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Twin Turbo GT350 1143 RWHP - VIDEO INSIDE -
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15824030" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>Any engine (even cast and powdered metal components) can be made to produce a ton of power and torque. The issue is tolerance.</p><p></p><p>You can take a Kia and dump 20 psi onto it and make big numbers, as long as it's TUNED perfectly.</p><p></p><p>Where engines get nuked is all the variables in the equation. Bad batch of fuel, varying street conditions with loading, throttle position, gearing, etc.</p><p></p><p>The stresses seen on the rotating components grow exponentially with outlier load cycles. Meaning that just because something can be tuned to make a zillion ponies on a dyno in a controlled environment, doesn't mean it's suitable or robust enough to handle the inevitable variances you might encounter in daily driving or spirited street driving or harsh track duties.</p><p></p><p>I guess what I'm saying is it's kinda like how many people can you fit in a boat? Just because you can put 30 people in a 12' john boat sitting still on a pond, doesn't mean it's safe or recommended to tell everyone the capacity is 30 persons for many/most conditions the boat will see for typical use.</p><p></p><p>People get hung up on the amount of "boost" but it's really the torque created that's the bigger danger. Predetonation is always a bigger issue with higher compression engines, so the voodoo is already limited in how much boost you can safely run (with a given fuel), but in terms of power/torque, I would say the engine can handle a lot, but can it do it reliably on the street in varying conditions?</p><p></p><p>A stock transmission can handle quite a bit of power, if you baby it. If you're rev dumping it and power shifting it, even stock power levels are going to stress it beyond what it can handle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15824030, member: 188865"] Any engine (even cast and powdered metal components) can be made to produce a ton of power and torque. The issue is tolerance. You can take a Kia and dump 20 psi onto it and make big numbers, as long as it's TUNED perfectly. Where engines get nuked is all the variables in the equation. Bad batch of fuel, varying street conditions with loading, throttle position, gearing, etc. The stresses seen on the rotating components grow exponentially with outlier load cycles. Meaning that just because something can be tuned to make a zillion ponies on a dyno in a controlled environment, doesn't mean it's suitable or robust enough to handle the inevitable variances you might encounter in daily driving or spirited street driving or harsh track duties. I guess what I'm saying is it's kinda like how many people can you fit in a boat? Just because you can put 30 people in a 12' john boat sitting still on a pond, doesn't mean it's safe or recommended to tell everyone the capacity is 30 persons for many/most conditions the boat will see for typical use. People get hung up on the amount of "boost" but it's really the torque created that's the bigger danger. Predetonation is always a bigger issue with higher compression engines, so the voodoo is already limited in how much boost you can safely run (with a given fuel), but in terms of power/torque, I would say the engine can handle a lot, but can it do it reliably on the street in varying conditions? A stock transmission can handle quite a bit of power, if you baby it. If you're rev dumping it and power shifting it, even stock power levels are going to stress it beyond what it can handle. [/QUOTE]
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