I would personally go with the Hp800’s for my car. I feel as if I went with 600’s i would be running them on the ragged edge. Also is your car auto or manual? I ran consistent 7.3’s granny shifting with my last clutch with a little lower boost then I was running at the end.
I am manual. As you can see, there is a lot of room for improvement. I forgot to switch on DTC. I believe sub-7 is realistic even on 23psi. The log I am sending is at 23psi and nice timing, very slight pulls.
Is he running pump gas? Also hey your car is definitely making some steam for no ethanol.
Who would you recommend for head porting?
I'm thinking speedtech with a nice gen 2 garret for ultimate transient response, and quick spool.
VAC for N54 head porting or if you do the HP800s just get the N53 head ported and with the optimized/matched tuebofolds from Hydra. This is what I did.
If you don't mind me asking approximately how much did it end up costing in the end?
Uhh I think 7k in parts but I did a metric shitton of preventative maintenance as well. It's basically all new in there.
Are you running a ported head? Also, ill definitely consider a ported head, my cars parked till March anyways i have plenty of time to sit down consider options according to my goals.
Not yet ill end up porting a spare n54 head i have with .5 mm over size ferrea valvetrain and titanium retainers and ferrea valves. And do headstuds at the same time.Stock head revs out fine to 8k
Port polish matched then custom tuebofolds, turbos, cams, purchase of head and valve train itself. Note I also did ancillary stuff like inlets and outlets custom fit to the snails. Then replacing worn timing components, all new lines bolts gaskets seals mounts valve cover... It adds up FAST.
Most people don't understand that and still think a single turbo kit should cost 2.5k lol
Oh totally. 10-12 hours would take me over a month working every day though. Miss having free time to wrench.
