305 Rwkw To 400rwkw

[mercury rising]

Hey guys had my phoon for about 2 months now, previous owner of a BA xr6 turbo. I had my car Worked on by morpowa about 1 month ago.

The work they completed was,

Custom Tune

New Injectors

And also done a cat modification, all for $ 2,400

The result was 305rwkw, quite happy I must say.

Iam now looking at jumping to the 400rwkw mark, the question is though what modifications would be needed to achive this, and can a 400rwkw typhoon still be everday reliable?

Iam going to see them tommorow but thought any advice on here cant be bad.

Thanks guys.

Matt

[koppers]

Rather subjective, but:

Big cooler/piping + free flowing exhaust + turbo/gate modifications + boost + good tuner = 400rwkw

[mercury rising]

Thanks koppers,

The car is also A 6SPEED BFmk2, Would anyone quess as to how much, getting the 400kw mark would cost, also is the ZF6 alrite with 400rwkw

[RapidF6]

Couple of guys around here have had their ZF autos rebuilt in the high 300 rwkw range. They reckon that the auto is good for 350-380rwkw.

[Trough Lolly]

plenum, FULL exhaust & big dump, BIG cooler, no cat, 4' airbox, 12psi actuator, turbo flapper mod, bigger fuel pump & possibly surge tank, also turbo mods depending on how your tuner goes about things.

[bcl]

Pretty much as above, although I've run a 5" cat with my best runs.

I've got to the stage where I'd prefer the 130+ mph club rather than 400rwkw... the track doesn't lie (well... except for 1 person)

I've found that the ZF has held up pretty well.

Brian

[RIP85]

my bf typhoon made 368rwkw with pump injectors, rapid v 4.5 ported flapper actuator full Xforce exhaust and nizpro springs working on more upgrades at moment as I would like to achieve 400rwkw

[DesFlurane]

It can, of course, go pear shaped at those levels!

Be prepared to break/bend something. That something will not be cheap :-)

[hypnodoc]

Good advice DesFlurane, and then theres also the stopping and handling to be sorted out, not to mention most bits south of the transmission

[jimmy1234]

Have a look at the 400rwkw section and check peoples mod's, It's always a good point to start.

Also make sure you have a good tuner as you will be pushing the thing pretty hard at 400rwkw.

Be prepared to deal with gear box/drive line and engine drama. You may make 400 and never strike a problem but your chances of failure/breakage will increase, so just be prepared to deal with it if something goes wrong.

No point in having 400rwkw if it sits in you garage waiting for you to get some cash together to fix it.

Lastly 400 is just a number don't be disappointed if you fall short. It's easy start chasing dyno numbers and forget to have fun with the car.

Edited 17/03/09 11:04 PM by jimmy1234