415HP from 318ci IS POSSABLE!!
Soo....there is a lot of discussion going on to building a streetable high performance 318...this is great!...I have read all the previous posts and there seems to be a lot of different opinions here on what combo is the best...the other builds in my opinion seems to be a lot more money then my original post from EM...and to take a high performance alcohol burning engine to run on pump gas seems like a backwards approach...I'll explain why, first of all, I believe the cylinder hone, ring gap and higher compression are specific for burning alcohol...am I wrong?
I believe the right combo is one that works for you...maybe you want a lot of lopey idle or just a little shake...the key component to any engine build is the cam and head valve combo...other key factors that play a role is velocity and intake to exhaust ratio which the 2.02x1.60 valve combo seems to work well...if a home builder took his time to cc the intake, exhaust port and chambers...port match the gaskets on both intake and heads and I believe it will make a huge difference on the idle quality and throttle response...basically, if you can build a engine, I feel that you also have the capability to cc the heads as well...if your hesitant to doing it yourself there are books that come with most porting tools kits.
Does anyone have a breakdown on their own build and paid the big bucks to have it dyno'd?...I would like to see what combo's are out their and what kind of power you're making.