what power are they good for before you need to pull them to bits for head work cams rods pistons ect thanks

 

bump

 

just a ball park figure but i would have though 300+ easily and circa 350. thats when I would suspect the rods need doing.

As for the rest of the stuff it depends. Headwork/cams can be done at any time you wish. But i would predict rods/pistons to be good for 350ish.

Stand to be corrected though

 

thanks pal.

 

I thought Rob @ SCC had his to 380ish on a standard bottom end... Might be wrong though!

 

engine is ok for 380bhp on std head, rods, pistons etc but you would need to change to bigger turbo, better intercooler, aftermarket ecu and mapping to get that far.

to get up to and past 400bhp you need to be looking at head work and cams for the extra bhp.

 

nice to know cos i got one for my rst

 

I've got one of the tuned SCC tuned FRS and mine is currently running 386bhp on a SCC spec gt28 turbo setup and custom Mike Gurney autronic sm4 ecu setup / map

However this power is right on the limit for the standard engines pistons rods, etc - to push past 400 safely you will need very good quality uprated pistons, rods as well as headwork, improved inlet manifold, etc - i would suggest Ian Howell for any headwork or custom inlet manifold - the bottom end however shouldnt require any work though - ideally cams should be uprated as part of the original batch of mods

 

I wasn't far off then.

So for high 300s and into the 400s its safe to say you need to think about changing pistons and rods for a safe and reliable tune.

 

Should be interesting m8

Get a GT28 turbo on it, proper management and you will have alot of power for little money