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Re: Turboing the Celica SX ST162 anyone?
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Thu, 14 October 2004 02:52
 
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are front wheel drive turbo cars really that unenjoyable?
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Well it depends, I would personally limit the boost in 1st and 2nd gear, probably to something low like 7psi, and then up the boost in higher gears, maybe run 10-12psi.
You really don't want buggerloads of torque at the front wheels, it will totally piss you off going around a race-track 
I can see what Wiso is saying, driving a turbo FWD is not so much fun as it is really bloody hard. It's a nice challenge and would be sort of interesting on the track, but as a road car I would really start to dislike it after about a week  especially when the ST162 in stock form is such a great design - sure it could handle a bit more power, maybe swapping in a slightly later gen 3S-GE, but as soon as you start pushing out 250Nm of torque or more (ala a turbo engine) you are just going to ruin it's fun factor. The geometry of the suspension, and layout of the car really was only designed for moderate amounts of torque.
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Turboing the Celica SX ST162 anyone?
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alliance_22 | Mon, 11 October 2004 12:47 |
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drft spec - st167 | Tue, 12 October 2004 02:11 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 12 October 2004 04:43 |
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SilverGhost | Tue, 12 October 2004 06:55 |
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Aust162 | Tue, 12 October 2004 09:41 |
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SilverGhost | Wed, 13 October 2004 02:12 |
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Farmsci ST162 | Tue, 12 October 2004 10:59 |
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sleeker162 | Tue, 12 October 2004 11:13 |
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wiso | Wed, 13 October 2004 04:10 |
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Aust162 | Wed, 13 October 2004 09:27 |
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Corona RT142 | Wed, 13 October 2004 04:15 |
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wiso | Wed, 13 October 2004 14:30 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 13 October 2004 04:17 |
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Aust162 | Wed, 13 October 2004 15:34 |
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wiso | Thu, 14 October 2004 07:01 |
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Jag7799 | Thu, 14 October 2004 00:46 |
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sleeker162 | Thu, 14 October 2004 02:02 |
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Jag7799 | Fri, 15 October 2004 12:41 |
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RWDboy | Thu, 14 October 2004 02:52 |
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Aust162 | Thu, 14 October 2004 05:30 |
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drft spec - st167 | Thu, 14 October 2004 08:04 |
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wiso | Thu, 14 October 2004 08:12 |
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drft spec - st167 | Thu, 14 October 2004 08:21 |
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RWDboy | Thu, 14 October 2004 15:21 |
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RWDboy | Thu, 14 October 2004 15:25 |
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Re: Turboing the Celica SX ST162 anyone?
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sleeker162 | Mon, 18 October 2004 01:59 |
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Re: Turboing the Celica SX ST162 anyone?
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Jag7799 | Mon, 18 October 2004 02:01 |
