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Very nice mate. What smaller turbo would you be looking into you reckon?

Yeah the cam setup ends up about $7k AUD after all the buckets and assosciated bits haha. IDK about USDM, but our 05-06 EZ30s actually have a better exhaust cam and the 07-09's have a better intake cam. So I've got both of those to put together. I'll find the exact specs and post it here later on! Those interviews were interesting indeed, i definitely noted that point about the main bearing clearance and plan to go a smidge tighter than the usual EJ size. Just speculation but EZ being longer with more case bolts etc. it may not grow quite as much as an EJ though. Yeah uniqueness is awesome. I was planning to stick with a larger W2A system but recently decided I wasn't gonna fit a big enough core in a convenient spot. So will be changing to normal frount-mount

Alright for now haha. This stock motor is lifting the heads under full power, but I've built a ghetto yet genius pump setup to pump the overflowed coolant from the bottle back into the bottom radiator hose It's been foolproof the last 6 months. I reckon my EZ build may still be ~3 to 5 months off running just due to money. But we're still making progress little by little. My block should be all closed-decked and o-ringed and ready for 12mm head studs in a couple weeks. The heads I don't have the funds to go for Kelford's cam setup but I'm still going to do a little porting and chamber modification, and some 0.5mm OS exhaust valves All i need partswise still is the whole Haltech setup and possibly another box of main bearings pending measurement. Your youtube vids are getting me more and more excited for it!

Very cool intercooler core placement mate. The 'raptor superchargers' kits from Australia use one size down from that right off the throttle body. But this design to use the slightly larger core is better by a long way, appears to be a very neat fit!

A GTX3582 with a 1.06AR exhaust housing right now. But i'll be converting from internal to external wastegate - undecided if I just weld the flapper on that one or buy like a 1.01 v-band housing. Hopefully in the region of 450kW atw, i think the turbo should get there at roughly 22-25psi on E85

Awesome info mate, thanks very much! I'm just about up to ordering some bearing sets for my engine now. I see ACL now make big end bearings so I may go with those, then either King or OEM for mains - I've seen more posts than just yours regarding King's big end bearings not working without resizing rods or journals. There's a group on facebook called "Boosty EZ Boiz" if you're interested in joining that - There's a post there that pretty clearly shows excessive bearing crush at the parting lines with King's installed in a factory-sized conrod. At the moment I have my block at a machine shop for closed-decking, block o-ringing, and drilling/tapping to suit the 12mm head studs. Have gathered rods, valve springs, 12mm 625+ studs in the meantime. Just need to make a decision on pistons and weigh up some head work like oversize exhaust valves + porting perhaps

Awesome stuff mate. Read all this a while back but only just made an account to be able to participate in the thread. I'm in the early stages of building mine myself in Australia so I'm sure I'll have questions along the way if you don't mind! For example (lol): 1. My new forged rods measure the same at the big end as yours (or 55.00mm/2.16535"). Is it a definite the King Racing bearings won't work without opening up the rods? I noticed that 2.1673" measurement in their catalogue had an asterisk next to it explained as "indicates maximum housing diameter". 2. Do you happen to know what the rod & main bearing clearances ended up at (and any reasoning for targeting a specific size)? I really admire your persistence with it mate, really hoping you get to drive it as much as you'd like to soon, and enjoying the youtube clips too.