[JLL]

Hi Jim.

Welcome to the forum. I previously had a V3 which I sold to @Thebigzeus and upgraded to a custom setup. I fully built my engine expecting 260 WHP+ on E85. What I discovered is the V3 is pretty limited, which is why ZZP now offers a bigger turbo. That is because boost does NOT equal power. Flow equals power.

The V3 is limited by what ZZP calls "the penny choke" area. They enlarged that area but it's still very small. My V3 topped out at
230 WHP (automatic transmission)on E85, 20 PSI, and 24lb/min of flow. And that was with almost every engine mod I could put on the car shy of Nitrous.

That being said the V3 is much better than stock, it just was too limited for what I wanted.

 

[Cruzin20ll]

Hey JLL! Thanks for the reply and you probably remember me under the name Cruzin2011, all the ZPP bolt-ons making 243hp in my 2011 Cruze.

Lost my cell phone with all my emails and passwords on it just before going into the hospital.

I'm really surprised to see the V3 limited that much, I may look at the new offering from ZZP or maybe something from BNR although its hard to get ahold of them.

There is a good read on Trifecta about aftermarket forged aftermarket WGA making a lot more power than OE version. I was told not to use one on the V3 but I emailed Trifecta to get a second opinion.

Glad to see you got your build done, how is it on the road for drive ability and when the pedal goes down?

Jim

 

[JLL]

Hey JLL! Thanks for the reply and you probably remember me under the name Cruzin2011, all the ZPP bolt-ons making 243hp in my 2011 Cruze.

Lost my cell phone with all my emails and passwords on it just before going into the hospital.

I'm really surprised to see the V3 limited that much, I may look at the new offering from ZZP or maybe something from BNR although its hard to get ahold of them.

There is a good read on Trifecta about aftermarket forged aftermarket WGA making a lot more power than OE version. I was told not to use one on the V3 but I emailed Trifecta to get a second opinion.

Glad to see you got your build done, how is it on the road for drive ability and when the pedal goes down?

Jim

I wondered if that was you!? Oh no....

Are you ok now?

The custom build is done but I'm working through some runability issues. I should have updates on than this week.

Also, I know a couple guys who could probably you get into your old account. @Blasirl @jblackburn

 

[Cruzin20ll]

Hey JLL! Thanks for the reply and you probably remember me under the name Cruzin2011, all the ZPP bolt-ons making 243hp in my 2011 Cruze.

Lost my cell phone with all my emails and passwords on it just before going into the hospital.

I'm really surprised to see the V3 limited that much, I may look at the new offering from ZZP or maybe something from BNR although its hard to get ahold of them.

There is a good read on Trifecta about aftermarket forged aftermarket WGA making a lot more power than OE version. I was told not to use one on the V3 but I emailed Trifecta to get a second opinion.

Glad to see you got your build done, how is it on the road for drive ability and when the pedal goes down?

Jim

I was actually thinking about putting a 50 to 75 hp shot of nitrous on mine

I wondered if that was you!? Oh no....

Are you ok now?

The custom build is done but I'm working through some runability issues. I should have updates on than this week.

Also, I know a couple guys who could probably you get into your old account. @Blasirl @jblackburn

Thanks...

 

[JLL]

I was actually thinking about putting a 50 to 75 hp shot of nitrous on mine


Thanks...

On stock internals?

 

[Cruzin20ll]

I was actually thinking about putting a 50 to 75 hp shot of nitrous on mine

I was driving from NY to Florida and got COVID-19 in NC.

I was so bad that I had to be taken to the hospital via an ambulance and stayed 5 days.

I wondered if that was you!? Oh no....

Are you ok now?

The custom build is done but I'm working through some runability issues. I should have updates on than this week.

Also, I know a couple guys who could probably you get into your old account. @Blasirl @jblackburn

Ehh, I lost my phone while I was driving from NY to FL... I was half way there and I got COVID-19 in a hotel and ended up in the hospital for 5 days.

No idea what happened to the phone but all my passwords were on it and I had 3 email accounts that were all intertwined, so I couldn't recover any of them.

So a month after that I get a bad cough back, go to my PCP and have two masses in my lungs! It looked like a severe infection and was put on antibiotics.... 5 days later my lung collapsed and I had a pleural effusion and they drained 5 liters of fluids and I had 3 masses!

9 Days in the hospital for that stay...

Still recovering from that one and its going to be a long recovery from this second time.

Thanks for the recommendations on the two admins, Ill reach out to them and ask. I want to give you my email address In case I disappear because I would like to keep up on that build of yours.

On stock internals?

Is there any other way? 😂

 

[JLL]

Is there any other way? 😂

There is in my book.

 

[Cruzin20ll]

There is in my book.
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I have a tendency to build engines with higher mileage and worn in well!

My 2005 Sti didn't see 505awhp until 124K miles on it!

I would probably keep it at a 50 shot!