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Borg Waner Airwerks Turbo, You know anything about them???

Started by MICKYYYY · 20 Jan 2009 · 26 replies

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MICKYYYYArchived member
Hi All, Ive been looking into turbo recently and have been finding a few people recommending Airwerks turbo's by Borg Waner. They seem to be a good unit as there used in many Drag cars in the USA and Purtorico, sorry dont know how 2 spell it. Here is the link to Airwerks turbo http://www.airwerksboosted.com/ Another link i found of a turbo builder that supplies Garret, Airwerks and Master power and on his website u will see he built many turbos to some serious drag cars all over the world. Check it out Has a mad track when u visit the website too http://www.miketurboinc.com/index.html Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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CocopopzArchived member
I was looking at ne of these before i think it was the S4
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MICKYYYYArchived member
I know of a one sydney workshop recommending them and also GCG turbos are selling them too. And for the price there very attractive.
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lcr830Archived member
They sell them by the hundred in the states. Specially the S400 75mm and 80mm. I have an 80mm t6 version I bought to put on my Monaro but would of made more power than i wanted for that car. I paid $950 Aus plus freight for it when the dollar was up around $0.90. I know theres another 80mm version going on a XR8 in Sydney.
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MICKYYYYArchived member
What model XR8 is it? Apparently there really popular in the states and make good numbers and being a good reliable turbo. Looks like there physical size is bigger to comparable models in other brands?
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lcr830Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by MICKYYYY What model XR8 is it? Apparently there really popular in the states and make good numbers and being a good reliable turbo. Looks like there physical size is bigger to comparable models in other brands? Not sure what model. I think it one of the first models. You can get all different sizes but its only worth importing one from the S400 series as they sell that many of them that they sell for good prices. It cost me $220 US for air freight. The one in the picture has a 1.32 T6 exhaust housing.
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MICKYYYYArchived member
Im thinking of installing a single turbo setup on a EL XR8 and use a Airwerks S400sx
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lcr830Archived member
Hope your going to get a Dart block cause you'll need one with one of them turbos.
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MICKYYYYArchived member
LOL yeh i know Only chassing 350-400rwhp as its proven realiable hp according to all the turbo mastangs in the states. Once i have that then ill be looking to go DART 363ci with 205AFR heads Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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lcr830Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by MICKYYYY LOL yeh i know Only chassing 350-400rwhp as its proven realiable hp according to all the turbo mastangs in the states. Once i have that then ill be looking to go DART 363ci with 205AFR heads Lol. You will double and just about triple that with an S400 series turbo. The 80mm version has seen 1177rwhp on a 377 chev on E85 and the 75mm just under a thousand. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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L9UPSArchived member
i rekon ur wasting your time buddy those things are laggy as hell and only good for 7 sec rotors that rev to 12000rpm just use a 35/40 ul make that power easily
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lcr830Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by L9UPS i rekon ur wasting your time buddy those things are laggy as hell and only good for 7 sec rotors that rev to 12000rpm just use a 35/40 ul make that power easily Depends on the exhaust housing doesn't it. You can get them with T4 0.86housing for a little extra or I had a choice of 1.00 or 1.32 in the T6 housing. He does want to go 363 cubes so won't take much to spool.
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MICKYYYYArchived member
Well i was recommended a S400sx from GCG turbo with a T4 rear housing and it wont be so laggy. Im wanting to come on boost about 2500rpm with a c4 3000rpm converter and 3.7 diff gears so it should be alright. Anyway back to Topic.
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L9UPSArchived member
yeh fair enuf but all im sayin is for the same money you could get a 35/40 and get same results with better driveability and less lag or even a to4z for that matter
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MICKYYYYArchived member
$400.00 extra for a T04Z which i was also considering
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lcr830Archived member
The borgwarner your talking about will just about start boosting from idle. Heres a video of a mustang. It has a 400 windsor with a S400 75mm but has a 1.00 t6 rear. It starts boosting a little after 2000rpm and It shows just how driveable they are even with the t6 rear. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=HSkwyH5-78g
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MICKYYYYArchived member
Is it really a 400 windsor??? Didnt see anything about engine specs??? They are well priced for what they are and im starting to find that a couple workshops in Sydney are starting to use them. They also have a good reputation when u do a search.
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lcr830Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by MICKYYYY Is it really a 400 windsor??? Didnt see anything about engine specs??? They are well priced for what they are and im starting to find that a couple workshops in Sydney are starting to use them. They also have a good reputation when u do a search. Yeah I found the link to the video in the guys build post on turbomustangs.com. Theres another guy with a 351 windsor using standard block and crank and got 300 passes before it broke using an s480.
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MICKYYYYArchived member
Im on turbomustangs Post or pm me the links if u still have them? Im trying collect as much info as possible for my turbo windsor build.
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ANKArchived member
tuff as fk turbo alot of the 10.5 class guys in the states use them i was going to by one but then my custom garrett poped up just make sure you cheek the flange i think there mostly t6?
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