Ahh, I just noticed on Vortex that they announced the new flash on Dec 8th.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Max hp for gti on stock internals?
- Thread starter ACE2
- Start date
Ahh, I just noticed on Vortex that they announced the new flash on Dec 8th.
Thanks for the heads up.
soto
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
What’s the current limit, 3 years later ? Most people agree 400 wtq is the limit but horsepower? 500 whp?
Does anyone know what the max horsepower would be while still keeping it pretty "reliable" I wanna push around 390- maybe 420hp. Im sitting at 330hp now. Im going to compression test and maybe boar scope my engine to find out how healthy it is. I cant break my daily 
victorofhavoc
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Kansas City
It's irrelevant, even at stock power it's unreliable because the water pump randomly failsDoes anyone know what the max horsepower would be while still keeping it pretty "reliable" I wanna push around 390- maybe 420hp. Im sitting at 330hp now. Im going to compression test and maybe boar scope my engine to find out how healthy it is. I cant break my daily
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Before I had my block built, I was at 528 whp and 434 wtq. Around 6 months later, the first thing that started to go were the piston rings in cylinders 1 & 4. Before it got to catastrophic levels, I built my block.Does anyone know what the max horsepower would be while still keeping it pretty "reliable" I wanna push around 390- maybe 420hp. Im sitting at 330hp now. Im going to compression test and maybe boar scope my engine to find out how healthy it is. I cant break my daily
victorofhavoc
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Kansas City
At those power levels were you just doing highway pulls?
I'm assuming not track use where you're spending 12-15 minutes at WOT at a time?
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Daily driver, highway pulls, and street drag racing.