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Originally Posted by kannibul
Yeah, but if you can get 500WHP out of a turbo kit (they're coming out, some are already) - with the stock pistons...I doubt you'd get much more by swapping to a lower compression and increasing the boost pressure. I mean, swapping pistons won't get you to the 1000WHP range. $1100 or whatever for the pistons themselves, Probably around $1-1.5K to have them installed, plus a good chunk of money for a turbo designed around them and their lower compression...vs getting a turbo designed for the stock motor.
hmm.
Then there's the block limitations...
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anyone can claim the turbo is designed around a stock engine, but the fact of the matter is that no matter how strong a stock block may be, it's still a risk turbocharging (or supercharging) a car that was never designed for boost in the first place. Doing a built motor (aftermarket forged pistons and rods) goes a long way towards mitigating that risk.