Hi -
I'm quite the tinkerer, and would probably tinker myself out of a car if given the chance. I thought it would be wise to ask - given that my 235 is my daily driver as well as my happy-fun-time car - what sort of things should realistically be avoided? I've read our engines are good up to around 380/400 hp, and then things start to have trouble long term. I've seen cars dyno well over that level as well...
I've done the JB4 (map2 is fun!), I did the charge pipe this last weekend because I worried about the stock pipe splitting one day (working on a DIY post for that actually). I'd like to do a down pipe as well - I can't see that really breaking anything but emissions law - but is there a limit where you'd recommend backing off? Are there mods that bridge the car more into the track car where it only has to be reliable for half a day and then it's back in for maintenance? Pure Turbo replacements? I love having a car where I can actually tinker with things, and it's a lot of fun (and somewhat frustrating.. garage floors suck!!), but I do need to keep the car as reliable as I can within reason.
Forgive my somewhat noob thread.. I'm really just curious! We're a two car family, but as any of you know it's not so easy to carpool all the time when your car breaks down.
I know the N55 is generally a great proven engine - which is part of why I own this car, but... What systems of the car/engine actually break down over time at higher power levels? About what is that level? What mods (or lack thereof) tend to speed that up?
I'm quite the tinkerer, and would probably tinker myself out of a car if given the chance. I thought it would be wise to ask - given that my 235 is my daily driver as well as my happy-fun-time car - what sort of things should realistically be avoided? I've read our engines are good up to around 380/400 hp, and then things start to have trouble long term. I've seen cars dyno well over that level as well...
I've done the JB4 (map2 is fun!), I did the charge pipe this last weekend because I worried about the stock pipe splitting one day (working on a DIY post for that actually). I'd like to do a down pipe as well - I can't see that really breaking anything but emissions law - but is there a limit where you'd recommend backing off? Are there mods that bridge the car more into the track car where it only has to be reliable for half a day and then it's back in for maintenance? Pure Turbo replacements? I love having a car where I can actually tinker with things, and it's a lot of fun (and somewhat frustrating.. garage floors suck!!), but I do need to keep the car as reliable as I can within reason.
Forgive my somewhat noob thread.. I'm really just curious! We're a two car family, but as any of you know it's not so easy to carpool all the time when your car breaks down.
I know the N55 is generally a great proven engine - which is part of why I own this car, but... What systems of the car/engine actually break down over time at higher power levels? About what is that level? What mods (or lack thereof) tend to speed that up?
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