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10-28-2010, 08:22 AM | #1 |
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EJ25D Cams with Boost 10-20+ psi
I have searched everywhere and am asking for help. I have nearly completed my budget build EJ25. Donor is a 99 Legacy Outback.
Build is a Phase 2 EJ25 block and crank, with EJ257 oem rods and pistons, Phase 1 EJ25D shim over bucket heads, an AVO 2.5 RS kit GT25 turbo and uppipe with an ebay Borla rep. dual port N/A header... I have the N/A EJ25D cams with the offset exhaust lobes... What I want to know is how the stock cams will deal with big boost, as much as 20+ psi. It would be nice to hear from someone who has actually done this, as I do understand that N/A cams arent ideal for this...
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10-28-2010, 12:43 PM | #2 |
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i know i havent turbo charged my car yet but that seems sketchy cause my friends 06 wrx that has quite a a bit of work and he only runs 16psi to 18psi so not positive but i wounldt try it
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10-28-2010, 02:15 PM | #3 |
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You would never get away running that much boost on stock heads with stock cams. You would only be able to run 10-12 psi with upgraded pistons. In order for you your heads to run more boost you would need to upgrade your cams and valvetrain.
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10-28-2010, 03:39 PM | #4 |
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You can run 12+ boost with stock heads, subies out there running 20+ boost, and I am going to run soon 18psi on my SOHC heads, the limiting factor is pistons, NA pistons just don't cut it for boost.
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10-29-2010, 07:57 AM | #5 |
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Its not a question of whether Its possible or not. I have been running 17+ psi with water injection on an otherwise stock 1998 EJ22E. My question is how the EJ25D cams are with boost, lots of it, up to the 6500 RPM limit of the corresponding ecu...
No offence, but I dont care for the canned response of what the EJ engines can take boost wise, stock. Especially from people who have not done it. Because so far Ive proven those theories to be horse*****... Along with many other members on the board. Its just not a valid theory anymore. Thanks anyway for the responses! |
10-29-2010, 08:41 AM | #6 |
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I havent done it, but looking at the lift and duration of them I would estimate that not much power would be made. Better to drop some wrx cams in there perhaps?
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10-29-2010, 08:50 AM | #7 |
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it has been proven that our stock heads experience valve float past 6k rpms when boosted without upgraded valvetrain.
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10-29-2010, 12:02 PM | #8 |
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i floated a valve with just cams and no boost before i got my springs and retainers.
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10-29-2010, 12:07 PM | #9 |
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10-29-2010, 12:14 PM | #10 |
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The D heads are very similar to 20k/eg33 heads, and are pretty awesome. With port work, they will be able to flow very very well.
I think your primary issue will be the cam profiles- they have a little too much overlap for my tastes at a high pressure level. It is preference. Another observation is that the cheap headers are very likely to crack with high EGTs. The Chinese replicas are 409 stainless if I recall, and that is not much better than mild steel as far as heat to strenght ratio. So expect to reweld them at the flanges at the least |
10-29-2010, 05:53 PM | #11 |
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i will agree on having the replica headers crack. i have had mine on my car for well over 60k miles, (probably about 5k boosted) and i noticed that my turbo was taking forever to spool up... anyways long story short my borla rep's were cracked at one of the welds... but if you have anyone that can tig weld, it was a really easy 5 minute fix job.... and i have had my headers on my car for a long ass time ( not to mention i have bottomed them out on the road enough to dent the bottom of them) and they are holding most of the pressure from my heavy ass turbo.
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10-29-2010, 07:20 PM | #12 |
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Thank you very much for the thought out rather than canned responses. I really appreciate it. As far as the ebay header, I was thinking that I might be better off with a stock dual port exhaust manifold, but Im going to try this ebay header anyway... The ports arent overly large. I might even wrap the header and uppipe. Im trying to keep costs down, lol.
The cams....Im trying to "run what you brung". Back in my Honda days, I used to run big boost on the N/A cams all the time... DOHC ZC's and SOHC D16A6's. They made really good power for their size, and with 20+ psi I never noticed any problems with power falling off at the top..The only thing that really throws me off is those offset exhaust lobes on the EJ25D cams... |
11-01-2010, 09:47 AM | #13 |
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cdn... are the block and piston from an N/A or turbo car? u shouldn't run over 7psi on stock N/A block and pistons.
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11-01-2010, 04:33 PM | #14 |
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11-02-2010, 08:44 AM | #15 |
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so N/A?
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11-02-2010, 08:50 AM | #16 |
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LOL the bare block halves are N/A, but the EJ257 is the factory turbo 2.5 in the 2004- STi. So factory turbo pistons and rods. How do you get to be a Scooby Specialist without knowing what an EJ257 is??
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11-02-2010, 03:20 PM | #17 |
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it is based on # of posts i think, but i know enough. i get the EJ25x's mixed up sometimes. cams should be fine, but the heads may limit flow if they aren't done right or at all. u should think about different pistons depending how much over 20psi u plan to go.
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11-02-2010, 07:25 PM | #18 | |
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See where Im coming from with my question? |
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11-02-2010, 09:25 PM | #19 |
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^ This , I have done a 255 case w/ Sti internals, N.A heads & ran over 20 P.S.I. The cams kinda choke after 5 k tho
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11-05-2010, 09:20 AM | #20 |
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i dont mean to hijack, but im looking to do the SAME thing
except, i was planning on getting Delta cam grinds for my SOHC, and i was going to use the stock EJ257 springs and retainers in my SOHC heads for a 7k RPM rev limit? from what i gather from this thread tho, i should also machine my heads for bigger valve openings? @ cdnsigop: i was wondering what type of ECU u were using. u said u wanted to keep costs down, and so do i (lol) |
11-07-2010, 10:07 PM | #22 |
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11-07-2010, 10:17 PM | #23 | |
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Either way, I am running these cams, got the shortblock assembled with the left side head, valves and cams installed. I used Cometic gaskets sprayed with Permatex copper gasket. Gotta tap the oil return boss on the right head before I can complete this build... |
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11-09-2010, 11:24 PM | #24 |
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I would not use the stock STI pistons if you can afford the $450 for some forged ones. I have gone through enough of them to actually be taught a lesson hahahahahah.
In fact, as long as the tune is good, the only weak point is the pistons at less than 350-400 whp.... |
11-10-2010, 09:30 AM | #25 |
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Thanks!!
I am sticking to the STi pistons, as thats what I have, and thats what has been installed... I will continue using my water/meth injection, with a pretty conservative tune... Reddevil, how did your setups run with the EJ25D cams?? |
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