For the average person that doesnt rip the motor apart to beef it up small psi is fine (3-9 psi) the motor wont go much above that safely. A good small one will boost fast with our motor and give it great power. Not every one is looking for 600 hp like you

 

what

over on the cl side someone was boosting 12psi with no problems, but i read that a while ago and dont know much more than that, he did get over 400whp

 

Not really. Im running 8psi and making 380 to the wheel. Trust me when you put all you hard earned moeny and time into a build you dont want to go to crazy and brake anything. Im redoing my kit as we speak with all name brand stuff and im only planning on running 5-6 psi to keep it on the safe side and just have fun with it. That should put me in the 300-340 whp range. Also you hafto remember our type s motors have high compression, doesnt take much boost to make power.

 

i know what u mean. i plan to run 10 to 11 psi

 

All this talk about boost....

Why am I broke?

 

If your tubo is too small you can have to low of a boost threshold, which in turn can make less power and greatly increase high back pressure and high intake charge temperatures.
It doesnt matter if you are building a 600 hp or 300 hp car choosing the right turbocharger is still important. Will this one work sure, is it the most efficient maybe not.

 

i agree with total lush

 

x2. But if you go too big your power band will be very small and hard to drive. Bigger isnt always better

 

thats why u add another power adder to help the turbo spool

 

has anyone looked into cometic head gaskets to lower compression?

 

Retard the engine timings would be a good advice too.

 

whatever happened to xsjim?

 

what ever happened to to the OP?

 

Still not a very linear power.

 

the weather is finally nice enough to start the process of putting it on. this last week i got all of the rest of my parts in and already got the battery relocated to the trunk. a local exhaust shop strengthened the welds like you guys suggested so thanks for the advice. i am hopping to have some pics for you guys by next weekend!!!!!!!!! [u

 

ur in illinois?

 

looks like your 28 mins away from eachother

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...93,0.4422&z=11

 

we like to do it big in il.

 

all day lol i just waitin to hit a lick for my boost lol

 

il and nova seem like very big places on acurazine.
anyone know why that is?

 

yanno i noticed that too. have no idea why lol but its cool wit me hoepfully our chicago meet wont be on bullshit

 

bc we got BALLS to go all out.

 

nova? New York, Florida, and California do it live.

I have family from IL they travel here and back occasionally. I may have to take a trip to come see my fellow Midwest crowd.

 

so nitrojim, what else did u order for your kit?

 

i was just really waiting on the bov. i ordered the greddy type rs. tomorrow im putting the intercooler on and running all the piping and then Tuesday ill be putting the manifold and all the rest of the stuff on. seeing as i have joined the unemployment crowd i have a lot of time on my hands. lol

 

you think the auto trans would hold?

 

it will hold up for a while the blow on u.

also have fun with the down pipe. u have an auto and thats made for a manual

 

188hp?!?! im soryr man. whats wrong with your car?

 

dynoed with foot on the brakes?

 

^omann

 

obviously not a type S..... Ever think of that?

 

I really don't get the fascination with adding f/i to a fwd boat like the TL.

 

ppl wont expect a tl to be turboed or sc. makes a good sleeper

 

There is no replacement for displacement. With big engines, you get massive instant torque (no wait time), and linear power output.

 

I was making a joke...ever heard one?

 

so starting next weekend ill have almost everything i need to get my turbo in, been saving for a while. but for those of you in illinois we should definately meet up in chi on the 25th cause i only live a little over an hour away

 

sweet. mid west is going turbo.

 

It was not dynoed on brakes or traction control haha and its not a type s so i think its pretty good for a 90K miles with just sr intake and exhaust

 

man ill bet if you had a 100k on your car you would have never seen those kinda of numbers good thing you dynoed when you did