Originally Posted by
Garrett
right now i have 360 WHP on stock internals and have never had any issues with breakage. I did replace my head bolts just to be safe.
I have a 2002 GTI 1.8t engine code: AWP
ive seen setups over 400 with stock internals.
Yeah, well its proven that once you break the 300whp/wtq area you run a serious risk of loosing a rod(s). Congrats about making 360hp and having stock rods, but I wouldnt risk my whole motor just because I didnt want to put rods in.
Originally Posted by
Ether811
its not so much the bottom end, i think its mostly the valvetrain that i've seen fail. i would at the very least do head bolts for reliability reasons, if your head lifts it could cause major problems
Seriously?! Do you know anything about a 1.8T?
To the original poster.. check out
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=27 and just study.