24-01-2013, 11:27 PM
I have a 52, not the bigger 56. My gov is shimmed a fair bit. Get's to roughly ( I have no rev counter) 4k, and starts tailing off.
IMO, don't go spending a fortune on internals, it's a huge money pit. Just get a big turbo etc, rag it until it blows, then get another engine for £100. Or do what I have done, get a mid sized turbo, and make the sort of power you can properly use on the road, on the tight twisty roads. I am more interested in having fun with pump tuning on an engine that should theoretically last a little longer than one with a td04 running 35psi.
If I spent a few grand building the ultimate engine, I don't think I could then go out and thrash the hell out of it, because in the back of my mind I would be thinking that if it blows, all that money has gone to waste.
IMO, don't go spending a fortune on internals, it's a huge money pit. Just get a big turbo etc, rag it until it blows, then get another engine for £100. Or do what I have done, get a mid sized turbo, and make the sort of power you can properly use on the road, on the tight twisty roads. I am more interested in having fun with pump tuning on an engine that should theoretically last a little longer than one with a td04 running 35psi.
If I spent a few grand building the ultimate engine, I don't think I could then go out and thrash the hell out of it, because in the back of my mind I would be thinking that if it blows, all that money has gone to waste.