zero2005

yea, but at the same time, as long as you know where your going, you can pretty much guess how long to stop beatin the hell out of it before you park. 3 minutes from mall, stop pressin that gas hard just to hear the spool lol. if i can save money by doing something manually, i'll do it 80% of the time.

if your just driving to the store, there's no need to really let it sit for 3 minutes idling every time.

Mr Graystang

If I had turbo on my car It will kill me to stay contempt with the speed limit like most people who throw on aftermarket kits lol, Nothing like that BOV whistling away. +100 on the saving money thing, but I would also spend money to save me from shelling out more as well.

2000AZ5.0GT

there's nothing wrong with using it in a low power operation at all, just that it's cheaper, easier, and much less work to accomplish it with a blower. much much easier, and a f*ck of alot cheaper.

I don't see any 1500 dollar turbo threads skating around, however everyone and their mom knows about the 1500 dollar blower thread.

teej281

the only thing that a turbo needs over a supercharger is hotside piping and a k-member. so you could probably build your kit for around $3000 and i would much rather have a turbo for $3k than a blower for $1500(more like $2k by the time youre all said and done) by far!

zero2005

yea, the 1500$ thread doesnt take into account the extra things that you would need for any kind of higher HP add-on, be it nitrous, turbo, or supercharger. and specificially i mean things like tune, fuel pump, fuel injectors, MAF, nor an intercooler.

really the only extra thing u gotta have done for a front mount turbo is a tubular front end + coilovers. some of us already have that so its really not even included. i would suggest to anyone to upgrade that sloppy front end.

oh and you can do a turbo yourself, if you know how to weld(which isnt that hard to learn), and some welders are cheap nowadays, you can get inverter stick and cheap migs that can do 14 gauge steel for exhaust - if i were going that route, i'd go to habor freight and pick up a 80 amp DC inverter welder for like 80$ (tho i have a mig now). albeit it wont be the most prettiest thing in the world.

2 grand gets you an on3 kit. and apparently 2.5 gets you a pony down kit? to me, the extra 50 to 100 tq is worth it, and the extra parts that i can find and interchange later are an even bigger plus. and then there's the sleeper factor. guy in a vette tried to race me the other day on a back road, didnt realize i had a turbo on, and when i pulled hard on him in 2nd gear (1st gear is useless bleh) and pulled away in 3rd, the look on his face was priceless.

EDIT: one last thing, MMR has a hot side kit which looks pretty decent (no down pipe tho, so have a shop make one up or ask if MMR has one) for 1300 or 1400$.

what kind of kit would these turbochargers be tested on? are we just lookin at HP/TQ numbers on a dyno? quarter mile times - and if so, auto or manual? will the tune be the same?

teej281

I want to see data comparisons with this manifold and a traditional performance intake manifold with a front mount with each of the purposed setups. the point of this testing shouldnt be to see what different turbos do, although that is an added bonus. But this guy's testing should be a comparison that will help him market his manifold over a traditional intake manifold with a front mount intercooler. I mean Tork Tech already makes this manifold minus the plenum that this guy's intake manifold has...

http://shop.torktech.com/intercooled...galsetups.aspx

so far i havent seen anyone use it and i see no advantage with it except for use on a track only car and even then that car is going to be pushing more power than he claims his manifold can handle and would be running an ice box to chill the i/c fluid. So lets see testing with your manifold...and then a comparable stock style intake manifold(not the typhoon either...but the TFS TrackHeat or Edelbrock Victor Jr.)