taylorboosh
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if it was going cheap it would be worth buying and sorting the styling but imo its not cheap, clean though tbh
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crazybrightman
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hmm seems a bit odd that it has agt3076r turbo which are good for 500-550bhp and its only running 350bhp!
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sand-eel
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It takes a lot of work to get a turbo to run its max, its not just slap it on and you get an instant 550bhp 
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
It takes a lot of work to get a turbo to run its max, its not just slap it on and you get an instant 550bhp
very true
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CorsaSport14
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Just think, if you bought it you could make half the money back by selling all the bodykit, exhausts, bonnet wheels interior etc and buying cheap standard replacments and a nice set of wheels
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john_c20xe
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
Just think, if you bought it you could make half the money back by selling all the bodykit, exhausts, bonnet wheels interior etc
to some 16 year olds down mcds car park
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jamied
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I kinda like it, a bit of work changing some stuff and it could be a great car.
sick and tired of irmscher and gsi kits
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crazybrightman
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Originally posted by sand-eel
It takes a lot of work to get a turbo to run its max, its not just slap it on and you get an instant 550bhp
yes i realise that but its a very poor result for a turbo of that size ie you would choose a gt3071r at max for that power output and its realy not suited to anly less than 400bhp. plus it wont come on boost until about 4000rpm!
looking at it its got a tubular manifold and what not so its not just bolted onto the old manifold. the biggest concern is that its only got a 2,1/2" exhaust system at 350bhp thats going to be a restriction! who ever put that setup together has mad a right miss match.
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SportBoy
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not that bad imo .. depending on what pistons etc it has my next step would be to ditch the motronic not the exhaust
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by crazybrightman
quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
It takes a lot of work to get a turbo to run its max, its not just slap it on and you get an instant 550bhp
yes i realise that but its a very poor result for a turbo of that size ie you would choose a gt3071r at max for that power output and its realy not suited to anly less than 400bhp. plus it wont come on boost until about 4000rpm!
looking at it its got a tubular manifold and what not so its not just bolted onto the old manifold. the biggest concern is that its only got a 2,1/2" exhaust system at 350bhp thats going to be a restriction! who ever put that setup together has mad a right miss match.
in all honesty, the biggesr restriction to it is the motronic with evo 5 chips. they are rated at around 300bhp.
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crazybrightman
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thats true so im wondering why he has all the hardware yet still running inferior software, a waste of money doing all the hardware if your not going to realse its potential imho.
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Nic Barnes
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but somepeople seem to think mappable ecu's and mapping is like voodoo and costs a fortune etc. whereas it doesnt really.
if you think about the car itself, im not really sure as an over all package that its all about power is it? maybe its a show thing. fair play really.
cant remember reading about internal mods. maybe thats the reason?
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crazybrightman
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could be down to the pistons, says its been re bored and larger pistons fitted, forged ones or not i dont know, can you get different size standard replacement pistons?
[Edited on 04-07-2009 by crazybrightman]
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Nic Barnes
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yeah
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