Quote: Originally Posted by
supermech21 
True...Some have "turned it up" just to max out the 50's and I have seen 515 ish is the max....but those were in controlled enviorments in which the temp was the same and so on. At that point in the tune simple degree change at the wrong hiccup in the tune will result in a $3000 fix...
What are we even argueing about? Karate Explosion
No arguement here, Nasty Nas just wants to beat people over the head with numbers he heard on the interwebz without looking at units of measurement. Yes 500-600 hp is def pushing it. "I thought" doesn't mean "doesn't know" I've seen people with stock turbo and engine blow up just cranking the boost to 21 psi.
Some people just want to spout numbers but still not acknowledge that i said 500-600 hp (measured at crank=~400-420 whp) NOT 500-600 WHP (as in TO THE WHEELS) which are totally different things given the 15%-18% drivetrain loss and some normal parasitic losses. RJ's shit was boss, even when the motor was almost totally stock and just about 500 hp @ the crank on pump.
Yes upon further research and all the threads i've read since i bought this car late in 2004 this car has been taking 500-600 hp AT THE CRANK with stock bottom end reliably for awhile. Doubters can just look at all the 400+ whp stock bottom (and even stock headed) cars out there.
The car that ran 221 mph in the salt flats was running 1000+hp with minor bottom end mods and stock crank.
how long would that last? who knows, make sure the chain is cut, assembly removed and billet oil gears, and not drive the balls off the car i can't see why you can't have 500hp all day long for awhile. Now the transmission is another thing...
Id still like to know what the efficiency range on this turbo is. If im not getting headwork done just yet i wanna know how it would behave at around 16-18 psi.
