Safe BHP on classic 2000?
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Safe BHP on classic 2000?
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Question is, on a standard UK turbo 2000 (T reg 1999) classic engine what is a safe bhp on these internals? and gearbox?
Question is, on a standard UK turbo 2000 (T reg 1999) classic engine what is a safe bhp on these internals? and gearbox?
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On my 98 v4 uk i was running a nice 300+ but not sure what these v5 engines are like, if made of out chocolate etc.. If i can get stage 1 say around 300 without any problems that would be fine with me
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My gearbox went at 280ftlb, but was giving it death on the isle of man hahaha
Car then ran at 340bhp for about 5 years and 30k with a ppg gearbox and no engine issues till i sold it on and new owner wrote it off.
Car then ran at 340bhp for about 5 years and 30k with a ppg gearbox and no engine issues till i sold it on and new owner wrote it off.
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Please dont refer to uk classics as versions, only the STI's were versions, if you need to refer to engines pre 2001 then its phase 1 93-96 phase 1.5 97-98 and phase 2 99-00, this goes for all classic engines, none STI's are referred to as MY or model year
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Edit: Just realised this is an old thread, how did I even end up here?
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I think it all depends on how well you maintain your engine or it has been maintained previously. You see people blowing up engines that are low mileage and others running high power figures on engines with high miles! I viewed a lot of imprezas before I got mine and one was under 70k miles but ran like crap as it had bolt on bits...said it had been mapped but I could tell it had just been abused and was an engine catastrophe waiting to happen!
From experience of a S14a engine I ended up having a second rebuild due to the radiator giving up! Sometimes it ain't the engine that can fail you....its other shall we say weaker areas that can be costly! I would say make sure your bits are quality not cheap stuff...Get it fitted and mapped by a trustworthy place and if they know there stuff they will be able to see if pushing your car further will cause any damage and will abort if necessary !
From experience of a S14a engine I ended up having a second rebuild due to the radiator giving up! Sometimes it ain't the engine that can fail you....its other shall we say weaker areas that can be costly! I would say make sure your bits are quality not cheap stuff...Get it fitted and mapped by a trustworthy place and if they know there stuff they will be able to see if pushing your car further will cause any damage and will abort if necessary !
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