400BHP on a top mount?
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Seller reckons top mounts are good for 500bhp as well!![Lol](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/lol.gif)
Shame because it looks like a motor. I just wish people wouldn't bullsh*t about the power.
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Seller reckons top mounts are good for 500bhp as well!
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Shame because it looks like a motor. I just wish people wouldn't bullsh*t about the power.
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I am looking for a nice classic again so I sent him a message asking if the power is more likely to be around 330-340bhp (what I understand to be the limit of the classic top mount). He responded saying that he has seen many imprezas running 500bhp on standard top mounts.
He also said it was running a SC40 TD18G turbo.
Aren't these two completely different units?![Ponder2](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/ponder2.gif)
At that point I decided to look elsewhere.
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Aren't these two completely different units?
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At that point I decided to look elsewhere.
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You would get close to 400 on an newage STi top mount, but not on that.
As above, standard airbox would be the limiting factor before you started to worry the IC anyway.
Does appear to be in decent condition for its age though.
As above, standard airbox would be the limiting factor before you started to worry the IC anyway.
Does appear to be in decent condition for its age though.
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you'll get 400 on a hawker sti top mount
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but temps will be very high
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I believe the Classic inlet is more restrictive than the Newage set-up and that is what would contribute to any limitations on airflow and ultimate BHP attained.
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The effectiveness of the OE intercoolers varies throughout the years. The early 93-96 slanty type will limit power to around 310 bhp whilst the 99-00 can run to around 330 bhp. The STI MY01 onwards is capable of over 450bhp with an appropriately sized turbo
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Yeah the stock TMICs aren't good for over 350WHP better yet nothing over 22 psi from a turbo either.. If the design was a bit more strong like welded end tanks it would hold up to higher psi turbos.
I was coming in here unsure of the actual topic since I am pushing 380 WHP on an Extreme Turbo Systems TMIC and I need more fuel to get my setup to 450 WHP which will just about max out the turbo I'm running.
You can get 600+WHP out of a TMIC if you run meth injection to keep temps down.
I was coming in here unsure of the actual topic since I am pushing 380 WHP on an Extreme Turbo Systems TMIC and I need more fuel to get my setup to 450 WHP which will just about max out the turbo I'm running.
You can get 600+WHP out of a TMIC if you run meth injection to keep temps down.
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So how that chap reckons a '96 classic manages 400bhp with that tiddler of an intercooler is quite beyond me!
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If you had a big enough meths tank in the boot and a large enough injection system, in theory you could get 1000bhp with no intercooler at all ..... but its not exactly practical is it!