How Much Can A Rb20det Take?

[Draconis]

Okay, the below are a list of mods that will be in effect on my RB20DET. I am wondering as to exactly how much the RB20DET block can handle with stock internals before being unreliable and having serious issues.

RB20DET

Sliding Performance's top mount/high mount stainless turbo exhaust manifold

GT3071R

Tial 38mm wastegate set for about 11.603psi/0.8 bar

Plazmaman inlet plenum

FMIC

3" custom exhaust pipe, no cat, hks carbon ti muffler

Splitfire coilpacks

Nismo 555cc fuel injectors for rb20

Greddy Type S boost controller

Walbro 255 fuel pump

optional: cometic metal head gasket/arp studs

other: s13 VSLD 4.11 and custom one piece drive shaft

Will my car (S12) be able to produce approx. 300rwhp/223.88rwkw? Is this good for a couple dyno pulls only? Or is this good for daily? I do not drive hard, but I dont want my engine falling a part in a couple months. I am unable to find exactly how much power/abuse the RB20DET can take.

Thanks.

Edited April 9, 2007 by Draconis

[legend01]

Hi Draconis

About the easiest way for you to find the answer to this question would be to have a look in the forced induction section at the dyno graphs,or in same section the top rb20 club .there's about 64 pages of people who are making big hp with rb20's relyably its onpage 2 atm.

I was making over 280rwkw for 12 months on a stock bottom end check them out im sure you'll find the answers you want there

Cheers Peter

[Draconis]

Thanks... I read up to page 25 on that particular thread... I saw lots of high numbers so I assumed I could make the power I wanted... but what I am really looking for is how much until the stock bottom end wants to give... that was in addition.

[Draconis]

I'm also not using a PFC because none are available up here in the States anymore and as far as I am told, not really anywhere since they are not in production. So I am currently running stock ecu... trying to find a place here in the states to remap my ecu... but am thinking I'm gonna have to buy the unit/send my unit to Australia.

[Roy]

If the motor is in good health, its tuned well, you run good quality oil and keep the oil temp and coolant temp in check, you dont rev it harder then std rev limit, you dont run more then 16psi then there is no reason it wont be very reliable at that power level.

Why not run an AEM etc? Dont they make ecus for RB20?

[Angry]

then again ........ wheres the fun hitting standard limiter..... 9000rpm sounds better