42.5 Psi On Stock Evo Block And Internals!?!

[AJ]

There is a huge differance to pushing a setup to it's limits in terms of R&D and mixing a bunch of shit in a bowl and calling it a cake mix.

[niterydr]

Originally posted by me612@Feb 17 2004, 11:30 PM
I guess Mike from RRE must be an idiot too.  He pushed 400 at the wheels of his EVO.  When he hit that, he was readily willing to blow the motor.  He let the turbo boost untill it couldn't boost any higher.  He purely wanted to see what it could take.  And the motor took it, didn't break anything.  The HP number he hit was purely turbo limited.  They had the turbo on that thing maxed out.  Sometimes research costs some money.  It might sound insane to me and you, but to the people who have the money and the resources to take things to their limits for research, then it's worth it to them.
Hince what I was gettting at. Making a 'run' on an engine dyno is cool, to see if the turbo or whatever is choking off the system. But to continue to beat the car on the street afterwards is asking for it. My biggest beef is 'pump gas' and the 'motor' looked fine. BS! Whip out a microscope and check out the pistons, check the combustion chamber, check the headgasket, something must of gone. Hell if not, sign me up for an evo...i'll just unplug everything 'and let er buck' (sarcasm).
Research does take time and money, r&d and product designs (especially for one offs) take time and money, most people don't realize these problems and automatically assume everything is easy/cheap to build, bolt-on, or already pre-made. Pushing the boundaries is the entire reason imports are in the 7's, and unless they are continued to be pushed, the community will stop developing. (its late, hope that made sence).

[FattyBoomBatty]

well, i want to know the numbers on that turbo, because you say that PSI means nothing.. well.. not when you know cfm's too. if it's a big turbot and you have a ton of psi that can give you an idea of where they are on the "insane scale". know what i'm saying?

i want an evo still i don't care what people say.

[Mr Raced]

This is JDM

We're all little kids inside when it comes to cars...

If I had a bunch of money, and it wasn't my car, and NO one had tested the limits like that, I'da been the first to do it. Some one wanted it done, and they got it did. It's not smart, but neither is blowing up a bull frog with a fire cracker, or burning ants with a magnifying glass. Think of it like that, rather than ACTUALLY attempting to make a car run constant at that. Of course they're not going to do that. They're still in business, they must be doing something right...


:toast:

[dumb_ricer]

If they had a reason to do it, cool. If not, why the hell do it? Glad its not my car and time and money.

I fully plan on seeing how much power I can make on my neon on stock internals when it comes time that i have the money to go turbo. The reason for this is because *I* want to see what I can make compared to most of the other neon people on stock internals. Im guessing I can get into the low 300whp range without my piston cracking. When it does crack (on Pump) I will build the motor and baby the hell out of it keeping it in the high 200whp range until I have the money for it. I have no clue why i just typed that, but oh well.