How to get big power from a t5

**smithson007** · Saturday 31st December 2011, 23:51

How much are you planning on spending to get to 500 bhp?

**daza-b** · Saturday 31st December 2011, 23:53

Originally Posted by smithson007

How much are you planning on spending to get to 500 bhp?

a fair bit lmao

**Redbrick** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 01:48

Mine is silver lol, running a 19T with 'T5D5 community custom mapping' making 378 before the map was tweaked again… feels like 400+ now. That'll do me for a while

**t5_monkey** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 01:54

T5D5

you mean a Marco MTE Map ?

**Redbrick** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 01:57

No! Been there done that.

T5D5 Home brew.

**smithy** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 10:13

Originally Posted by dazab

Right im going to start this thread as im planning on getting some big power from t5.
The things i have already found are:

Forged pistons, rods and arp bolts
arp head bolt set
Port & Polished head
possibly an R manifold
re bore to 82mm per piston and uprated cylinder sleeves
full turbo back s/s exhaust with universal sports cat
remap

things i am unsure on is:
Best turbo to use (bigger the better lol)
poss supercharger (unsure which to use to go well with a large turbo)
not sure if i could go awd or not for handling??
and other bits of mods to help with the plans

any advice is greatly appreciated and hope this thread will be useful to others

i have had a look at claymores thread for the supercharger mod but unsure how its plumbed in and goes with his turbo

you wont need uprated sleeves with 82mm pistons and get the s60r manifold best for flow ,sounds like its going to be some machine mate

**daza-b** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 11:40

Originally Posted by smithy

you wont need uprated sleeves with 82mm pistons and get the s60r manifold best for flow ,sounds like its going to be some machine mate

sorted there then lol and yes its gonna be a monster lol

**T5frankie** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 11:45

Originally Posted by smithy

you wont need uprated sleeves with 82mm pistons and get the s60r manifold best for flow ,sounds like its going to be some machine mate

looking at at least 3 grand for that work

**daza-b** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 11:47

Originally Posted by t5frankie

looking at at least 3 grand for that work

not as bad as i was expecting lol, im doing all the work myself so that will save some expenditure

**T5frankie** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 11:55

Originally Posted by dazab

not as bad as i was expecting lol, im doing all the work myself so that will save some expenditure

i meant in parts lol

**smithy** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 11:58

Originally Posted by dazab

sorted there then lol and yes its gonna be a monster lol

yes it will be a monster mate but you wont catch me in my 4 banger redblock lol

**mitchyboy01** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 14:16

Originally Posted by dazab

wouldnt a garrett turbo need a custom manifold?

No mate as long as it's a T3 flanged turbo. You would be better off swapping the manifold for a later ME7 exhaust mani as these flow more than the 850's. You will need water/coolant lines modded and downpipe modded. Easy enough though. Paid exhaust place £150, to cut my downpipe and remake with new flange and wideband sensor boss.

**smithy** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 16:02

the best manifold to get is the s60/70r manifold for best flow

**bigrotch** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 16:14

Glad to hear that Myne will be here Wednesday yumyum

**WOODY T5** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 16:33

so wot would u say is best a me7 ported one by tim williams or R manifold?

**jardon** · Sunday 1st January 2012, 16:44

My biggest tip would be speak to some folk who have neen north of 400bhp for a while - Tim Williams, Pyaap, Blackbeast, RT Mechanics. Andy makes a good point that with all supporting mods and the right map a 19t will get you 370+. 400+ requires the same supporting mods and a 2871 minimum with decent mapping. I would also look at Volvospeed and T5D5 as the pool of folk who have actually been as far as you want to go is small.