Whats a safe boost setting for a turbo'd NA engine that wont dramatically shorten engine life? (as in still get 100k+ out of it with 2k mile oil changes). Any experience in this area? Aaron Cake perhaps?

 

with the n/a rotors? I'd guess 7-8 psi tops, but I have no experience with such a setup....

 

7-8psi? i was guessing around this as well.. anyone else?

 

I read that aarons naturbo reach 10 psi with no problem, i think maybe i missread.

 

yeah, and a lot of people put the N/A rotors in their turbo motors when they do a rebuild. I think it depends on how often it sees boost. Yes, Aaron says his hits ten on almost a daily basis.

 

IIRC Aaron Cake ran 10psi just fine, maybe more.

When I go turbo or s/c (i will do one eventually, havent decided which yet) I've been thinking of running 10psi off of a fresh rebuild (broken in with no boosting) and see how that works.

 

does Aaron's car see 100K between rebuilds, though? that was a prerequisite, remember?

 

I dont think his car has ever been rebuilt up to the one he's doing now with the bridgeport.

 

Yeah I'm pretty sure as well that it wasn't ever rebuilt before that. If you want to go check it out it's in the faq.

 

i remember there is a 3rd gen running around 15psi with the N/A rotor
it's all about tuning

 

3rd gen? n/a motor at 15psi? what? Are you saying a 3rd gen put a 2nd gen n/a motor into it and turbo'd it? That doesn't make sense

 

Lol, he said rotor, not motor

 

sounds to me like he's saying a FD guy rebuilt his motor with N/A rotors, and is running 15psi.

 

Ah, I missed that whole rotor part... Oops.

Still, just because it has n/a rotors doesnt mean its the same as an n/a block. Im not surprised it was fine at 15psi just with n/a rotors.

 

Stock ECU?


-Ted