Just kidding about the too many questions. Can't happen as I am the king of questions.

 

the only way to get the redline higher than 6500 is to use a full stand alone. the aem ems is due to be released soon, and i believe that the dtech has been adapted on a few cars, but that's about it. a full stand alone is pretty pricey (1k+) and should only be used by someone that really knows what they are doing. it's very easy to screw them up. until base maps are availible i would stay clear of them......unless of course you know a tech from aem or something!

 

kind of what I suspected....

 

450whp. Any more than that and it will eventually fail. I ran about 2 dozen passes down the 1/4 at about 485whp and eventually shattered the #1 piston. When we pulled the engine apart, every rod was bent and 2 of the 3 remaining pistons had broken ring lands.

Stage 1 seems to work well. Some people have had issues w/ the S2 computer and big turbo applications.

That rebuild kit is fine. Probably will support well over 650whp.

I haven't heard of anyone pushing them to their limits, but I would imagine somewhere in the neighborhood of 700whp or so.


If you're planning on running 600+ whp, then I would suggest getting the DCR crankshaft and crank-straps.