I call my turbo Steve. It's a nice name.

His Right-Honourable, the Lord Sir Boostius McSpool III, Esquire.

McStage1

:bowrofl:

I always say I don't know what turbo it is or it's a "stage III" kit. That way I can hang out with all the vw and evo kids.

I hate when people ask me "what turbo i'm running"...and when I say 'gt2650r' they usually looked stumped...like they wanted me to say something cool.....T88? 100mm? 20g? I dunno...

Next time, i'll smart off with something like "a type-r 37" or some crap like that.

On a side-but-related note:

What do ricers mean when they ask "what stage is your turbo"? I have been asked this before. Next time I will just say "stage 7c+".

stage 20g's. It's a marketing ploy.

It's the ricer community's way of dumbing down various upgrade packages. The "stage 1" kit gets you (say) 20hp over stock. Stage 2 is (say) 50hp over stock and "stage 3" is (say) 75hp over stock. That way they don't actually have to know what the constituent parts are or what they do, only that "stage 2" will run with a Mustang and "stage 3" will be make them the shit.

Clutches are often sold the same way, different levels of holding ability are sequentially higher "stages."

Personally I feel that it's also a way to ensure that the fucktards don't know what they're buying so that they can be sold unnecessary parts at various times. For example, it may be possible to eliminate intake/exhaust restrictions and make another 20hp on the stock turbo, but why bother, when you can charge 5 times as much by selling them a new turbo that they don't need that still flows through the same shitty restrictions and only makes 20hp over stock? Bundling the stuff together also avoids those pesky customers who don't just want a kit to give them a specified power level, but who actually understand what parts they want.

Just reply, "custom". Then walk off...

- L

Yeah, it always bothers me when people use "stage xx" when describing something...

It's fun to stump them and ask exactly what the difference is between 1 and 2 or to even ask exactly what makes it stage 2 or 3.....morons.

That is pretty much what I did, trying to figure out what the fuck they were talking about. They didn't have a clue what I was talking about, and they continued to ask even after I said it was custom.

I've seen people ask about "stage 1, 2 and 3 weight reduction." I guess a lot of the ricer shops call "stage 1" weight reduction the easy stuff that anybody can do in 5 minutes (floormats, spare, jack, etc.) and then the progressively higher stages require progressively more work (full carpet removal, rear seat removal, AC removal, PS removal, etc.). I find it an ingenious way to separate fools and their money.

That "stage" crap is all left over Gran Turismo BS. I never saw any of it until the first game came out. Now were stuck with it. Especially in turbine wheels. No one even knows what that crap means.
--Alex

stages havent been used right in years.

the intent was to provide a system you could build on without having to remove shit you already put on. if you go to multiple shops, the stage system is pointless because they probably aren't the same stages.

example:
stage 1: base greddy kit
stage 2: ECU + injectors
stage 3: turbo back exhaust + intercooler

now it's all just bullshit

if someone asks what turbo you have, just take your last name (or username) and attach it to one of these words:

-speed
-spec
-tuned
-racing
-tech
-formance
-master
-werks



some great examples from this thread:

Trentspeed
y8spec (i own this domain whee)
bad-tuned
the man racing
Doppeltech
Perezformance
Hustlermaster
Brainwerks


so i have in my car a y8spec kit.

I loled

Lmao, what would I have?
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That gives me a Turboner.

I've got a custom SixWerks Racing kit in a box right now waiting to go on it. Once it is installed SWR will tune it, too.

Well, if I'm going to tell them something wrong, I might as well tell them something funny. It's a T25/28, not a T2.

Bernsomething?

nubbintech?