Forgive me for saying so but really a stock 6 makes the power of a stock turbo 4 but weighs more and the weight is farther forward in the car, so, I would hardly call it a performance upgrade.
With boost, yes, it could reign supreme but not yet.

Obviously you have never tried an H6 powered ...

Ready to by slapped on the block! Waiting impatiently for my ARP head studs!

I love TIG welding! It relaxes me! People do Sudoku, Crosswords, knit...etc. I weld! LOL

bradyzq wrote:
And that sound!!

Umm, it does stuff to you.

Explains why you didn't want to give the car back to Jérome!

Not much has been done since me and the wifey were off for 3 weeks. Spent 2 weeks camping in Algonquin Park. Felt good, since this year has been hectik. I ordered gaskets from FCP because the stealership ones were uber expensive. Now I am awaiting ARP studs which is a 2-3week wait or maybe earlier ...

Once I get Ingrid back on the road, i will definitely go by and see him and see what we can do to oomph her up.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Brady for ironing out some problems we were having with VEMS with an H6 EZ30R (Outback 2005-200?) Jérome and I were baffled by the complexity of VEMS. I have some knowledge, but it was outside of my means. AVCS was the problem. I tried the car yesterday ...

Anything UrS4/UrS6 you would sell no problem on ebay etc. We got to keep these cars running strong!

Better picture of buffing. I didn't like the results, so I buffed some more!

old leaking and hard seal left. New right.

Here is my seal removal pliers! I drilled some 5/8" dia rod through and opened up the bore leaving a lip on the bottom to catch seal edge. I then welded to cheap long nose pliers. Then I cut a slit with grinding disk.

Same tool. Look in picture. I machined a slot to have access to re-install retainers! Everything was thought out!

My home made valve spring compressor. Removing retainers, springs etc. to get to seals. I might have to make a tool to install the new ones!

PRY4SNO wrote:Looks like you hardly removed any material at all, while making the port über smooth and retained the original profile.

Well done!

Pretty smooth! Was looking at intake side. It has some imperfections and high spots. Contemplating at passing a drum wheel with coarse paper.

All_Euro wrote:Nice work on the porting and maintenance issues - will feel great knowing things have been taken care of properly. Unless I'm mistaken, Marc has a drop in EFR 6758 solution for you... should work well with the new exhaust too

Maybe next year!

Intake side Untouched
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Exhaust Side polished. Pic doesn't justify the smoothness! I am not going mirror finish ...

I've been polishing exhaust ports! Pictures don't show justice! :( Waiting for my headgasket kit to arrive. Meanwhile we keep on polishing!

Hmmm! Pics don't work! :(

Come on guru's discuss! Correct me if I am wrong. Polished ports on a N\A engine especially the intake side is a no-no! How about turboed engines? Air is lazy, but at the same time you need some type of turbulence to have proper air/fuel mixture!

Discuss!

update on which part?

we have chips for aan billet rs2, billet k26, EFR 6758, EFR 7163, and both EFRs on e85. what do you need?


I think Mouse meant the new billet K24

not yet. I know hank has at least one or two of the turbos in the wild, so the next time I'm out I will bring my calibration ...

So, I milled broken studs and re-drilled and installed heli-coils. There is some porting that will be going on! I do believe some polishing wouldn't hurt!

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A bit more progress this morning! Turbo and EM removed from head! Gut some busted studs stuck in the head! Grrrr! No worries, will drill out on milling machine! Notice valve seals are leaking too!

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PRY4SNO wrote:Do the quick thing to get running now and put together a solution for more power over a period of time. Driving is better than hoarding parts haha

I haven't driven her in 2 years! :( If I go the K24 rebuild, I am still going to fabricate a turbo back SS exhaust!

I am in a dilemma! Get a rebuilt K24 and slap back on! Or go bigger!

Any update about this?