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Jul 5, 2004 | 10:28 PM

spyderracing

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How old is too old?

Just wonderin' how old is too old for an engine to go turbo? I'm lookin' to get a d16z6 (gonna be some ninjas needin to take a student

) or a jdm d15b. Wonderin' what good mileage on a z6 is. I know the d15b would be approx. 35k.

Jul 5, 2004 | 11:14 PM

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Re: How old is too old? (spyderracing32)

i'm boostin on a 108k y8 motor. Pulls strong on 9psi

Jul 5, 2004 | 11:59 PM

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Re: How old is too old? (spyderracing32)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spyderracing32 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wonderin' what good mileage on a z6 is. I know the d15b would be approx. 35k. </TD></TR></TABLE>

1) Just boost it.

2) Most JDM engines have 40K+ miles on them when you get them.

Jul 6, 2004 | 06:47 AM

tgreaves

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Re: How old is too old? (J. Davis)

My old motor had 220,000 miles on it and it was in 4 different cars and hardly had an oil change.. I also sprayed this motor for a while but blew it up through a fault of my own..

Oh BTW, the motor was a d15b7 mini-me with a z6 head on it..

Jul 6, 2004 | 01:07 PM

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Re: How old is too old? (spyderracing32)

G"Unit had 160K when he boosted his b17 and it ran for like 6 months on 10psi daily. It depends on the shape of the motor. Some motors that have 90K are in better shape than others that have 40K. Check your compression!