The abominable VQ
Thought I'd share....132k miles on the OEM block, boosted 6 years and 70k on a used greddy kit. Finally threw it on a dyno after a rough street retune on the old UTEC. Still laying it down after all these years - net 443whp at 8.5psi on a DD set to comparison mode (dynojet numbers FWIW).
RPM scale is a little off since we had no RPM pickup and converted from roller speed, not sure if or how much it affected the final numbers but it feels about right -- it walks all over my 420whp G35.

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RPM scale is a little off since we had no RPM pickup and converted from roller speed, not sure if or how much it affected the final numbers but it feels about right -- it walks all over my 420whp G35.

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This is awesome man. I just dropped off my car at rt tuning for a greddy tt install on stock block with a utec tune. I'm excited to see what numbers they get. My car currently has 123k but still runs very strong. Do you have any oil consumption issues ?
It consumed oil starting when the kit was installed (it was a used kit) and gradually got worse over time. As of now it's around a qt per 500mi. I'm 99% sure it's the turbo seals blowing oil into the exhaust -- compression is good, empty catch can, dry lower plenum, and plugs look normal.
Last edited by djamps; May 28, 2014 at 06:06 PM.
It consumed oil starting when the kit was installed (it was a used kit) and gradually got worse over time. As of now it's around a qt per 500mi. I'm 99% sure it's the turbo seals blowing oil into the exhaust -- compression is good, empty catch can, dry lower plenum, and plugs look normal.
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No idea on shaft play, when I pulled the downpipes off I saw there's another pipe after the turbo the wastegate dumps into, so I couldn't get to the shaft easily. I'm assuming there's excessive play tho...
Plan is to ride dirty for a while longer, then rebuild turbos and engine at the same time... along with a DW400, bigger lines and rails, ID1000 injectors, and uprev instead of UTEC.
Plan is to ride dirty for a while longer, then rebuild turbos and engine at the same time... along with a DW400, bigger lines and rails, ID1000 injectors, and uprev instead of UTEC.
Last edited by djamps; May 30, 2014 at 09:18 AM.
No idea on shaft play, when I pulled the downpipes off I saw there's another pipe after the turbo the wastegate dumps into, so I couldn't get to the shaft easily. I'm assuming there's excessive play tho...
Plan is to ride dirty for a while longer, then rebuild turbos and engine at the same time... along with a DW400, bigger lines and rails, ID1000 injectors, and uprev instead of UTEC.
Plan is to ride dirty for a while longer, then rebuild turbos and engine at the same time... along with a DW400, bigger lines and rails, ID1000 injectors, and uprev instead of UTEC.
They didn't start my car yet and I still have a chance to change my mind! I don't know anymore
It consumed oil starting when the kit was installed (it was a used kit) and gradually got worse over time. As of now it's around a qt per 500mi. I'm 99% sure it's the turbo seals blowing oil into the exhaust -- compression is good, empty catch can, dry lower plenum, and plugs look normal.
UTEC will have spark blowout over 550whp or so without ignition system hacks (voltage boosters ect)...something to do with an incorrect dwell. since my goal is 600+ kind of ruled out UTEC.
By the way... Has anyone noticed that the Uprev site seems corrupted. Eveything I have on my PC for protection prohibits me from even going to there site.
Aweswome power at 8.5 psi. I'm so jealous, I wish I had that power !! I need to build my spare block !!
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