I think our CVT is going to surprise a lot of people with how much power it can hold. And I base this conclusion on absolutely nothing...

 

same here, I would not be surprised that it can handle 300 hp

 

"Advanced technology has made the CVT much more robust. Nissan has more than a million CVTs in service around the world and uses them in powerful cars such as the 255 horsepower Maxima, and says their long-term reliability is comparable to conventional transmissions"

from : http://cars.about.com/od/thingsyouneedtoknow/a/CVT.htm

So i think we can assume that 's CVT is as strong...

edit : AT LEAST as strong!

 

The question i'm asking is. At 152 hp, the difference between a stick and a CVT going at a constant 6000rpm is not that big. But with the turbo kit, are we manual guys gonna get destroyed by CVT's always at big power ? Freighten me a bit ;P

 

how much do u guys think we have to spend on the engine for it to be able to handle the turbo?

 

It's hard to say. It really depends on how much boost you want to run. With a small to moderate amount of boost, you shouldn't have to do anything at all to the engine. It's when you go from moderate to high that you need to consider pistons, rods, etc.

 

"prototyping" eh...? nice

 

If you buy the RRM kit, I'd bet money that you can be fine 100% stock. As NJ said, if you want to raise the boost, you'd want to look into mods (intake, exhaust, internals, etc).

 

All I want is a little more HP so a Kit with nothing more needed to get that sounds great to me!

 

i soo would but warranty man =/ at my dealership[ i was told that mitsu would release there own bolt on turbo that will be covered by there warranty. lets hope its not bs

 

Did you take a little bit of this after he told you?

 

ok what i said came out wrong. what i mean is that let's say something goes wrong with the CVT. the dealer under the magnuson-moss act must prove that the mods caused the damage right? well if you turbo the car and it ads like 50 ft lbs or whatever, the dealer has a pretty good case right there. EVEN if the turbo kit had NOTHING to do with it, i mean you'd almost have to go to court and prove that the CVT can take the additional torque to win the case. extreme example for sure but something similar it's bound to happen when the CVT is non-serviceable and expensive as f***! one look at the non factory turbo and there's gonna be a battle for warranty coverage...

let's all hope the CVT is strong for everyone's sake

 

i dunno about this. i mean the xtronic cvt was built with the VQ35 in mind. let's HOPE mitsu is that ambitious with its CVT.

 

And the VQ35 ain't the least powerful engine i know. About 270 HP and 250 LBS of torque to the crank I believe.

 

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