Turbo CL - In-Car Review
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Turbo CL - In-Car Review
First of all, I've gotta thank allmotor_2000 for being welcoming and _incredibly_ cool... cool enough to take his turbo CL for a ride with me riding shotgun
I have to say... I've been in some pretty fast cars with some pretty good drivers driving em... but this takes the fucking cake! We got off to a pretty gradual start, and I was expecting the turbo kit to not be tremendously faster than the Comptech S/C kit (cause I've been in a pretty heavily modded & blown TL-S)... boy was I wrong. He hit the gas in third gear on a street, the revs weren't up there or anything, but the pull was strong as hell. I had a huge grin on my face because this blew the doors off of almost every car I've ever been in, and then Ram turns to me and says...
"Yeah, I wasn't flooring it there."
Amazed as I was, what I didn't realize is that we were headed for the freeway. There was a red light so we were basically at 0mph at the point where he turned right onto the onramp... and get this, guys... by the time we merged into traffic, we were past 100 already
By the time we got back, I had a smile that I could hardly wipe from my face, but unfortunately I couldn't stay long and had to go (a friend was starving). Power3dFX was also there with his pimp S/C TL in what is my favorite color for a car these days: clean white. So I was late and I didn't stay long, and it was still a rockin' experience... thanks again to allmotor_2000 and Power3dFX.
Needless to say, Ram is an excellent driver and an even better engineer, from the looks of it. His car is absolutely fucking amazing and there are no other words to describe how great it feels to be in a CL that pulls harder than a Ferrari.
P.S. All this... was in 95 degree weather... I can not imagine what that turbo feels like in what passes for a winter in California.
I have to say... I've been in some pretty fast cars with some pretty good drivers driving em... but this takes the fucking cake! We got off to a pretty gradual start, and I was expecting the turbo kit to not be tremendously faster than the Comptech S/C kit (cause I've been in a pretty heavily modded & blown TL-S)... boy was I wrong. He hit the gas in third gear on a street, the revs weren't up there or anything, but the pull was strong as hell. I had a huge grin on my face because this blew the doors off of almost every car I've ever been in, and then Ram turns to me and says...
"Yeah, I wasn't flooring it there."
Amazed as I was, what I didn't realize is that we were headed for the freeway. There was a red light so we were basically at 0mph at the point where he turned right onto the onramp... and get this, guys... by the time we merged into traffic, we were past 100 already
By the time we got back, I had a smile that I could hardly wipe from my face, but unfortunately I couldn't stay long and had to go (a friend was starving). Power3dFX was also there with his pimp S/C TL in what is my favorite color for a car these days: clean white. So I was late and I didn't stay long, and it was still a rockin' experience... thanks again to allmotor_2000 and Power3dFX.
Needless to say, Ram is an excellent driver and an even better engineer, from the looks of it. His car is absolutely fucking amazing and there are no other words to describe how great it feels to be in a CL that pulls harder than a Ferrari.
P.S. All this... was in 95 degree weather... I can not imagine what that turbo feels like in what passes for a winter in California.
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Originally Posted by koolmonkey999
damn wat kinda custom turbo did he get?
He put it all together himself.
Way to go Ram.
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Glad to hear you got to experience the turbo. I had a huge load of fun riding around in one also! Even better when you actually get to drive it Still amazes me how fast that turbo spools. I'm used to my car now. I could order a pizza by the time it spools up. When the other turbo CL comes back up, I'm going to try and get some more vids of it so I can make up for the crappy video I made a week ago.
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Yeah, it was good meeeting you guys as well. Maybe we'll hangout for longer. Power3dfx's car needed some looking into. Anyways... where's that S/C'd E46 M3 with that 500hp?!?
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Originally Posted by allmotor_2000
Yeah, it was good meeeting you guys as well. Maybe we'll hangout for longer. Power3dfx's car needed some looking into. Anyways... where's that S/C'd E46 M3 with that 500hp?!?
have you raced him yet, the TL-S. i know youll walk it, but im interested to see how it will do, im in love with s/c tl-s'...i don tknow why
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Originally Posted by Chaptorial
Every thread about the turbo just raises the jealously level to a whole new area.
Yeah no shat man...I want one of these so bad but I am not going to FI this car
So allmotor when you making it to New orleans with that bitch so I can drive it How about mardi gras hmmm?
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Originally Posted by allmotor_2000
I've been to Mardi Gras twice and I would NEVER take my car there!
Against the S/C'd TL-S... we went at it once - 8+ cars, couldn't really tell.
Against the S/C'd TL-S... we went at it once - 8+ cars, couldn't really tell.
Man, more and more I hear about your car, the more I want to go turbo on mine. I'm so jealous of you.
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Originally Posted by allmotor_2000
I've been to Mardi Gras twice and I would NEVER take my car there!
Shit no...you just park it in my garage We will take the F 450 I have here at work and go to the parades and quarter
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Originally Posted by allmotor_2000
My wife saw pictures from my first trip... so never again!!
Maybe one day then ill be in your neck of the woods. Keep the vids coming for now
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Originally Posted by 03WRB-WRX
Still amazes me how fast that turbo spools.
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Originally Posted by BlueCLS6
Ball-bearing, low boost, high compression, and it was specifically matched to do that. I actually spent a lot of time calculating and deciding on which A/R turbine housing to use. The 0.82 A/R worked out perfect. Nice low spool up and strong top end. The turbo in your car is still and awesome little turbo, just a different match than what I wanted for my system. You've got a HELL of a top end, just need to wait a while for it to spool up and build all that boost. That WRX is fast!
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Originally Posted by Chaptorial
Every thread about the turbo just raises the jealously level to a whole new area.
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