anyone know how much hp a 1.8t aeb motor can handle on stock internals....?

 

270 hp !

 

its more than that...atp gt28rs kit makes 294whp & 328tq on 100octane....gt2871 makes 351whp with exhaust on 100octance.....

 

I think maybe a little over 400 bhp.

 

i've seen a $6500 kit that made 418hp

 

I think about 400 or so crank horsepower before you should replace the rods. The rods are the weak point. Pistons, pins, rings etc. are rock solid. I don't know of anyone who's gone higher than that without building the engine, but I'm pretty sure the AEB can take a **** load of punishment.

 

ritt just blew his motor...... i think he is around 400 with his t3/t4 setup

 

Yeah, but his was tuning related. I blew a motor when i was playing with the ko4 aswell.

 

If you overboost, then you're going to blow your motor. I think that's what happened to Tom; he didn't have a way to control the turbo's boost, so it exploded his engine. If you make 400hp on a good tune, all you need to replace for ultimate reliability is the rods.

 

Oh yeah def, overboosting is a killer. I sent 2# rod out the side of my motor, due to a lack of coolant and way to much boost. I still dont know how i did it either. One day it was boosting 30plus for no apparent reason.