Quick question
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andyholl
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Roughly what power could the 2.5 engine take without having to rework the internals?

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E30BeemerLad
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unless you are going for forced induction, you will have to alter the internals to crack the 200bhp figure on a N/A engine. There's a few turbo'd beasts and a supercharged beastie on the zone, i don't know if any of them have been on a rolling road yet, but they must be in the 250bhp area and i think they are on standard internals but I may be wrong
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andyholl
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yeah I'm talking about a turbo'd engine

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Ant
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the stock M20 when in good condition will normally survivve 15 or so psi before something lets go, some guys in the US are runing a lot more with just uprated head bolts too
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Turbo-Brown
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Broadly speaking, it's less stressful to make more power with forced induction than it is with N/A 
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andyholl
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it's just because I have a friend who can source me lots of cheap parts, one of which being a turbo capable of 600bhp+
Obviously nott gonna bolt that straight on but was just wondering how much work would be needed for it
He's in the process of building a 1100rwhp Supra
Obviously nott gonna bolt that straight on but was just wondering how much work would be needed for it
He's in the process of building a 1100rwhp Supra

