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S3's on a small turbo
Who here runs s3's on a small turbo? I've been told there are even people running stock turbos with s3's making good power and not sacrificing having a meaty powerband. If this is the case why do people even bother with s2's?
Looking to pick up 75whp on a dyno with buschur dyno specs. On a maxed out gt3076R. The documentation on the s3 description however says you shouldn't even consider these cams unless you have a gt42... Since I plan to road race the car..... I'm worried. If there is another thread on this please link me. |
It is silly to say S3's wont work with anything really, and they do work really well on small stock upgrades or stock turbos. I have S3's in my car and Im running nowhere near a 42R, and no one does really haha.
People typically go with S2's because you dont really need to do any wild valvetrain upgrading |
I'm not sure what lifters my car has on it but i've already got the supertech dualsprings/retainers how much wilder would I have to get to do the s3's?
Since my turbo is able to pump out more boost but it doesn't increase any power... I'm just wondering what else might be a limiting factor. I'm getting 20psi @3900rpm now what would s3's be like in comparison to that? |
I know s3s on a fp green is a torque animal that can make 500 whp.
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s3's are good cams. But you would be wise to fully build your head to run them, esp at high rpm. And make sure your guides/valve tolerances are to spec if your head is ported.
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s3's are good cams. But you would be wise to fully build your head to run them, esp at high rpm. And make sure your guides/valve tolerances are to spec if your head is ported.
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I believe TSCOMP recently tuned a stock turbo VIII with S3's.
Check the dyno numbers section. |
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