What will a 1.8t with rods take (boost and power)

Anyone have any experiance with high boost/power levels and S3 (apy) engines with uprated rods.

i'm about to put a t25 gt2871r in my golf and would like to know how much i can wind it up before the pistons and valves go bang

 

the car i got my hybrid turbo from made over 400hp with a set of scat rods

 

plus theres a guy on vortex with a GT35 on a stock engine and stock clutch running over 500hp, wont last long though but funny

 

Standard engine squeaky bum time is around 300 lb-ft of torque. Anything more than that and rods start bending/snapping.

If you're uprating internals, no idea. Badger5 on here regularly runs 500+bhp with a bigger turbo.

 

rods are the weak point hence the uprated items but there must be a limit to what the pistons will take?

 

as long as you don't under fuel you'll be ok for 300+ bhp

my engine that i bought was running 350bhp stock internals

 

Just a thought - valves are next to go after rods I think. Depending on your plans, it may be worth checking the limits on these.

 

a friend of mine has a s3 which has the full mtm conversion engine and internals totaly standard and its been running 360bhp for the last 60000miles no problems.and the cars been to the ring the yoke gets driven hard.boost peeks at 1.8bar

 

what........ very quickly after them just before the pistons mash themselves up too

 

all down to how lucky you are feeling.
rods and valves... 1.8t's weakness when pushing higher power

 

I had 320bhp when I bent rod number 1(I was giving it some though). Don't take any risks if you can afford it. I now have pauter rods, one piece valves and JE pistons - just to be safe.

 

Darren. Can you read your PM's or drop me a line. Could do with a bit of advice from you.

Cheers!

 

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