[QUOTE=Scythe_Snake;3069495]Hope you have new axles in mind.

Indeed..... Reminds me of what happened with me...

I go to a car show on Friday nights at times and enter my car and a group of kids (~17 ish) came up to my car. Looked in the engine bay for a few minutes and I am standing there. They come over to me and say "where's the turbo at, I don't see it". I said, "It's supercharged *points at supercharger*" and they're like, "I know but I don't see a turbo". I said, "because there is none, you really don't know about these cars do you?" He said, "no, I do, but I just don't understand".

Also, and I ALWAYS get older guys checking out my car. And they LOVE that it's supercharged. Makes me feel good when some middle aged guy with a heavily modded Vette compliments my car.

Turbo cras don't get that.

 

how about this janetty. hook me up with a turbo kit and you will see numbers you want too. dont believe me? check out the drag racing section, i make up about 1/3 of it lol

 

Yea, you would probably see 11's or even better if you were Turbo'd running 400+ FWHP...lol

 

Your living a Dream, Until the Dealer wakes you up when you bring it in for a Warrantee Repair.

 

i dunno dude, i'm loving that whine more and more.

 

Congrats on your Times Good Job!

If we didn't already have a Stable of cobalts I would Consider it Thanks for the Offer Though.

Ted.

 

Amen..lol

seriously, if you wanna pay for it I'd be more than happy to go Turbo.

 

The Problem with that is you won't get what you owe on your SC.
When moving up a few Model Years, you start all over again, Another 5-6-7 years of Payments
And all the Interest is Piled on the Front of the loan.
You will be paying for 2 cars on the second loan.
Your insurance will go up because it is rated higher HP.
Your Property tax will go up because it is a newer car.

So Think Twice and ask a lot of questions before you get sucked in to the Dealer Games.

Trust Me it is Cheaper to Keep Her, and have a lot of fun along the way.

Ted.

 

When you add the turbo,are you keeping the S/C base manifold and air to water intercooler system?

 

 

I am getting a turbo kit for xmas... its what i want... and like 7 people are helping me pay for it...

I want to do my own custom kit (tune and everything) but my g/f would rather me get a kit from a company, incase something goes wrong, ill have someone there to help me fix it.. which is understandable...

Of course first choice is hahn.. I love that intake mani, infact everytime i see it, i say "thats gonna be on my car"...

I didnt read through the thread before posting this, but ill go through it, but i am very interested in doing turbo... Janetty if you can pm me i lost the ones where we talked before...

The big questions is can i put this in myself? I am not a mechanic, but i can work on cars (know what i mean?) If something needs to be installed, i can install it (i installed my own headers / dp / exhaust, everything).. I thought about the twin charge, got some fam in michigan since they wont let the customer install it...

Im looking to push just under 350 (i can just do this with a simple boost controller, right?) untill i can build up and push HIGH numbers... How much do exhaust cutouts help? I would also be going to a 3" exhaust, which is suitable for my goals as far as im concerned...

right now im just leaning towards hahn because i get a tune sent to me and 60# inj. for like 103 dollars (lvl 4 difference from lvl 5)

But im not hard headed, and will listen to just about to what anybody has to say, with a few exceptions..

so Janetty give me what ya got!

Thanks!
Andy

And also, the closest trak to me is a 45 min drive... i dont really like racing off of the line, unless there is no one behind me (lots of cops, cant see behind you too well with highrise) and i dont like to squeel my tires... I would rather go from a 40 roll (almost had a built up mustang GT last night... deffinatly got heatsoaked though)

anyway... another questions... if i used a WOT box with a turbo, will i lose boost between shifts? No correct?

 

Yes and this is responsible for the RELIABLE power output on pump fuel.

My Stage 2 kit includes 60 lb injectors and tune, don't know why we need 5 stages of anything.

I believe in a 100% COMPLETE Kit then can back out parts if you already have them.

My system Uses a Water cooled Ball Bearing Garrett GT3071R Turbo For Incredible response, Performance and Reliability, we see Many Non Ball Bearing Turbo failures from guys who walk in my store weekly, they just can't take a licken and keep on Ticken.

I refuse to sell non ball bearing turbos, IMO they are JUNK.

Wot Box works really Well, But trust me, with my Turbo you don't lose much boost between shifts unless your 65years or older LOL!

The Hahn Intake mani is cool, I would like to test one myself to see if the increase in flow is worth the loss in Cooling, I rather have less power but Carry it all the way to the finish line, AIT increases very rapidly over a 12 second run, reducing power as you go down track.

 

My car does well against LNF's!

 

Well i am a 2.0 lsj .... what manifold options do i have?

I dont know.. im really set on the hahn one...

If the kit comes with a intercooler ill be happy...

This includes all EVERYTHING? Plus i want a bad ass blow off valve... i LOVE that sound.. lol

 

I'll add a note for what its worth here to the guys that know me.

I've dealt with just about every vendor on here in regards to turbo stuff, every thing from buying parts to flat out "constructive criticism"

and by and far, the guys from Jannetty are the most knowledgeable out of the bunch. I'm also in agreeance with most of there philosophies, such as DBB turbos only as they are the best. quickest responding, fairly abuse friendly, ect.

bump for these guys and there products.


also, a note on the hahn intake manifold.

this will only apply to about 2% of the people, but the runner length needed to be tweaked for "best" performance at higher revs (8k redline, laggy turbo, ect, ect)

its a bit to long, and the cross section is off a bit. and theres no velocity stacks.

after doing an engine sim of my motor, with all the applied parts this issue became apparent, after some fabrication to it things a performing better on the upper end.

I'm sure Jannetty would have picked up on this same point if they had one to play with.

 

I only see kits from there for the 2.2...

i have the 2.0....

Is having the intake manifold the only difference?

 

Thanks 06Black, I appreciate the support, and Your Right I did feel the Plenum was too big just from the Pics.

Ted.

We use the basic 2.2 2.4 kit then add and change a lot of parts to make it a conversion kit.

 

yea.. 350 whp should really be high enough to pull 11's ... it's just a matter of traction and driving

 

How much extra $ is needed for the parts for the conversion? That price online include BOV? turbo wastegated?

 

Has anyone hit the track with a twincharger yet?

 

I'll vouch for Jannetty Racing any day. They did my turbo kit and I couldn't be more satisfied. Ted and his whole staff is extremely friendly and knowledgable. The install was amazingly clean and it runs like a top. There isn't even a comparison to the supercharger, the car hauls ass now.

I wasn't able to pull any times at the track though. I snapped an axle on the second run in (still on street tires). I'm sure i will turn out some good numbers in the spring though with a nice set of slicks!

 

Ready...


Set...


Noooooooooooooo!!!


Rough day man

Hopefully next season you'll get a chance to really cut her loose!

 

im in love...

im going turbo and the 3071 is the turbo i chose...

 

I've only had to bring it in for 2 things. Intercooler pump and MAF sensor. Both times they never said anything about it and replaced my parts under warranty. not living a dream, I still have warranty.

 

I'm on the femce right now about going turbo, but just 3 months ago I said I never wanted to turbo this car and that the SC was enough.... who knows where i'll be in another month or so....