As long as you keep your A/F and EGTs in check, and don't go over the recommended amount of boost, you should be fine....unless your engine was in really bad shape to begin with.
I'm running 4psi right now, and the car feels like it was meant to come like this...you won't understand until you drive it.......when you race someone, and they pull ahead off the line, you no longer worry about getting beat...because as soon as the magic 3000rpm is reached, you start seeing them in the rear view.

sorry...got kind of sidetracked....

Anyway.... Stock GS-Ts run 10-12psi..somewhere around there, and that is with 8.5 compression and intercooled. My friend's TSi is running 17psi with a Big 16G on the stock intercooler and engine and hit a 13.8 the other night...and he's auto. There was also a turbo integra there that was talking some shit, and I wanted to be the one to shut him up...but I wasn't even going to go near that wastegate...its just a matter of self control.

Bottom line is, yes, there are people that are faster...there always will be. As long as you let those people stay faster than you when you have stock internals, and keep the damn boost dow , you will be fine. You should definitely always be prepared for the worst though. I always have a quart of Mobil 1 in my trunk, and a cell phone in case my car decides to spin a bearing on me.

Hell, some people are really lucky...look at Locke...he's been boosting for a few months now without any gauges and a leaking headgasket, and his car is still somehow holding together :p
(just bustin your balls Locke)

So either take the plunge and make your engine sing with pressurized air, or wait till you can afford the money for a rebuild. I figure by the time my engine is tired of working on stock internals, I will be able to afford new pistons and rods and the labor to get the build done.

By the way BB, sorry to hear about your misfortune...I hate seeing another 420a out of commisson. It looks like you are starting to come to terms with the problem, and aren't going to get sick to your stomach. Cause if you did get sick, I sure as hell wasn't gonna clean it up!




-Jeff
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