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Originally Posted by Pete156
I did the exact same thing two years ago. Waited 8 months for the car, and when it arrived I already had amassed aftermarket wheels and tires, an armrest, new fluids, Coilovers, MC brace, LEDs, sharkfin, and brake lines and pads. People thought I was nuts. Most of those parts are still on the car, along with loads of others.
There's nothing wrong with preplanning.
As per engine reliability, I've had mine boosted @8psi with ~265whp for the last 15k miles. No issues. I'd break the engine in NA (first 1000 miles).
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Nothing wrong, yes... but:
your mods were mostly suspension and cosmetic. The question was regarding internal for boosted use.
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Originally Posted by Lumker
Thank you for the info. To be safe you think I should just wait a year and be happy with it NA for now? I'd be totally fine with it personally. I don't think I'll be hitting as much power as you though, more than likely I'll be sticking with the standard 75mm pulley. Its just an autocross/weekend play car. I was honestly just worried reliability wise because imagine how awkward it'd be to be that guy who wasn't sure if he should have upgraded the internals and ended up destroying the engine early on. Thanks for the info. If the car is a lemon its covered under the lemon laws hence more so why I should probably wait a year before tampering with the engine.
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If you aren't sure, you need to understand how warranty laws work before you get into modifying your car.
Lemon law covers a lemon law condition, whereas normal warranty (let's say your engine blows up) is not a lemon law condition. Lemon law is designed to prevent users from getting the run-around on warranty fixes they are due, but if the problem is diagnosed and can be properly fixed with the first visit, you won't use a lemon law to cover your car.
My point is, why are you asking to beef up your internals? This is something you need to figure out for your kit + your tune with the engine builder or tuner... The internals can handle over 300RWHP, but a lot of it is dependent on the tune.
I can find properly-built 400RWHP cars as often as I can find blown-up 200RWHP stock boost stock internal (factory) turbo engines that have a poor tune.
Who is tuning? Who is putting the parts on? Those will answer your first question more than any other response you will get.
-alex
Edit: I should add, you're smog-exempt for 6 years. If you're planning on keeping the car for 6 years, no problem... but why are you stuck on CARB-exemption?