I'm amazed by the number of owners who are not
satisfied with the 550 or so horsepower you can
reliably get out of the twin turbos and switch to a
huge single turbo. Most of the single turbo owners
can't floor their car until third gear on the street
because they'll just spin the tires. If there's such a
thing as too much power, they've found it. :-)
Kent Rafferty
> ================================
> That's assuming that one keeps the factory sequential
turbo setup. I know a
> local street racer with a '94 Supra TT who ditched
the dual turbos for a
> single VERY large hair dryer. Yes it's got terrible
boost lag but he
> installed nitrous to help with that. It puts out
over 600hp at the wheels
> (as measured on a dyno), before he hits the nitrous
button. It's been at
> that prep level for about 3 years now so apparently
the factory bottom end
> is pretty stout. There isn't much around town that
can keep up with him in
> a straight line.
>
> But, it's an automatic. He did do a couple of Solo
events here last year.
> It was a hoot to see him run in 1st gear either
suffering from extreme turbo
> lag or suddenly having WAY too much power to put down
with street tires.
> Needless to say he spun many, many times but he still
had fun.
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
> 1998 Dodge Neon R/T
> #69 STS #13 TLS
> eric10mm@qni.com
> ICQ#101282513
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