CVT hp handling?

[Sammitdam]

I've got a grocery list of products I'm about to purchase and install over the next 3 months which will put me over the 300hp mark at the flywheel. Was wondering if anyone else is there and did you have any issues with your CVT or did you try and upgrade it too? I'm finding a little information on beefing up the CVT to handle more hp, but it's expensive so if I could avoid it I'd like to. Thanks!

[seldomseen]

What sort of installations do you have in mind to put you over 300hp? If you're sticking to basic bolt-on enhancements the CVT should be okay, as long as the CVT doesn't have any current problems. If you're considering forced induction, don't bother, as the CVT will not be able to reliably handle the power increase of forced induction.

[Sammitdam]

Not looking at forced. Currently have; Y-pipe, intake, exhaust.....about to purchase; bigger manifold, throttle body, plenum spacers, headers, hood modification, tune. It's torque I really have to watch, CVTs don't like torque.

[ArmedAviator]

Not looking at forced. Currently have; Y-pipe, intake, exhaust.....about to purchase; bigger manifold, throttle body, plenum spacers, headers, hood modification, tune. It's torque I really have to watch, CVTs don't like torque.

What do these engines provide stock at the crank? Skip plenum spacers - those don't do anything but take money and add weight on fuel injected engines - they only helped with carbed or single-point fuel injection to add time/space to mix the fuel and air. Be careful with your intake mods. If you increase size of tubes, plenum, and TB much than you will reduce low end torque and, unless you change cam profiles, will add little to the top end. Infact, most of your mods will do little without tuned cams. The ECU tune will be the best bang for your buck even if you do no other mods. Been there, done that.