Merc63

Ive had this stage 3 installed for nearly 45,000km now, I think its been around 4-5 years. Completely reliable.

We just got back from another 2500km road trip to BC, where we did about 10-11L/100km doing 120-130kmh.

Car runs great and is a bullet on the street. The only problems i've encountered were a few of the belt idler bearings and the tensioner needed to be replaced around 30,000km, other than that she's been extremely reliable.

Super impressed with this engine and supercharger kit.

Celicasaur

Ahhh i can only imagine the awesome.....one day man....one day......

For stage 3, you needed the valvebody upgrade in the tranny, right? Anything else?

Jasonoff

How many total km on the engine now?

mr747

You don't need valve body's mct box can take 7g needs rebuild

Merc63

105,000km on engine now.

Phil_T

Is that daily driving? I will eventually get round to doing a stage 3 once I finish other stuff on the car but plan to do the gearbox, rods & pistons all at once.

Merc63

It's my primary transport in the summer.

Phil_T

Is that on standard 457bhp or the pp 470bhp with uprated sls internals?

Merc63

Stock cast engine internals from non pp car, upgraded to arp head studs. Just did 678rwhp at 12psi with race gas.

Savage-wp

Awesome. And the last 45000km was with the stage 3.
It's good to know these engines are still reliable after adding some boost.

BLKROKT

He probably drives like a grandma

zcct04

At 678rwhp, even a grandma would be quick!

Merc63

520rwtq at 3000rpm, don't really need to drive the **** out of it to get moving.