Ian 1.6 does not generate torque and this rod breaking stress like 99 and up 1.8
I am confident into 18psi on stock 1.6 w/t28 maximized on e85 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Ian McCloghrie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 27, 2010 [email protected] wrote: >> My question is what are the safe limits of boost and ignition advance >> one can run when there's enough octane to not knock? When do the rods >> and/or pistons give up on the stock 1.6l? > > The general feeling seems to be that once you start exceeding 250 rwhp > (at stock rev limit) you should worry about the life of your rods. > > Not sure about pistons -- most failures of those that I've seen on the > net seem to be head/detonation-related, rather than power. > > --Ian > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
