Re: Turbo Dakota Shenanigans

From: Andy Levy (andy.levy@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Jun 28 2008 - 07:57:02 EDT


On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Josh Battles wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, June 27, 2008 8:33 pm, Andy Levy wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Josh Battles <josh.lists@omg-stfu.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OMG I can't believe it. I was browsing ebay and came across this. It
>>>> was
>>>> too "awesome" not to post.
>>>>
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/6nhbcn
>>>
>>> That's a beaut, Josh! I want two!
>>>
>>> "has taken down everything from modded srt-anythings to evo's to
>>> sti's." - Because the poser punk kids who have them don't have a clue
>>> how to drive them.
>>>
>>> "people crowd around when they hear whats in the box" - And then they
>>> fall over laughing.
>>
>>
>> LOL, right? I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it.
>>
>
> hmm with that amount of plumbing in the works - the boost would have
> horrible turbo lag - by any standard...

There's a twin turbo kit for the C6 Corvette which puts the spools
inside the rear bumper and runs the plumbing back to the engine behind
the rocker panels.

If it works well enough for a Corvette, maybe the lag isn't so bad?



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