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Old 05-04-2011, 07:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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If you are starting with a normally aspirated engine, they don't last too well above the normal EGTs. The turbo VW engines had better oil passages and what not. So when you put the turbo on Don't turn the fuel up much from where you are at now.
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