Nope
Mine is at 420
Torque kills the motors not power (aswell as a poor map)
If torque kills the motor why do people like Abbey quote 400bhp as the 'safe' benchmark?
Also, who knows what figures that this kit has been running, for how long?????
The fact the installers are claiming 437bhp, on standard internals, worries me............420bhp might be ok.....but for how long??? Not as long as sub 400 I'd estimate....
I think they quote the BHP as it relates to the torque and is a popular measurment people look at. The kit has been on since 07 and i have the power graphs, although they should always be taken with a pinch. I will get a leak down and full health check at some point, but the vacum reading is good, boost is very stable, sounds smooth on startup and the engine idles smooth, and sounds ok.
I agree that the more power added the shorter the life of the engine. But i had a Fiat coupe running 340bhp/300lbs and we had others running 380bhp/340lbs on standards for a long time (40,000 in mine) and people used to say standards on the coupe were only good for 300. But i have heard the 400 figure qouted alot as the safe figure for a TT zed.
However mapping (fueling/timing etc) and cooling is critical to these issues so its hard to be pinpoint accurate. 400bhp could be safer, but 350 is even safer, but 350 can let go if mapped poorly etc
Thanks for all the advice and welcomes guys, seems like a good forum