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Damn I guess I didn't make the list lol. Here it goes
1. Stock F22C Motor
3mm HG w/ARP studs
610whp/438tq @ 21 psi on E85 - 6262 Sidewinder Manifold
Blew the HG after a day
2. Stock F22C Motor
Stock HG w/ARP studs
549whp/379tq @ 15 psi on E85 - 6262 Sidewinder Manifold
Running strong
1. Stock F22C Motor
3mm HG w/ARP studs
610whp/438tq @ 21 psi on E85 - 6262 Sidewinder Manifold
Blew the HG after a day
2. Stock F22C Motor
Stock HG w/ARP studs
549whp/379tq @ 15 psi on E85 - 6262 Sidewinder Manifold
Running strong
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Currently on stock f22/ 9psi making 360whp - water/meth injection. Still using factory ecu/injectors with vafc. Running strong for aprox 2 years and 35k miles. Bounce off the 9k rev limit regularly throughout this time.
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: New Jersey
Car had 8k miles on it N/A
Boosted it at 9K miles my 3mm HG blew at 30K miles on it. Lasted 20K miles of boost. 519 whp 400 torque @ 18.5 psi. Every chance I get I take her to the track. First couple of years I use to beat the crap outta her. Nowadays I just take it easy. Race it only at the track.
Boosted it at 9K miles my 3mm HG blew at 30K miles on it. Lasted 20K miles of boost. 519 whp 400 torque @ 18.5 psi. Every chance I get I take her to the track. First couple of years I use to beat the crap outta her. Nowadays I just take it easy. Race it only at the track.
Joined: Apr 2003
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From: Cary, NC
I have a stock F20c with inline pro stage 1 kit making 370whp. Been boosted for 3 years and little over 10k miles. only problem I have now is some smoke coming from exhaust, I have a feeling its the turbo seals. Car still idles perfect and runs strong 
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Okay so here is my story I'm the only owner of this car and I drove the car without F/I about 40k or so. I drive it hard but I also do take really good care of it.
1st Setup:
F20c, Fully built head, Comptech S/C running a 7psi pulley. To be honest I don't remember the exact power range it wasn't much maybe 360hp or something. I had it for a little while I probably put about 20k on it with this kit but it wasn't enough for me so I sold it.
2nd Setup:
F20c, 3mm head gasket, Stock head bolts, Fully built head, Full Race 35R turbo kit. I was making 580whp/360tq @ 19psi on pump gas and the car was beastly. I drove it hard for about 4000 miles until the head gasket popped on me. Pulled the head off to find some scoring on the cylinders started to disassemble the engine to find my rings were disintegrating. So I started to do some research about bottom ends and while I was checking into the references of this one member who had an engine for sale. I stumble across another member whom had a 2.4 stroker for sale. This member is well known and has been on the board for years longer then me so I buy his engine instead. But then long story - short I get screwed on this engine, all four sleeves are either above or below the deck. So now I'm going to inlinePRO and have Jeremy Allen build me a block. I'll post up here when I have my next setup going and tuned to keep this updated.
This is a great idea btw I agree how we don't always want to advertise or admit our mistakes. But on the other hand it would be nice if we All could learn from each others mistakes
1st Setup:
F20c, Fully built head, Comptech S/C running a 7psi pulley. To be honest I don't remember the exact power range it wasn't much maybe 360hp or something. I had it for a little while I probably put about 20k on it with this kit but it wasn't enough for me so I sold it.
2nd Setup:
F20c, 3mm head gasket, Stock head bolts, Fully built head, Full Race 35R turbo kit. I was making 580whp/360tq @ 19psi on pump gas and the car was beastly. I drove it hard for about 4000 miles until the head gasket popped on me. Pulled the head off to find some scoring on the cylinders started to disassemble the engine to find my rings were disintegrating. So I started to do some research about bottom ends and while I was checking into the references of this one member who had an engine for sale. I stumble across another member whom had a 2.4 stroker for sale. This member is well known and has been on the board for years longer then me so I buy his engine instead. But then long story - short I get screwed on this engine, all four sleeves are either above or below the deck. So now I'm going to inlinePRO and have Jeremy Allen build me a block. I'll post up here when I have my next setup going and tuned to keep this updated.
This is a great idea btw I agree how we don't always want to advertise or admit our mistakes. But on the other hand it would be nice if we All could learn from each others mistakes