how hard is it to reach 210 hp to the wheels?

[tddelsol]

there is no magic safe boost # . it depends on driving habbits climate and in some cases dumb luck i cracked a stock intercooler pipe at 8 psi . others have blown there there motor at 7psi. and joe p ran 22psi for 2 weeks and had no problems.

 

[Slider]

I live in Minnesota and a couple I hit spark cut cuz it was so cold out with no aftermarket boost control it's completely stock. it was scary.

huh?

 

[Drumfreak]

huh?

Yeah I'm not kidding. I have the turbohoses hardpipe kit with a bov and that is why. The boost spikes to over 9 psi according to my boost gauge. But keep in mind this is in subzero weather. I have since put my stock pipes back on and I haven't hit spark cut since. And the boost reading never goes above 8.5 psi. And I have no aftermarket boost control. It's too fricking cold here.

 

[KySpeed]

We need more than 175whp to be anywhere near as fast as a WRX on the strip, though, can't get the power down as efficiently.

... I have 151whp. 160tq. and I pull on wrx's pretty hard. My friends wrx. 3inch up and downpipe and catback. no cats. Intake, recirc bov, and Intercooler sprayer made 180whp and runs 14 flats. from a 60mph roll i pull on him. He pulls hard 1st and 2nd gear on me though. He also has a clutch and flywheel too

 

[rocketspeed]

Are you saying those mods are on your car, or his?

 

[KyRaceFan]

Have you had the reflash on your ecu? Could I run 10.5 psi with that reflashed without other engine mods? If not 10.5 psi then how high? Sorry to bug you but just lookin for info. Thanks.

Emanage tuning is why he has more than 210whp at 10.5psi. My emanage is on the way.

Totally untuned, with a good FMIC, you can make 210. Add in emanage or the DSM afc, and you can make 240 reliably.

 

[Demonic-Speed]

Emanage tuning is why he has more than 210whp at 10.5psi. My emanage is on the way.

Totally untuned, with a good FMIC, you can make 210. Add in emanage or the DSM afc, and you can make 240 reliably.

But keep a couple grand in the bank for when your motor goes pop Just to be on the safe side.

 

[BinaryRotary]

The motor is alot stronger than you think. Leave the tuning to the professionals.

 

[jurgs01]

I want to put out 210 whp before I ever up the boost. I will dyno the car next summer without a BC and all the mods I have. It will be all bolts ons, port/polished and gasket matched IM/head/EM, and the MPI tuner. Then it's time to up the boost and put on a GT28rs.

 

[jeffmsp]

Totally untuned, with a good FMIC, you can make 210. Add in emanage or the DSM afc, and you can make 240 reliably

it will take a bit more than a fmic to make 210 whp, maybe flywheel hp

 

[CasopoliS]

Factory claims are crank HP not wheel HP.

Yes....and the Hp drop from crank to wheel is much more than 4.5%!

 

[jeffmsp]

around 18% with fwd cars isnt it? 20+ with AWD? going by the 175whp from a rex claimed earlier that would mean about 23% loss from the 227hp.