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Old 12-21-2008, 08:49 PM   #25 (permalink)
seaofnames
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Originally Posted by Erik Beeman View Post
G54B block..the motor is a 2.6, running on TBI, vs the option of MPI...and we're putting it out around 250. That's at 7psi, running a stand alone ECU (Megasquirt).........we build them ourselves, and I believe the total cost of everything, was, MAYBE 4K.
The old rule applies when you talk about larger displacement.

There is no replacement for displacement!

Its still a 4 banger, but it is larger, its going to be capable of putting out more power if its completely rebuilt.
Another thing to think about is torque/hp curves, not just peak numbers.
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