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Originally Posted by svandamme View Post
i'm confused.. short stroking AND turbo'ing an engine? why?
short stroking is good to make it a revvy engine.. But then boosting it?? on such an old design?
with a 915 tranny???

He was going to blow that thing up one way or another..


Short-stroking is actually good if you want to make less torque but still have the power. So there is no problem with revvy turbo engine as long as you know what you are doing.

Remember: other than thermal limit (mitigated with oil cooler), gearbox does not really feel power...it is torque limited. You can break it with 100hp turbodiesel or live all day long with highly strung 300hp N/A engine spinning 8000 RPM.

This guy found the limit. And on stock 915, that limit is pretty low.
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