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Re: Good turbo
Posted by Eric van Spelde [Email] (more from Eric van Spelde) on Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:05:55
In Reply to: Re: Good turbo, damien, Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:17:00
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To be bluntly honest, a T3/4 hybrid sounds like overkill for a street/road course driven c900, period. Trading trans-killing midrange stonk for more top end is a good idea a such - but the increase in inertia lag will likely make driving on give-and-take roads slower and more frustrating that with a similar car using a more modestly sized turbo and with like 100 hp less.
I now know how a c900 with no more than a genuine 260ish hp and a virtually flat torque curve between 2,250 and 5,500 rpm feels, and frankly, the experience so far has shattered my belief that I could usefully employ more hp than this on the road. I've driven some very fast and exotic machinery, but coupled with the short overall gearing of a late model gearbox with #6 primaries, this thing borders on the terrifying! I can't for the life of me imagine that a BIG-turbo c900 would be any faster on real roads...
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