building my car for turbo, anything else?

98blackgsr

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Like I said, I'm putting 7 1/2 drag radial type tires up front. I just want to be able to beat v8's and vetts easily. I'm buying a truck for winter cause indiana blows that time of year. Lol, I'm not looking at hp or psi, just whatever is fast and still dd'able.
 

AlexD

J13 sooo mad
@ 300hp I was able to walk the majority of stock and bolt on V8s rather easy. @ 330 I was dragging my buddies LS1 c5 corvette down the highway, @ 400+whp I was able to beat a new 2011 5.0L mustang GT from a roll.
 

Jvest

*GET SHOOK*
You will need a GOOD tune for a 300+ hp turbo motor with 10.5:1 compression. Just keep that in NAND and make sure your tuner knows what he is doing
 

AlexD

J13 sooo mad
1. why wouldnt you need a good tune for ANYTHING?
2. why would you go to a tuner who doesnt know what hes doing?
 


AlexD

J13 sooo mad
I did before I tore it apart for the next phase of the build.

I dont see how driving a high horsepower car is bad. It could be 400,500,600,700, or even 800 and I wouldnt think it would be bad. I think people tend to think its bad because of the large amount of wheelspin you get?

Well, yes, wheel spin definitely makes for a horrible time driving, but just because you have the power, doesnt mean you go around using ALL OF IT ALL THE TIME. Theres several forms of traction management the most important being your foot. Just because I was turbo and made decent power didnt mean I was railing the car constantly in bumper to bumper traffic.

Part throttle was more than enough to get on the highway, pass slower cars ,etc.

Save the douchebaggery on the roads til they are empty. In traffic, my car drove normal like any other car. If there was any sort of passing I needed to do, I had the power to do it, didnt always use it though.
 

Prozon

Kris
Cost of fuel and fuel mileage could be a factor too Alex.
 


AlexD

J13 sooo mad
My cars mileage stayed the same if I didnt get on it all the time. I think I logged 300 miles to a tank driving normal on 92 octane and 220 on E85.

Out of boost your car behaves like a normal car. There isnt any reason why your tuner should be making your part throttle AFR's rich because of a turbocharger.

Part throttle/cruising AFRS on pump for me were about 16:1 and 18+:1 on E85.
 
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