Blk N Wht GT

Hey guys,
I have close to 100k miles on my motor. I want a Kenne Bell but I am wondering if my motor will hold up to a 2.1L intercooled kit @ 9 PSI. What do you think? Yes? No? Problem? Ideas? Alternatives?
Thanks,
BLKWT GT

Chris98Gt

I did a pi swap on a 100k mile motor and now I'm running a procharger on that same setup, and I've not had any major issuses, just the fan died once. It's been to together for a couple of years now. I'd say you'll be fine if the motor is still in good condition.

Mustang_NTriangle

Just make sure your motor is in perfect running order and you should be fine.

Blk N Wht GT

Yeah my motor is in good shape. I haven't had any problems with it and I've kept up with the maintenance on it. I just wouldn't want it to blow up right after I spend the money for a blower and then kaboom! If I could get a few more years out of the motor with the KB on it, that would be great. Then I could rebuild the motor and go all forged and crank up the boost from 9 psi to 14 >:-)

Mustang_NTriangle

Well - you should be fine but anything can happen with your motor especially with power from a blower. It will be all up to the tune and how you drive your car. My car was/is down for 13 months because I was at 400 rwhp with 4.10s in a 5 speed and loved to rev my car to 6 grand all the time and guess what stock pistons do not like high rpms but I had a 10 lb and aftercooler. I don't want to scare you just letting you know my experience and power level. I ended up parking my car and leasing a 2008 Jetta.

My build should be done this saturday

Blk N Wht GT

Knowing that I don't have a brand new engine, I would have my tune set up farily conservative to be on the safe side. (I'd rather have slightly less power for a long time that have lots of power for a short time.) I think 400rwhp would be the top I would want to go, maybe a little less ~380ish. I have 3.73s and right now going up to 6k is fun, but with the blower, I would keep the revs reasonable, within 5.5k-5.7k. Even moderate driving with a blower is probably way better than what I'm at now . I'm not scared, I know full well what I'm getting into haha and I appreciate your feedback.

Tim99GT

just do it!

Blk N Wht GT

Haha and if the 2.1 doesn't work out for me I'll just jump up to the 2.8 right???

Mustang_NTriangle

you will love the power there is nothing like it!

Blk N Wht GT

haha, I can only imagine...