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      02-21-2013, 02:22 PM   #1
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PPM Stroker kit

I was searching in PPM (Pure Performance Motorsport) site and found out they have a stroker kit for our cars. I don't know if it's a repost or not. It's nothing new though since the site shows they have had it since December 2011.

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PPM-RACING BMW S65B40 4.7L Custom Stroker Kit:

Forged Pistons + H-Beam Connecting Rods + Billet 4340 Crankshaft Combo for BMW S65B40 V8 4.7L Stroker



PPM is proud to release the products you have all been asking for! Our new range of PPM Forged Pistons and H-Beam Connecting Rods and Billet 4340 Crankshaft are a must for your high power engine build. Specifically designed for professional racers, our Conrods & Pistons are ready to cope with the stresses of high compression, high RPM and mega boost. Our engineers have combined the highest quality alloys, the very latest forging & machining technologies. The result is best Forged Pistons + Connecting Rods and Billet 4340 Crankshaft on the market, ready for any abuse you can throw at them.


Comp ratio from: 10:1 or 11.5:1 or 12:1



Piston Size:



92.00mm, 92.5mm,93mm,94mm


This kit includes:

8x Forged Pistons, Rings, gudgeon pins, spiral locks, 2x Coatings

8x H-Beam Connecting Rods with ARP2000 Rod Bolts.

1X 84mm Stroke 4340 Billet Crankshaft



Other Strokes(82mm,83mm) also avaliable upon Request!
What's really interesting is the price, at $8,999.00 it looks like a bargain compared to what Dinan and RDSport asks. (Don't know how much VAC asks for their stroker)

http://www.pureperformancemotorsport...roducts_id=513
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      02-21-2013, 02:50 PM   #2
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probably cheaper because it's just engine parts
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      02-21-2013, 02:54 PM   #3
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Yeah it's DIY meaning you have to disassemble the motor, send the block off to be machined, reassemble with the new parts and tune...probably a $5k+ job depending on what shop you go to.
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      02-21-2013, 03:15 PM   #4
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You are right. But if you actually look at what both Dinan and RD Sport do and how much money they ask for it, this DIY stroker still looks like a bargain. RD Sport RS46 treatment costs $32,800 (Stroker, headers, exhaust, tune). Dinan's S3-R package costs $31,200 (2mm extra bore, stroker kit, exhaust, tune, intake, pully, ported throttle bodies)
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84 x 92.0 = 4.46L
84 x 92.5 = 4.52L
84 x 93.0 = 4.56L
84 x 94.0 = 4.66L

$9k seems way too cheap. Pictures show rods aren't Carrillo, and pistons aren't Mahle. You get what you pay for !
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84 x 92.0 = 4.46L
84 x 92.5 = 4.52L
84 x 93.0 = 4.56L
84 x 94.0 = 4.66L

$9k seems way too cheap. Pictures show rods aren't Carrillo, and pistons aren't Mahle. You get what you pay for !

I would not say that is cheap for a stroker parts only kit... since u own a bmw u r most likely getting ripped off on the parts you bought.
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I would not say that is cheap for a stroker parts only kit... since u own a bmw u r most likely getting ripped off on the parts you bought.
You do not get ripped off because of it being a BMW, parts for our cars are more expensive because of limited volume. Parts for a domestic car can be cheaper because of the volume they can sell.

The S65 is only in an M3 but a GM LS for example is in almost every GM vehicle under the sun....... of course our parts will cost more.
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So I guess the custom billet cranks, rods and pistons I order for my race engines is not low volume... I really do not care to argue but when someone says "the pistons and rods are not carrillo and mahle", does not mean whatever is being used is shit. Just because thats what ESS uses in their built engines doesnt mean its the best thing on the planet and the only thing you can run. I run carrillo rods in my engines but there are many equivalent alternatives out there.
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So I guess the custom billet cranks, rods and pistons I order for my race engines is not low volume... I really do not care to argue but when someone says "the pistons and rods are not carrillo and mahle", does not mean whatever is being used is shit. Just because thats what ESS uses in their built engines doesnt mean its the best thing on the planet and the only thing you can run. I run carrillo rods in my engines but there are many equivalent alternatives out there.
Agree - carrillo and mahle are not gold standards
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So I guess the custom billet cranks, rods and pistons I order for my race engines is not low volume
Depends what you have for a race engine?
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84 x 92.0 = 4.46L
84 x 92.5 = 4.52L
84 x 93.0 = 4.56L
84 x 94.0 = 4.66L

$9k seems way too cheap. Pictures show rods aren't Carrillo, and pistons aren't Mahle. You get what you pay for !
That's not cheap actually. Others have overpriced kits. A good piston is a good piston, it can be made in by big names or unknown companies. And from what it looks like, PPM actually makes high quality stuff.

