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Best street / strip turbo running into the 9's?

Started by PRO STREETER vbmenu_register("postmenu_1098979", true); · 17 Aug 2006 · 51 replies

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Quote: Originally Posted by PRO STREETER what do ppl think of the gt42r with a smaller housing??? streetable? It's perfect, remember there's the 850 and the 1000hp version Hasn't the T04Z still got the old P trim exhaust wheel still???i would choose the small Gt42 over the T04z any day of the week. i would be looking at the T4 based mr. turbo stuff or a Gt42 if i was you. cheers darren
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dark_Vl Terry your GT 35/40 was high flowed / pretty modified yeah?? when did it spool / hit fullboost ?? was with a 1.06 ex housing? ps. when you heading out again? Dark-vl,front housing was machined and a 66mm wheel lived inside, here you go,its finally out on the transbrake it hit 18 pnds in less than 3 scnds,as if it had noz,best and toughest turbo i've used for both street and strip. i'll be headind out when i find the time and that will be when my house that i'm building is finished which is nearly done now. will let you know. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by VLGMH Dark-vl,front housing was machined and a 66mm wheel lived inside, here you go,its finally out on the transbrake it hit 18 pnds in less than 3 scnds,as if it had noz,best and toughest turbo i've used for both street and strip. i'll be headind out when i find the time and that will be when my house that i'm building is finished which is nearly done now. will let you know. Arrrr you make me Jelous... HAHA Finally you let it out what had been done to the turbo lol.... Lets see if i can be the second person with a GT35 in the 9's.... Execpt mine will be standard with internal gate. If you dont mind me asking what boost were you running?? PM me if need be? Thanks mate. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by VLGMH Dark-vl,front housing was machined and a 66mm wheel lived inside, here you go,its finally out on the transbrake it hit 18 pnds in less than 3 scnds,as if it had noz,best and toughest turbo i've used for both street and strip. i like this guy, atleast he tells the truth. it was a .82 exhaust housing wasnt it? sam, his said before it was somewhere in the high 30s. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by VLGMH Dark-vl,front housing was machined and a 66mm wheel lived inside, here you go,its finally out on the transbrake it hit 18 pnds in less than 3 scnds,as if it had noz,best and toughest turbo i've used for both street and strip. Dont tell me there is actually a quick VL out there that can actually find da boost on da startline??? Guess someone had to do it! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by WooD i like this guy, atleast he tells the truth. it was a .82 exhaust housing wasnt it? sam, his said before it was somewhere in the high 30s. roger that WooDy.... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Terry you got a tuff Calais man good to see it out in action again Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by HDT086 Terry you got a tuff Calais man good to see it out in action again Thanx man,can't wait to get back in action,but for now must finish the project im doing. it kills me every friday nite when the drags are on and i'm watching them from my terrace since calder park is 1/4 mile away from my back yard down the hill but it won't be long now. as for boost and as wood mentioned ,it was at 38+ pnds. JNRGMH all the best with it man,im sure it can be done,i mean if i had a full pass it would've been a possible 9.5 or maybe 9.6,since it ran 9.90 at only 112 mph and mid track was 115.7 mph ,so if you have a full pass you may be able to crack the high 9s but you'll need mega boost,maybe in the low 40s considering you're engine is a toughy good luck Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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[quote=VLGMH]Dark-vl,front housing was machined and a 66mm wheel lived inside, here you go,its finally out on the transbrake it hit 18 pnds in less than 3 scnds,as if it had noz,best and toughest turbo i've used for both street and strip. i'll be headind out when i find the time and that will be when my house that i'm building is finished which is nearly done now. will let you know. [/QUOTE If i built a strip/street VL again a would be using exactly same turbo, GT35/40 with a 66mm front wheel machined into it, a standard GT35/40 just wont flow enough Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by VLGMH JNRGMH all the best with it man,im sure it can be done,i mean if i had a full pass it would've been a possible 9.5 or maybe 9.6,since it ran 9.90 at only 112 mph and mid track was 115.7 mph ,so if you have a full pass you may be able to crack the high 9s but you'll need mega boost,maybe in the low 40s considering you're engine is a toughy good luck Thanks... In my opinion going by your mid track your car would have run low to mig 140mph and an easy 9.5-9.6.... But to be honest i dont think i will need much more boost to do it, considering i ran 10.20@124 with 24psi.. (Car stalled before the line ) Now i should have run 132mph judging by my mid track etc etc... i think if i can get it to hold 28-30psi it should get there ok.... But hey who know i may need more.. will just see. VLGMH - What were your 60ft time if you dont mind me asking? Did they change with the different turbo or around the same? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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VLGMH - What were your 60ft time if you dont mind me asking? Did they change with the different turbo or around the same?[/quote] 60 ft was always between 1.44 and 1.46. now its between 1.42 and 1.44. duz10s,it obviously doesn't flow enough for a mid 9,so if that what you have (gt 35/40)and you want to crack the mid 9s i sugest you start machining ,just like you said.
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Thanks for that.. Now hurry up and get VLGMH back out on the track.. I wanna see this beast run again. PS: You have the best rocker cover/plenum colours out. Love them Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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