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Offline vag12

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BWA engine maximum power capacity
« on: April 13, 2015, 05:49:36 pm »
I was just wondering what power can the BWA engine handle safely from a k04 conversion? How would 370bhp and 390lbs of torque be? Would that be safe
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Re: BWA engine maximum power capacity
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2015, 05:53:08 pm »
Your really pushing it at that, only a question of how long it will hang on at that power, 320-330 would be a better bet for a bit of longevity IMO
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Re: BWA engine maximum power capacity
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 08:29:35 am »
Mine currently has 330 bhp and 400 lbs ft. There's defininitely a question mark over longevity but seems OK at the moment.

I don't drive it very hard. Not ALL of the time anyway.....
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Re: BWA engine maximum power capacity
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2015, 03:54:36 pm »
Quote from: john a on April 17, 2015, 08:29:35 am
Mine currently has 330 bhp and 400 lbs ft. There's defininitely a question mark over longevity but seems OK at the moment.

I don't drive it very hard. Not ALL of the time anyway.....

400 lbs ft   :surprised:......

Hope you've got some spare rods John  :signLOL:

Glad to hear that the Octy is running well  :happy2:
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BWA engine maximum power capacity
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2015, 05:02:11 pm »
There's definitely a kind of will it/won't it feeling coupled with conversations that go, "well they're supposed to go wrong with that much torque but I've never seen one yet...."
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Re: BWA engine maximum power capacity
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2015, 05:08:52 pm »
If / when it will let go, it's likely in a high gear with lots of load. That's when James killed his BWA  :sick:
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