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Re: BB/ceramic bearing turbo
Posted by GM (more from GM) on Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:59:35
In Reply to: BB/ceramic bearing turbo, RedSPG18, Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:44:39
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I was also looking into ways of decreasing turbo lag on my SPG's. I have talked with SPG9's turbo guy, turbonetics, majestic (YUCK, sigh..), Corkey Bell & a few other about which turbo to go with.
It was pretty much unanimous, that for the power levels I want from my 88 SPG (350 ish HP) that I stay away from the BB turbo's. The true BB or razor bearing as some call it cost an easy $2700 for the turbo. Their are much cheaper versions of the BB turbo's available & like Damien found out, their power improvements are minimal & actually their reliability is questionable.
It's just not worth the $$$$. For the amount of $$$ spent on a true BB turbo, you could have a better IC, downpipe & the list goes on...
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Posts in this Thread:
- BB/ceramic bearing turbo, RedSPG18, Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:44:39
- BB/ceramic bearing turbos DO work ...., Kevin K
, Sat, 29 Sep 2001 12:40:54 - Anyone ever play air hocky??, patprice, Sat, 29 Sep 2001 03:55:59
- Re: BB/ceramic bearing turbo, GM, Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:59:35 <-- Viewing This Message
- here's my theory, dave n, Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:40:32
- I put one in my spg..., damien, Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:22:33
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