Quote: Originally Posted by Tex
350? if you can get 300 on a stocker, how can you not get that on a stage3 tuned? im afraid your mistaken reed. its all in the exhaust manifold. that is where the 3147 and all other aftermarket turbo mani's (and turbine housings) make all their power. with a bit of intelligent work on the manifold, and an equivalent tune (KEY WORDS THERE!!! stock s3 runs sub 10's afr wise) will net significantly better numbers than are currently floating around.
i understand your point and i was leading up to that. our a/r housing is the key to making more power than s3. s3 tuned can make about the same but on pump the egt's get higher than normal and knock count would definitely need to be monitored