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Originally Posted by Thraxz
I know you aren't calling bull**** on me are you? Of course you have to tune the engine to the redline. I'd like peak horsepower at 7000, torque peak at the 4000-5000 range with a 8k redline. My only issue is the turbo lag associated with small displacement and big turbo. If it wound up being a 7.5k redline with HP peak at 6750 and torque at 4500-5000 I wouldn't cry.
Who said anything about bull****? I just said the engine might be able to handle 8000 easily, but from an oem standpoint it would be pointless because the power curve will drop after 6000rpm due to the small turbo. The only "tuning" that will fix this is a larger turbo, a smallish turbo will be out of its efficiency range at that rpm.