Hitting 400whp

[dsmmichael]

Have a big 16g and noticed in the dyno thread that some dsm's have passed the 400hp mark with a 16g.


Currently I have:
Forged Pistons
Bored .020 over
272cams
evo 3 turbo w/ported exhaust housing (ported)
750cc fuel injectors
255fuel pump
Intercooler (stock supras all aluminum intercooler)
Eliminated Balance Shaft
Radiator is a 3 core aluminum radiator
Act 2100 Clutch
Crushed 1st gen BOV


The car still has not been tuned, nor dynod.

What would you recommend upgrading/doing to make help the car hit that 400hp goal.

 

[dexterholland04]

For a primarily street-driven car, the VRSF intercooler kit would work fine for you. I run the same kit on my 2g. When you compare it against the Punishment Racing kit (which I have also run on my car before the VRSF), it makes the PR core look tiny. Don't get me wrong, the PR kit is still a nice kit...but for the money I think the VRSF kit is much, much better (and larger). As far as having to do some light cutting, that's nothing. I ran an ETS street kit on the 1g AWD I had before this kit and you still have to do some cutting to get the short route piping to fit through the radiator core support. I plan on running my VRSF kit until I'm over the 550+ whp mark. At that point, I'll have Joe at Redjack Racing fabricate one for me that will work with the VRSF piping. I'll be interested in seeing how (what everyone calls a "real" core) stacks up to the VRSF "ebay" core.

 

[dsmmichael]

Your goals just seem tough to do. Especially on pump calis 91 piss gas. Even with meth injection, i dont think you will hit 400. Like others stated, its feasible but you are bound to break something. And it costs good money to buy good parts to work. Way for you to reach youre goals is purchase a bigger turbo. But to max the 16 out, youd be looking at around upper 300s, close to youre goal. You just have to make sure everything else can take it.

What turbo would you recommend? A precision turbo?