ıʌɐɾ said:
IMO Still bad for a 5.4 TT
An 03 ANNI made about 920HP before it blew up.i dont know the exact numbers.
Im sure Hellion94 can tell us more about this 03
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpSMlo7pN8
The car never "Blew Up." I'm sitting looking at it right now, in perfect running condition.
After the runs in that video, it pressurized the coolant system, we think by slightly separating the layers of the multi-layered steel gasket, as none of them were blown. We disassembled the engine O-ringed the heads and block and have never had an issue since.
The car had slightly bent this rod though:
That exact piston and an identical replacement rod from Manley went in, so the engine would still be considered stock. This was after the car had made numerous 1,000+ hp pulls, and after a couple hundred miles of street driving.
As for the power we made, we have always been very quick to tell people that the compound boost setup will NOT make more PEAK power than the turbo's alone. Even if you read the article Galimi wrote, he states in there that the mission was a ton of average power, and not a big number. The end result just happen to be that we got a big number. In fact we got a huge number out of it, and there was still a ton of tuning to be done. We could easily replicate that same number (1,188 rwhp) at 35-38 lbs. of boost knowing what we do today. In fact, as you can see in that video, we made 914 at 25 lbs. total, and that was only at 5,200 rpm, when the car started going lean. Run that same type of pull all the way out to 6,500 or 7,000 and that would have been over 1,000 easily, and all under 30 lbs. The kits have also made over 750 rwhp on pump gas at under 20 lbs. total. So they make good power.
Now, to compare what we did with what Evolution did is a little bit off a weird comparison. Like I said, we did an experiment to make a lot of average power, and did that. Evolution's goal has never really been big power numbers, but instead, fast track times, and they did that, while at the same time making large numbers. I give a lot of credit where credit is due to those guys. They are an awesome shop, and I have recommended them to customers. But keep in mind that this was a custom fabrication type deal, and there's a lot of leeway when you do a custom job with your own car vs. a kit intended for street use and the retention of factory accessories. I don't know off the top of my head what was kept/eliminated accessory wise on Evolution's kit, if it was anything, but it's something to consider.
They are also running 50 extra cubic inches of engine with larger heads than we were working with.
Their car is definitely very nice though, congrats to them.
