I'm gettin a custom turbo !!!
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I'm gettin a custom turbo !!!
I have decided to go with a custom turbo....I will tell all of you how it is when it is actually all complete. Which do you guys think is faster off the line. supercharger or turbo? I keep on hearing supercharger but i wanna know what u guys think. Hopefully when this car is turbo it will actually be able to compete with some other cars!
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Rep Power: 0 Umm if you really did have all those cars i would assume that you take them to the track and would know that a supercharger is faster generally off the line because turbos have turbo lag. Of course it all depends on how many psi of boost your running wich you should know all about because you have a supra and a wrx and im sure you have boost controllers in your cars if you really have them. Now getting back to my original point, Turbochargers have turbo lag because it takes time for them to spool up, therefor like I said a supercharger would be faster off the line.
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Rep Power: 0 If you were wandering why i said that about the civic, well just think about it. You got a beautiful and beastly car in the supra. And another bad @$$ car in the WRX. Don't get me wrong, I love my car and it looks sweet, but come on a Supra AND a WRX.
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Rep Power: 419 Cowboy has too much money on his hands i think, different mentality than the rest of us. Although supraman has money and a 7th gen civic, odd. This is all very odd. Anyway, supercharger is technically faster off the line because a turbo has to spool up, but a supercharger also runs off of the crank shaft, so it robs the engine of power. It's tough to tell really. I think it depends on the engine as well. I bet with bigger engines that's true, but with ours who knows?
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Rep Power: 0 i'll just second what psuedo christ said.........if you own a tt supra and a wrx, you know all about turbo's and lag...etc....also....i tell ya, people on this site are getting stranger by the second.....check out this wack in gen. ramblings complaining that his civic is too slow because it got spanked by a GSR with NOS......iam not sure how much more of this i can take
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Rep Power: 419 << What do you mean I have to much money? You are telling me that you wouldn't rather have a Twin Turbo Supra or a WRX than a civic (if you had the money). You are crazy not to. >>
I was just referring to the fact that you have a fairly hooked up ride. Sure, I would rather have a WRX than my civic. Too bad it cost so much though. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG] It's still the best bang for the buck though.
Edit: Nevermind, I think I'm going insane. I was thinking about a member named MooCoW.
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Rep Power: 0 oh yeah, well here's what i drive;
2002 porsche 911 GT2 (grocery getter)
2001 ford f-150 lightning (camping stuff)
1988 ferrari 355 (when i feel like magnum P.I.)
1995 skyline R-32 (winter)
2001 celica GTS Quad-turbo (casual cruising)
2000 mitsu-eclipse gst (matches the garden beside my driveway)
1999 Audi S4 @ 30psi boost (off-roader)
2001 honda civic ex-bone stock (pure drag - only racecar)
oh, do you think my civic can beat my audi, i mean, i can't drive them both at the same time so how could i ever find out?????......
2002 porsche 911 GT2 (grocery getter)
2001 ford f-150 lightning (camping stuff)
1988 ferrari 355 (when i feel like magnum P.I.)
1995 skyline R-32 (winter)
2001 celica GTS Quad-turbo (casual cruising)
2000 mitsu-eclipse gst (matches the garden beside my driveway)
1999 Audi S4 @ 30psi boost (off-roader)
2001 honda civic ex-bone stock (pure drag - only racecar)
oh, do you think my civic can beat my audi, i mean, i can't drive them both at the same time so how could i ever find out?????......
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Rep Power: 0 Hey,
Thats cool about the whole turbo thing....but just be prepared to show us that you have it, because I believe if people do not tell the truth on things like this, the person will lose credibility and respect in this forum. And people will always remember.
Ray
Thats cool about the whole turbo thing....but just be prepared to show us that you have it, because I believe if people do not tell the truth on things like this, the person will lose credibility and respect in this forum. And people will always remember.
Ray
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Rep Power: 403 if you want to cutom turbo charge your car you have to have forged pistons, rods, and valve springs, cam shaft, blah blah blah, and i think that is good for about 300 to 350 horsepower, then the installation of the cutom turbo. then if you have all that power, you have to make your transmition better. you won't be going past 7 psi of boost. all together you will pay about 10 g's.... i wish i had 10 g's...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]
but you will be getting 11- 12 's on a 1/4 mile estamated
but you will be getting 11- 12 's on a 1/4 mile estamated
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Rep Power: 0 Yeah...here's a though...how about posting "Custom turbo finished w/ pics" instead of "~Oh JOY! Getting turbo!~". Everybody's full of bs these days.
Hey dude, thats a nice list of cars there...which ones is ur chick magnet? The Mr. T van!!?!?!
Oh and a custom turbo should cost around $4000, and you should maybe get an extra 75 ponies (haha mustang talk) or so. Sorry HondaLuver [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]
Hey dude, thats a nice list of cars there...which ones is ur chick magnet? The Mr. T van!!?!?!
Oh and a custom turbo should cost around $4000, and you should maybe get an extra 75 ponies (haha mustang talk) or so. Sorry HondaLuver [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG]
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Rep Power: 0 the supra stop production by the end of 1997 so its around 1998 .....which scc mag did an article "FAREWELL TO THE KING" somthing like that..in 1996 only automatic supras were made which
made contribute to poor sales...
made contribute to poor sales...
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Rep Power: 403 when you have an automatic, you don't loose boost when you change gears, boost is equal to horse power, when you shift gears with a manual, you let go of the boost (blow off valve) when you shift or let of the throttle. Automatics don't have blow off valves, so you don't loose boost. trust me, i know somebody with a 800 horsepower auto.
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Rep Power: 0 << I have decided to go with a custom turbo....I will tell all of you how it is when it is actually all complete. Which do you guys think is faster off the line. supercharger or turbo? I keep on hearing supercharger but i wanna know what u guys think. Hopefully when this car is turbo it will actually be able to compete with some other cars! >>
SUPERCHARGEr is alot faster off the line.. i have friends have si's with superschargeRs and friends with si's with turbos and the super is faster off the line know doubt..
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