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Old 03-05-2009, 10:01 AM
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Boost wise, there is no difference....because the bottom ends of an EJ255 and EJ257 are identical.
yer i was just looking at that, what would you do mate?
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Old 03-05-2009, 10:17 AM
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Ej207 factory short for $3k and add some decent boost!
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Put better slugs in it and sleeve the bores.
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Old 03-05-2009, 10:22 AM
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Put better slugs in it and sleeve the bores.

you lost me? i know what sleeving is but what engine? an slugs?
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Old 03-05-2009, 10:28 AM
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slugs= pistons
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Heh. Talk to Jaron (PIGSTI). He'll tell you how reliable a 257 is above 300hp......
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Sleeve the bores of the 2.5ltrs as they are prone to failure and yeah, get some better pistons as i believe the 2.5's have 'hypershit' pistons.
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Boost wise, there is no difference....because the bottom ends of an EJ255 and EJ257 are identical.
Different pistons. 255 - cast ,
257 - hypereutic - both crap!
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Heh. Talk to Jaron (PIGSTI). He'll tell you how reliable a 257 is above 300hp......
That bad hey? ok so how much am i looking at for a ej207.. just need to get it fixed before destroy the ozone layer totally over oz
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Around 3k for the short block wrapped in plastic
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