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Old 27-11-2006, 23:41
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Originally Posted by smoker
that thing looks huge ,sorry if this has been covered before but are forged pistons, stronger rods always needed with these turbo's or is the std. ca18et short motor ok?
My T25 gives me all the boost I need but i wonder how much more it would take before things started breaking/melting

I've stripped an ET bottom end completely for the first time recently and the rods are really puny, the pistons seem to be made of cheese too. IMO the simple upgrade to DET rods and pistons is well worthwhile as they are proven to over 300bhp
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