Evo 9 power upgrade

[thornton]

Hi, fairly new to the evo scene as my last cars have been 106 gtis and saxos lol
Bought my evo of a mate who had it tumed to 404bhp,
It started as a fq340 and as far as im aware its had a decat, 3port solenoid, air filter and a live map on rolling road.
Is 400bhp the max you can run on a standard engine?
Thanks

 

[Billy MR]

Yes you would need bigger turbo injectors a rod job to be in the safe side
I have a 8 MR which is over 400 and I can't see why you would want more than 400 on a road going car

 

[thornton]

I dont atm, im just curious incase i get abit bored of it thats all. You can never have enough ponys
But is 400 safe for me to run as it is now?

 

[Billy MR]

Yes I would keep that as that, after that you will be needing clutches and the 6 speed box is getting weaker some last some don't

 

[thornton]

Ah wey thanks for advice dude

 

[Billy MR]

No problem

 

[yates]

Was it a throttle bodied dimma 106?

 

[thornton]

No mate iv still got the 106 its currently on jenvey itb's but no dimma kit

 

[yates]

Was it on dimma? I used to have itb saxo s4xo d

 

[thornton]

No iv built it myself. Its a bianca white gti with cage and bucket seats.

 

[yates]

Sure il know it if you were on other forums.

 

[thornton]

Was on saxp but never had any progress threads. Still finishing it of now but this evo is sucking all my money up lol

 

[yates]

I just recognise the username mate. Yeah tell me about it, I keep buying little bits here and there, add up tho! Evo tune next week for power run

 

[thornton]

Sweeeet am down there tomorrow me mates putting his m5 on and a rs6

 

[Dirtmatt]

All depends on your luck over 400bhp on stock internals and clearly how you drive. You could run over 400bhp on stock and be fine.. Many do but forging is the way to go. Rod job isn't advised on a 9 due to the difference in pins for the pistons. And dent will equal dead engine.

 

[invisible]

All depends on your luck over 400bhp on stock internals and clearly how you drive. You could run over 400bhp on stock and be fine.. Many do but forging is the way to go. Rod job isn't advised on a 9 due to the difference in pins for the pistons. And dent will equal dead engine.

Wasnt aware of isue with a rod job on 9's?

Agree with everyone though, 400/400 is about right on standard internals, you can push it a little more without serious upgrades I wouldnt recommend.

On standard internals;
- Induction kit
- Full 3inch exhaust system (with decat)
- Fuel pump - most comon 450 Walbro
- 3 port solenoid to hold extra boost (although I would upgrade to an Electronic Boost Controller as they typically come with uprated solenoid and have more flexibility with map.
- remap

Think thats it
- You could upgrade the exhaust manifold to a decent aftermarket tubualr one but standard is fine for 400/400. Alternatively have it polished and ported for now
- An aftermarket turbo elbow may help too for extra air flow.

After that I'd look at clutch and flywheel upgrade before doing internals.

Handling mods go without saying to best get use of power too

 

[Dirtmatt]

Well rod job on anything other than a x had the potential to fail but long as its mapped well it should be fine. I have considered it as running over 400bhp so looked into the pros and cons of having it done..All depends who you ask really. Some will say its worth it and others say to just forge.