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Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:

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Originally posted by DemonSVT:

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Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:

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Definitely.

You don't get 400 horsepower by just a simple turbocharger.

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That all depends.

Certainly just bolting on a turbo can give 400 HP. That's an easy given.

However if the stock pistons & rods can handle it is another question altogether now. "To date" we know 330ish is safe with a good tune.
Eventually we'll know their "true" safe limits.

Still 330 wheels from a small V6 is impressive for OEM parts designed for general NA applications.

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Ok ok Master Demon.

You don't get 400 horsepower for very long by way of just a turbocharger.

I'll agree though. 330 at the wheels is damn impressive for a V6.

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Why not? Mine has been doing it for going on 10 months now on pump gas. I take that back, I detuned it to 315 wheels when I left.
330 wheels is pretty close to 400 HP at the crank. I'm very confident that with pump gas it will run 350 wheels all day long.
The part that you can be concerned with for the stopckl pistons is that they can sustain 330 Ft-lbs of torque on pump gas!!!
The rods can handle higher rpms, at least 8K. The turbo motor can actually reduce some of the stress of high-torque tensile loads that will break a rod if it were in a NA motor with the same load.
Will the pistons handle 400 wHP on pump gas and high rpm??? I don't know but I'm guessing it doesn't take 330 ft-lbs at 7000 rpm to make 400 wHP. IT is definitely possible.