| highmilehatch |
05-04-2009 01:14 PM |
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Originally Posted by K20EF9
(Post 1340497)
That turbo isn't even working at 13 psi.
Nice numbers though.
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I know, this is the last turbo I will need to buy for this car. It hasn't ran in four years and I wanted to show customers that you can still go fast by keeping things simple. Torture testing a stock block first, then maybe throwing in a sleeved block.
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Originally Posted by OMGz Turbo
(Post 1340796)
Yeah that turbo likes to see over 20+ why not run a smaller turbo with more boost???
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Because I like way it hits. Because I will never outgrow this turbo. Because I don't need a ton of torque from even more boost at lower r's to have more wheelspin on street tires. I don't like running drag radials on the street anyway. The soft sidewalls are **** for cornering and they don't do much for grip unless you actually sit there and heat them up. The powerband is for dragracing - with slicks.
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Originally Posted by CHR!S
(Post 1340855)
probably due to the stock internals, otherwise he would be running much more boost on that turbo
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Exactly
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Originally Posted by SovXietday
(Post 1341883)
More than likely plenty to blow the tires off on a 3rd gear roll, heh. Torque on such a lightweight car is a bit of a bitch to be honest.
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You understand.
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Originally Posted by TurboGSR96
(Post 1345728)
absolutely correct, sometimes people with motors that redline at 5500rpm forget this....
Not to mention when a Turbo is still spooling past the 5252 crossover, you definately wont have a mountain of torque, nor is torque even necessary in a 2500lb FWD car that revs to 8k+ rpm.
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As do you :cool:
I had more wheelspin with my old LS turbo 320whp 300 tq. than I do with this setup.
I've got a set of 24.5x8x13 slicks so I will update with track times when I get down there.
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