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Originally Posted by enemigo13
strange that in B58 technical training it is mentioned that rods are drop forged, while not a word about it in n55 or s55 pdfs. But I agree, it would be nonsense to use non-forged rods in s55 and part numbers are the same with n55. Interesting thing that s55 holds higher power than n55 which tends to bend rods at lower power level than s55..
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I think those bent rods might be tune related rather than hardware. Achieving tuned S55 power on a N55 require going PS2+++ on the turbo which not many do; hence the experience tuning these turbos is less and more mistakes are made. Just a theory