Power Potential of Turbo vs. Motor... Uh, maybe not the best title

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02-03-2013, 04:29 AM

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Hyde, I should lock the thread with your comment, sums it up perfectly.

02-03-2013, 04:58 AM

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Smaller turbos blow hot air yes however with a big enough intercooler to bring both temps down to say atmo temp then why is there still an hp difference? Efficiency of the turbo robbing the extra power?

02-03-2013, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by hankclaussen

Right. Me too, but that's going to be higher than 12psi right?

and?

02-03-2013, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by hustler

OMFG you little turbo crybaby ------s never shut up about this ****. Try vagina, seriously. I want a turbo that won't make target boost earlier than 3500rpm. That way I can get a larger turbine housing to make real torque.

I am a turboless ------.

shut up before i beat you with my wallet.

02-03-2013, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by triple88a

Intercoolers are a restriction too so you can't simply pair a big IC with a little turbo. If you have an undersized turbo working too hard (hmm, like my car?) and you oversize the intercooler to compensate, you start to lose some of the quick spool and throttle response you liked about the small turbo.

Every design's goal should be to take the coolest air possible, suck it into the turbo sized appropriately for your goals, heat that air as little as possible to the target boost so that the intercooler can be as small and free-flowing as possible to get IAT as close to ambient as possible. Sounds easy, right?

02-03-2013, 12:05 PM

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shut up before i beat you with my coin purse.

Fixed.

02-03-2013, 12:40 PM

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Fixed.

both will hurt.

02-04-2013, 02:12 AM

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EFRs blow unicorn farts that spool instantly with air from the arctic.

02-04-2013, 08:53 AM

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I thought unicorns hung out mostly around Crete?

02-04-2013, 10:49 AM

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I thought unicorns hung out mostly around Crete?

The SoCal guys have a corral of them. Emilio uses the sperm in Xida reservoirs. The new guy in the shop gets the lucky task of extracting it.

02-04-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by viperormiata

With the current drought in proper street tires I'm starting to wonder if it's worth even going above 300whp.

OP, ****, just read the stickies and get a ride in a turbo car.

Was drunk but have turbo car; but Sav is on to me, kinda... I think 15 psi is probably below the break stuff limit for power on my small turbo but am/was not certain given the additional stress from either pressure or heat. I am also not certain I care about this motor so I may try or I may leave it alone.