E85 Stock Turbo or FP Black?

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Nov 1, 2010 | 08:47 AM

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mlomker

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Originally Posted by twinturbogreg

I know Ryan Gates road raced with low 600's for a couple years on the stock motor

He ran an FP Red in the 400's for a year then the beta AMS kit in the 500's was where his motor blew. He never had 600whp on the stock block afaik.

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Originally Posted by Rnm

When you start to push over 400wtq on stock block is when I would worry a bit.

Agreed. I've seen them go with less. Your margin for error (tune, injectors, etc) gets thin.

I personally wouldn't worry about a stock turbo on E85. I just haven't seen many instances of engine failure on stock turbo.

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Nov 1, 2010 | 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mlomker

He ran an FP Red in the 400's for a year then the beta AMS kit in the 500's was where his motor blew. He never had 600whp on the stock block afaik.

Agreed. I've seen them go with less. Your margin for error (tune, injectors, etc) gets thin.

I personally wouldn't worry about a stock turbo on E85. I just haven't seen many instances of engine failure on stock turbo.

Just shortly after though perhaps