In a Heartbeat

[stevieturbo]

ArnieVXR said:

All I can say is your turbos are clearly too small

I spend a few seconds working mine to the desired level of boost. I've accidentally fully staged a couple of times and found that there's no way I can get to spool up before the amber flashes up

I'm sure though that the auto and transbrake does affect how you build boost on the line as it may limit where your rpm can go to and generally things will be different approaching the line and how the engine is loaded up.

With a manual, I can choose any rpm/boost launch I want and via spark/fuel adjustments ( effectively anti-lag strategies ) it will allow virtually instant boost targets to be met. All I do is just nail the throttle.
Obviously at lower rpm's though there is only so much you can do and if it did bog, you'd still have to recover that.

I wouldnt say the turbos are small, but they certainly arent huge either. They'd have a fair bit more power capability than the BW's you used on the 427 I believe.
No sense in going too big when spool is important for road use and the hillclmbs etc, so I did keep things relatively small, likewise with using the truck cast manifolds and pipework adapted from them to turbo, I kept it all small to help with spool.

[minime68]

Yep that's what I'm looking at. Using the factory iron manifolds for this kit and not having to worry about cracks. Mid mount kit should work well with a lingenfelter launch controller. I also have a manual so shouldn't be an issue. I think I ran 11.8 on my old setup (ran 11.2 on drag radials). I could almost cut half a second in the first 60ft vs a street tire so.

[KMud]

I'm just glad to read a technical discussion on here