Low cost engine build

madjak · Postby **madjak** » Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:05 pm

Yup... design, engineer, manufacture and install. I'll post a few pics when they are up.

takai · Postby **takai** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:46 pm

GR124 wrote:
takai wrote:This is relevant to my interests... especially on the cam front.

I picked up a cheap BP4W with a busted piston, and planning a cheap rebuild to turbo.

Heading over to the US for work in a little while, so planning to pick up stuff while im over there. They do full rebuild kits for these for about US$90 and full sets of BP4W or BPZ3 OEM replacement pistons for US$100.

Just cant decide whether to get lower compression pistons for higher boost, or make a high comp low boost engine. Kind of leaning towards the latter.

All up i doubt it will come in much more than $1k including the turbo bits.

Hey takai, be great if you run a thread on your build, I've just picked up a BP4W on the cheap as well (has a knock ). I'm thinking a turbo build as well.

Not sure im qualified for this anymore. Found a cheap set of rods... and then a cheap set of forged pistons... and then the scope creep kicked in. Ooops.

datfreak · Postby **datfreak** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 4:26 pm

Hi, Madjak - old thread but worth a ask.
I've just bought a low k ford laser bp engine. It has a bp05 head but also has solid lifters with 2y cams.
How did you go with the these cams? Are they full granny spec or worth using?
As a daily, I was wanting to shave the head 60 tho and use cam wheels as a budget build.
Did you make your dyi skunk manifold for it?