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You do not get ripped off because of it being a BMW, parts for our cars are more expensive because of limited volume. Parts for a domestic car can be cheaper because of the volume they can sell.
We do. Check out the SC kits for our cars. High output versions cost more even though they share hardware with lesser versions (minus injectors and pully). So why there is a big price difference between these versions?
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Just because thats what ESS uses in their built engines doesnt mean its the best thing on the planet and the only thing you can run.
It has nothing to do with ESS and everything to do with the Alusil block. The Mahle pistons I'm talking about (and used by Dinan, ESS, and RD-Sport) are manufactured to be compatible with the Alusil block. Not sure if these are...but highly doubt it.For a race car that is rebuilt after every few races, these pistons might not matter. But for a street-car stroker...it probably does.
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Agree - carrillo and mahle are not gold standards
I'll take your word for it,So basically you know better than the BMW engineers that did all the R&D and chose Mahle over other pistons ?
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That's not cheap actually. Others have overpriced kits. A good piston is a good piston, it can be made in by big names or unknown companies. And from what it looks like, PPM actually makes high quality stuff.
When i decided to build a VT3.It took me 3 months to figure what brand i'm going with for pistons. At the end i decided to go with Mahle,the cost was much higher than other brands. Almost double but i wanted it done right.
Haven't found another company that can match the behavior of the Mahle piston,also compatibility with the Alusil cylinder walls.
Now if i would sleeve my block and ditch the Alusil,yea i can go for any reputable piston brand i want. Nothing beats Mahle IMO in the S65 unless proven wrong.
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This! I'd stay far away from this.
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Sounds good but either way your going to spend good money. I'll keep saving up for one of the other stroker builds.
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Being that this is a engine that is not on every street corner I would choose what is known to work, if the mahle pistons and carrillo rods work thats what I would use. Now is mahle and carrillo the best, ABSOLUTELY not. Mahle is mediocre and carrillo really are not high end anymore. No high spec race engines use carrillo anymore. Period.
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Being that this is a engine that is not on every street corner I would choose what is known to work, if the mahle pistons and carrillo rods work thats what I would use. Now is mahle and carrillo the best, ABSOLUTELY not. Mahle is mediocre and carrillo really are not high end anymore. No high spec race engines use carrillo anymore. Period.

yea really... people act like they are reinventing the wheel here by just adding a modified piston to lower compression and replacing some components with higher strength ones.

Now if we were building some custom 9300++ RPM S65(The higher the better for me ) and really started modifying the drivetrain I could justify high costs and would buy one. For what those people are payin for stroker engines and built LC engines and what they are getting out of it is disappointing in my eyes. To each their own.
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When i decided to build a VT3.It took me 3 months to figure what brand i'm going with for pistons. At the end i decided to go with Mahle,the cost was much higher than other brands. Almost double but i wanted it done right.
Haven't found another company that can match the behavior of the Mahle piston,also compatibility with the Alusil cylinder walls.
Now if i would sleeve my block and ditch the Alusil,yea i can go for any reputable piston brand i want. Nothing beats Mahle IMO in the S65 unless proven wrong.
I hear you loud and clear. Going with the best is the way to go and you definitely went with the best. However, my point is Mahle, CP, Wiesco etc... are just names. Some buy products because of their names, some buy products because of the products themselves. Most of the times great products come from great names at great cost. But sometimes you see massively overpriced items from big names and yet you notice people buy them just because when they compare the overpriced-item A to the overpriced-item B and C on the market, they found the price is nice and competitive. In this case i believe Dinan and RD Sport are just selling their kits mostly because of their names not because of the value of the kit; And when we find a reasonably priced kit like this PPM kit, it makes us believe that something must be wrong with it because it's too cheap and nothing is cheap unless something fishy is going on with it. The fact is, it isn't cheap. Others are overpriced.

As for the alusil block, Honestly i don't know what's the deal is with the Alusil block and what's the right piston for it. But the S62 has been around for sometimes and it seems it's doing good with aftermarket pistons. Wish we had more S62 specialists in here.
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I hear you loud and clear. Going with the best is the way to go and you definitely went with the best. However, my point is Mahle, CP, Wiesco etc... are just names. Some buy products because of their names, some buy products because of the products themselves. Most of the times great products come from great names at great cost. But sometimes you see massively overpriced items from big names and yet you notice people buy them just because when they compare the overpriced-item A to the overpriced-item B and C on the market, they found the price is nice and competitive. In this case i believe Dinan and RD Sport are just selling their kits mostly because of their names not because of the value of the kit; And when we find a reasonably priced kit like this PPM kit, it makes us believe that something must be wrong with it because it's too cheap and nothing is cheap unless something fishy is going on with it. The fact is, it isn't cheap. Others are overpriced.

As for the alusil block, Honestly i don't know what's the deal is with the Alusil block and what's the right piston for it. But the S62 has been around for sometimes and it seems it's doing good with aftermarket pistons. Wish we had more S62 specialists in here.
While I'm all for getting parts cheaper and avoiding the dreaded M tax, unknown parts will likely bring unknown problems. I wouldn't trust a part that I don't know the specifics about. Since PPM likely does not manufacture a single product they are offering in this kit, I wanna know who makes them and what the specs are. *EDIT* According to their website, "Pure Performance Motorsport has built a reputation as one of the leading manufactures of connecting rods for high performance engines. Our rods are a precision, high strength, quality piece. We have a growing number of satisfied clients who have engines putting down serious numbers!" I have still never heard of them.

In this case, being cheaper isn't really better until all the facts are out there.

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From what i read, it sounds like img did his research and was open to options and learned a few things that made him feel it was best for his M3 to be paired with Carrillo and Maehle. If I was considering such mods, I would be asking img to gain whatever knowledge i could since he has spent a lot of time making decisions beyond price of parts and names of manufacturers.

Just my two cents...
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