I believe they are very strong motors but you better count your blessings in my opinion. I assume you would have a street tune and a kill tune?
looking for opinions about a new and bigger supercharger or turbo
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I believe they are very strong motors but you better count your blessings in my opinion. I assume you would have a street tune and a kill tune?
Well in my opinion a turbo is less stress on the engine assembly. Especially the crank. Just my opinion but I'm sure others will chime in. I've seen stock motors make 1000+ rwhp at the tires. So 750-800 I feel will be safe.
Anything can happen. I've also seen 500 rwhp cars take a crap.
I will have a street tune and a race tune.
Now that you put it that way I can see why you say that. I'm not saying it won't hold up, just curious.. figured you'd be up for discussing your ideas on it.
Definitely true haha about the 500rwhp cars taking a dump.
Sounds like a blast either way Brian, good luck keep us updated!
$8K might do it. Best of luck to you on the project! :beer:
ill keep thread updated. I took some pics tonight. I've ran into 1 curve ball already. The jack ass that installed the lower pulley over tightened 2 bolts that go into the timing cover
They are small Allen head bolts. So I guess I'll be pulling the radiator and fan tonight so I can drill the head of these 2 bolts out. Fun fun....
I'll be doing the install myself. So here is the current out look
Blower sold $2750
Front drive and cooling stuff sold $1200
Other misc stuff sold $200
I'm positive $4150
Turbo kit with upgrades and 01 cobra intake upper and lower brackets ($6350) negative
So far I'm out of pocket $2200
I bet when I'm done I'll have 4k at the most out of pocket. Maybe less if I'm really lucky.
turbo all the way but it will be very tight on your budget.
So radiator is out and 5 minutes later both bolt heads drilled out and bolts removed
Here is what she look like now. What a mess
Here is what she look like now. What a mess
Good choice man! I'll be doing the same thing as you in a couple weeks so I'll be checking in to see what all you run into. I wish I would have did like you and went from 2.3 to turbo instead of 2.3 to 3.4 then turbo..... What a dummy! There's no getting rid of the turbo bug I guess. You will throw rocks at a whipple after you ride in your car turboed now! Haha
Get video of your smile when it hits boost for the first time, my face hurt for days after I turboed my last cobra! Hahahha
Get video of your smile when it hits boost for the first time, my face hurt for days after I turboed my last cobra! Hahahha
I may also yank the timing cover and have cams installed. But I don't think I will have enough money left over
I wanna powder coat the timing cover and upper intake.
Parts were ordered today. 76mm hellion single turbo kit with upgraded billet wheel and ball bearings in turbo.
Also got a Mach 1 lower intake with 01 cobra upper intake.
I wanna powder coat the timing cover and upper intake.
Parts were ordered today. 76mm hellion single turbo kit with upgraded billet wheel and ball bearings in turbo.
Also got a Mach 1 lower intake with 01 cobra upper intake.
i appreciate all the advice guys. i have decided to go 76mm turbo from hellion with a lot of upgrades.
Hellion kits = fail IMO Espicially there new design for the new 5.0 is stupid
You seem to be the only one to say something bad about them. How about some facts before you slam the product.
and why is that? how is their design stupid?
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Perhaps it's only stupid for the person trying to install a quality kit but doesn't have a clue where to start.
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ok first off your an idiot for your last comment because ive down multiple turbo kits and never liked the designs where the turbo is in the bumper the single turbo kit for the cobra is a good one because the turbo is up by the motor.. the kits they make ie twin turbo , gt500 kits, and the new 5.0 kit where the turbos are in the bumper are a bad design .. first off any front end damage 99% of the time is gonna be really bad but thats not why.. here is my reason and it is they use scavenge pumps to run the oil from the turbo to the top of the valve covers so imagine a stock oil pan that holds enough oil to feed the motor then addidng a turbo to it that where the oil line goes from down in the bumper of the turbo the whole way up to the valve cover what do you think all that distance the oil has to travel is doing to your motor. yes STARVING it of oil.. which in the end results in catasrophic failure im just sayin 9 out of 10 people that run turbo kits on this website or anywhere else have built motors or run a turbo kit that is mounted up by the engine for better oil flow .. thats my $.02
No where in my post did I say I was getting a twin setup. For someone that knows how to properly install a twin setup then yes the oil scavenging issue would not be a worry as you would get a 7+ qt oil pan and run a scavenging pump.
I'm not an expert here by any means of turbos. But I learned all this from a little research.
So again back on subject hellion does not equal junk. It just means some kits require further car modifications.
But we appreciate the knowledge you posted about the twin turbo's.
You should also contact John Urist and let him know his companies twin turbo kits are junk.
I'm not an expert here by any means of turbos. But I learned all this from a little research.
So again back on subject hellion does not equal junk. It just means some kits require further car modifications.
But we appreciate the knowledge you posted about the twin turbo's.
You should also contact John Urist and let him know his companies twin turbo kits are junk.
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Well I'm shooting for 750 street tune. 900+ race tune.
We do no have e85 around here. Well we have 1 gas station in a 50-75 mile radius from me. So it's basically not available.
I'm also going to build a motor is seems
This has gone from a small upgrade to an all out deal it seems like. So what are your real plans or do you not even know yet?
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