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Re: 7mge vs 7mgte Tue, 08 July 2003 03:41 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
[quote title=Norbie wrote on Tue, 08 July 2003 12:21]
biased99 wrote on Sat, 05 July 2003 18:55

Take one 1UZ. Add proper twin throttle-body setup. Add proper extractor/exhaust system. Add proper CAI. Add after-market engine management (in my case, delete this option, as I already have).
What do you have? About 400HP (300-odd at the wheels), in a bullet-proof (stock-internals) NA machine.


Norbie wrote:
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Sounds very nice indeed, but that 400hp will cost you well over $10k. Ouch!


I disagree. The mods listed above, while they would cost money, it should be possible for around $3k (in my car, as it sits, anyway). I have had quotes for things like the Twin Throttle-body setup ($1000 - this from the blokes at AEC) and exhaust (around $2000 - from an exhaust shop-owning, Soarer enthusiast). The CAI I can fabricate myself (with a little help from my friends Smile ) and the after-market engine-management is already there...


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Yes, you'll get better performance in a high-boost turbo application...But will you run all day (say, for example, in the heat of the Top End - where there are no speed limits - but where it's also 32 degrees air temp), while I'm doing so?



Norbie also wrote:
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Yes. There's no reason a turbo 400hp engine will run any warmer than a non-turbo 400hp engine, all else being equal. Smile



My question related more to the higher ambient temps being "unkinder" to a turbo'd car than an NA vehicle...(Large ICs notwithstanding! Smile ) Note that while there myself, I didn't see a lot of turbo'd (high-performance) cars there relative to other types. (Of course, that may be because the NT guys haven't "caught up" yet... Laughing
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