Sorry, Cingular, so I'll give your cell a rest...

If time permits (and my memory doesn't have a lapse), I'll try to give you a ring at home this evening.

What kind of engine management would be necessary for the 2.5L kit? I don't know what you guys have to put up with in VA, but the emissions checks in MD so far have me stymied on my eventual path to turbo.

I think this would be a good first step towards a turbo, seeing as how the block would be sleeved already, and the increase in displacement would be good for that much-needed torque. If this can be done with a piggyback system of some sort, it would give me what I'm after: 1) A step towards turbo that is a reasonable bite-sized chunk of money, 2) Allows me to continue using my car before the entire turbo setup is complete, 3) Gives a useful increase in performance, 4) Gives me the warm and fuzzies that my engine has been checked after 100k+ miles (rings not ready to break, valves okay, etc.), and 5) Time to continue working on my custom ECU with OBDII so I can pass emissions.

Once #5 is done, the rest is simply time and money

 

Very quickly, the stroker motors use between 11.5-13:1 compression pistons. Not sure you'd want to turbo that.

 

True, but the block would already be sleeved, which means I could go with a lower compression piston swap when the turbo comes along.

Right now the biggest question is can this be done without losing the stock ECU (to remain OBDII scan capable)?

 

As far as I'm aware they tune the 2.5L with AEM standalone EMS.

 

Crap, there goes that idea

 

E-manage is a minimum, but any stand alone will do.

 

Skip,

Just got home from picking up a UPS package (oooh, shiny new toys), and I figured you wouldn't want me to call this late. I'll try tomorrow.

I may have to give Jeremy a call and ask him if this can be done with an e-manage.