300lb-ft on standard rods is the 'limit'? think again.
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Iam going to have to change my driving style as I have come from a civic type r and you could rag the life out of it and no problems what so ever guaranteed!!
How long you had your car with the stage 1 map
How long you had your car with the stage 1 map
They're getting on a bit now, I changed mine for safety. If you dont want to change rods, drive gently and not at full boost.
This car had the map on for 5 years. But even so it was still a 'gentle' map.
This car had the map on for 5 years. But even so it was still a 'gentle' map.
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Plenty of folk with significantly higher figures than that drive hard with no issues, but similarly there have been others with relatively modest maps who've had issues too, it is partly down to luck.
Just don't go flooring it in the middle or high gears from lowish RPM, feed the throttle in a little. These cars respond better like that anyway. It's also not just to do with peak torque figure (up to a point), as csd_19 says that's safe enough so long as it's not too low down the rev range. My Revo stage 1 boost and torque curves are not really any steeper than OEM, they just continue climbing for a bit longer as RPM increases. This makes it a bit easier on the hardware.
Just don't go flooring it in the middle or high gears from lowish RPM, feed the throttle in a little. These cars respond better like that anyway. It's also not just to do with peak torque figure (up to a point), as csd_19 says that's safe enough so long as it's not too low down the rev range. My Revo stage 1 boost and torque curves are not really any steeper than OEM, they just continue climbing for a bit longer as RPM increases. This makes it a bit easier on the hardware.
Ther is even std cars that have thrown rods, unlucky maybe?
as has been said previously you need to be gentle and not just floor it from the off everytime,
Ben
as has been said previously you need to be gentle and not just floor it from the off everytime,
Ben
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8bit Thanks for that. Thats why i like using this forum, good source of info and helpful guys.
So for e.g. like if iam in 3rd gear feed the throttle till about 3k and then slam the pedal down?
So for e.g. like if iam in 3rd gear feed the throttle till about 3k and then slam the pedal down?
Crank and pistons are as far as im aware but the rods are not! ive even been told before they are the same rods from as far back as the mk2/3 golfs !!
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