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what are your goals?
Posted by chrisx (more from chrisx) on Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:07:48
In Reply to: picking a turbo for my 88 spg, Snipes, Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:47:37
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if you are staying under 250hp i'd go for the smallest one that would work, not the one with the most headroom. spool time is the all important indicator for streetability. for instance....my jetta tdi is spinning at about 1500 rpm...but the turbo is the size of my watch. the scanwest turbo is a t3/t4 hybrid from TEC in golden colorado and several of us are pleased with the results. you have tons of options....deciding is the hard part. make sure you get a NEW center section in whatever you get.
what i have found after years of rodding saabs is that 200 at the wheel is about all that can be gracefully controlled. and that at the expense of the trans. i have mine turned down to a leisurely 180 whp. dyno calibrated of course. (for those who think a dyno is just a pre-historic typo)..for a while i was making 300 hp.....until it dynoed it. :)
with what i know now i'd have gone with a smaller mitsu conversion off my garret. ( 86 spg) it's mostly about fuel anyway. get your fueling right and you make gobs of power at low boost.
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