Whats it like living with 500hp?

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23 June 2018, 04:45 AM

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432/400 mate

heard the 42 is fantastic on the 2.5 but will run out of puff at 420bhp ~, yet the 46 is suited to the 2.5 and will offer more power and I doubt you would see little difference in spool.

Disagree with the lag, the billet I had (same turbo) on the 2.1 was great (running with headers), so I'd imagine it would be much better on the 2,35 and 2.5.

Rob, I came from an 18g, to the s206, are you seriously telling me there’s not a major lag difference?

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23 June 2018, 08:32 AM

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Rob, I came from an 18g, to the s206, are you seriously telling me there’s not a major lag difference?

Of course the 18g is going to spool earlier than a larger turbo, but certainly not late unless it been set up and supported wrongly. However I would doubt "anyone" would have run an 18g on a 2.5 so it's hardly a commission.

The S206 billet on my 2.1 I ran spooled well, and it certainly wasn't laggy at all. As for scary, no it wasn't, the boost came in progressively (supported by apexi) and at no point did I find it a handful. I've had my fair share of cars and I have to say the 2.1 S206 combination was the best until now.

Now running a 2.5 MD321V twin scroll with RCM headers, which I would guess probably gets on full boost before a standard hatch! Proof is in the pudding, let's see how I get on at TOTB 😎