in there that could be removed to promote better flow, and in turn get your compression ratio down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 i seem to remember miles fox complaining about the loss of power between the carb block, and the high comp block with spfi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 There have been a couple of locals-to-me that have done it. And, practically speaking, the very common crossover-pipe fracture ends up giving a low-to-non-boost engine. It will feel a litle weak, especially compared to a standard XT6, but i suspect that it will still have enough oomph to get out of its own way. Other than down on power, I wouldn't expect any other problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 yeah i had this spfi dl with a 3at 2wd, the motor was bad and i used a carb block, it was a dog but i blame it more on the transmission do you plan to build up a turbo on the xt6? maybe you can consider carb pistons, as they work with turbos in stock boost applications, but i would avoid this for high boost applications without aftermarket engine management/intercooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 i'd use aftermarket low compression turbo pistons. trying to figure out a plan. i got 4 XT6's and 2 extra motors.....can't decide at the moment whether to drop a motor in my daily driver and build a turbo block out of a spare motor for later. or install turbo pistons right now. but i don't think i'm going to go that route. i'll just drop this motor in and start building another block with turbo pistons for a later install. thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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