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Hi guys, how many of us have seriously stuck with an RB20 to get the most power out of them.

I have an RB20 N/A engine which I'm turbocharging. Now without spending big bucks on the bottom end with wanky rods and pistons, I'm going to play with all the engines systems to get them flowing at maximum and protecting the rotating assemblies. It should be fairly well tunned with an Autronic SMC attached, so how much boost will they handle before you bend a rod or fry a piston.

Keeping in mind that I'll be keeping it away from detonation.

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Turbine

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Have just had my RB20 DE+T tuned today is running GTR injectors and pump FMIC T04 with 63 rear housing running 14psi no problems apart from the RB20 AFM run out of tuning resolution. Going to change to Z32 and go for a re tune. Currently on 270rwhp was up around 305 but way too lean to survive.

Cheers

Craig

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