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I run a small - mid sized dealership and get to drive lots of different cars... BMWs, Audis, GM, Ford, and many others... V8s, V6s, I6s, Diesels, supercharged, turbocharged, procharged, na, whatever... I get a good feel for everything
I can tell you without a doubt that turbo cars have a better overall feel of power to them... same size engine, same size car, same boost level, turbo cars will run and feel a lot faster
therefore I sure would love to see more people try it.. I personally am not ready to loose my warranty on my almost brand new ZL1 just yet but if I was, turbo may just be the way to go... why? more power!! lots more power.. you can keep your fuel system and probably make a few hundred more hp without fuel or engine upgrades...
how? no parasitic loss! you gotta remember, the supercharger takes huge power to spin... your engine is still seeing the stress , fuel, cylinder pressure of 1000 hp but you only get 800 of it, or less... with turbo you will get all 1000
plus the mid range on turbo cars is better... you can probably make real close to 1000 even with the smallest of turbos with little to no lag
now it seems to me is that there are some negatives.. mostly reliability of these kits and what they do to your systems, wiring, and other components.. they just create so much heat, and start to melt everything near them so if you have a system like the hellion with the turbos in the so close to everything you will probably run into some issues eventually...
cant wait to see more options but I also follow this fella who is running low mount turbos from AGP on his built SS which seems like a great idea except his turbo (or some part of the system) came in contact with a brake line and caused him to loose his brakes while driving and almost cause an accident.. not good
otherwise the overall idea seems better to me.. out of the engine bay, away from wires and so on.. just gotta make sure you aren't hurting anything else
I have a single turbo 4.6 Mustang for sale right now and let me tell you, this thing is fast... but like I said, it creates a lot of heat and was a constant pain in the a$$ with the oil lines especially.. its pretty much dialed in now and luckily the turbo isn't really close to anything but still, the heat it creates under the hood is insane...
When you drive a factory turbo car like a our 2011 BMW 550i 4.4L turbo we just sold, its a lot more pleasant.. small turbos in the right place with lots of heat shielding... plenty fast, very pleasant, quite turbo operation you cant hardly tell its there until you roll into the throttle and get that huge burst of toque.. its awesome
so I really really hope someone comes up with a stock like kit that can actually be reliable, clean, quite, and effective... hellion is nice but I just cant get over the placement of those turbos and what they can do to the reliability of your car plus you are moving even more weight ahead of your front wheels.. cant be good for a track weapon like the ZL1
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