I was more looking for confirmation to my assumption lol
Low 12s eh? That’s excellent.
We could only hope…haha but it would be cool to meet a few of you guys at once. The only guy I know is V8S4Ryan and he has dropped off the face of the planet…
I think it would be awesome for the B6/B7 community and JHM to have us run against each other with a very similar mod list other than the power adder.
yeah, Kenny was almost into the 11’s on the bottle with heavier than stock wheels
Anyone been on the New JHM site?
Where the hell was this shit 3 months ago?? I would have been half way to a built motor…
I am excited to see this stuff though, it can only mean one thing…something big may be coming
Well, the supercharger is finally on there!
if you only knew the extent of that motor builds program. Absolute nightmare for them. Cost then lots of money, time, energy, and a coupe of good customers. They kept you and others at a distance because they didn’t want to see that happen again.
Everyone wants to say " just drop in rods and pistons" but there are a bunch of problems with the motors that they want to address.
“just drop in rods and pistons”, the favorite refrain of morons like Clint at rai/audia4_2.0t, is tantamount to planting a nice tree in a toxic waste dump. Sure the tree looks nice there for about five minutes, but it is immediately dying, and before long it is gone.
good to see that finally ready, seems like we’ve been talking about a cylinder head program since 2009
what have they done there?
I find the price very reasonable, especially considering how small the 4.2bhf performance market is. Does anyone know if JHM did any testing with aftermarket cams with different duration or lift? I assume if they did they considered gains to be minimal leading to them reusing the stock cams on these built heads.
Jason said they tested cams and found the gains weren’t worth the sacrifice in smootheness. He didn’t think Audi owners would want a lumpy idle to pick a few whp.
This was a couple of years ago though, so maybe they have since changed their stance on that.
yeah I recall Jay saying that with the Schrick cams they would pick up a bit up top but the car would be a dog in the low/mid range and then would come alive at the very end of the power band. He thought you’d need to get the heads ported to get the full benefit of those cams.
I personally have always enjoyed a meaty, loping V8 at idle with a bit of snarl and bite, but then again, the Audi is certainly meant to be a bit more of a refined beast.
Maybe I’m not a typical Audi owner, but driving a 4door AWD sedan with a big lumpy idle would make my face hurt from smiling so much. I understand the thinking though and I was surprised to see there isn’t a port work option, but I’m sure like most things anything is possible if you have the cash flow.
Get all sorts of harder mounts (motor, tranny, rear diff, etc.) and get harder sub-frame bushings and you’ll get there 
I have everything you listed except subframe bushings…but I just don’t want the noise and feeling, that would be like buying a CO2 purge kit for your Hyundai Accent.
I have to say I like the way that JHM changed their website. It looks good. But I would wait until the built engine program comes out rather than tearing open the heads. Now it does make sense for euroswager since he had to replace valve stem seals. The engine does look good by the way euroswager.
Want to point out that JHM is slow to release stuff. I mean 034 Motorsport had one millimeter oversized valves made for the 40 valve 4.2s by Supertech Performance and a Valve Spring & Retainer Set added to their site on 8/3/2012. 034 also includes a set of 40 valve keepers with the oversized valves but JHM does not with their valve set. The Valve Spring & Retainer Set from JHM looks like the kit offered by 034 Motorsport too - I can’t be sure without asking but it looks very similar. JHM charges less for their valves, valve springs, and retainers than 034 Motorsport too.
034 Motorsport oversized valves for 4.2: http://www.034motorsport.com/engine-components-audi-v8-valve-set-oversized-audi-42l-40v-v8-p-22970.html
034 Motorsport valve spring and retainer set for 4.2: http://www.034motorsport.com/engine-components-audi-v8-valve-spring-retainer-set-audi-42l-40v-v8-p-22971.html
Supertech performance - place where 034 Motorsport gets their valves from: http://www.supertechperformance.com/ivalves.html?id=11
The responses to camshafts really surprises me. Along with euroswager, I would like a lumpier sounding 4.2 V8 with a nice exhaust. Not a fully cammed out V8 where it can barely idle but just a better sport cam since most of the power is past 4K rpms. Thus I have looked into getting Schrick cams and the only place that would order them for me was VAC Motorsports at $1,900. After hearing how much I quickly said no thanks because I would probably want to do timing stuff with camshaft adjusters, port/polish, valve stem seals, valves, valve springs and retainers plus other stuff and quickly get in deeper than I want to be without a built bottom end to handle the better top end. Keep in mind I like the nice 300+ torque line that we saw on Axel’s car is but more power past 4K rpms would be great with a built lower end to handle it.
Would you pay $1000-$2000 and a massive amount of labour (unless you DIY) for modest gains and that same lumpier idle? No? Me neither.
the torque on the nitrous is alot more intense and hits 1k rpm than when the blower really starts to take off. not to mention the cooling properties of spraying alone… i think the squeeze will edge out the blower slightly.
The TQ does hit hard and early with the Nitrous kit, I remember JHM detailing how they had to back off and make some adjustments of when it came in, for how long and at what rate.