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Old 05-06-2014, 09:29 AM   #2271
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hows it holding up? i was lead to believe the car has to high a compression to be reliable on more then 8/9 PSI. so that was my biggest concern with going forced air

crawford made a nice 450WHP build on their internals and a much lower compression
This motor is a freak. It was designed to be turbowed but lower compresion (FA20DIT on the new WRX), yet given high compression pistons and 8 fuel injectors. That combination is proving to be something unheard of.

I also thought 5-6 psi was going to be max... But with the added knock resistance provided by E85, its been holding up pretty good. That does not mean all motors are great and bullteproof, but the failure rate is very low.
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