Merry xmas everyone,
Might be the new owner of a 850 turbo saloon soon, and I was just wondering what the tuning options were, I have had a search it seems these engines are strong anoth to run to 300BHP standard . Which seems abit unusual because it runs at 225 BHP normally from what I have found out..
why is the engine designed to run far below what it is capable of ? I have also heard about Chipping these cars but I thort with turbos you just raise the boost ?. How much are these chips ? Or can I just get a stainless steel exhaust, good air filter and raise boost ? What sort of BHP could I expect doing just this and can anyone tell me the safe level for the boost is.
Another thing how the hell can this sort or power be managed with front wheel drive I have a 220 turbo at about 190 bhp which is interesting to handle at that power to say the least. Near 250 BHP must be very difficult indeed.
I was also hoping to carry out a compression test on the engine does anyone know what sort of PSI I should be looking at ? and if I am right in thinking there should be less then 10% difference in the cylinders?
Jason.
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