Turbo Ii First Gen
05-23-2003, 05:02 PM
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I have a few questions, First off I am planning on doing an engine swap into my first gen in like two weeks. I am going to put a turbo II engine in. but I Wanted to Upgrade the turbo with maybe a TO4. I want to be able to boost like 16-20 PSI, but also be able to turn it down to stock boost, because this will be my daily car... If I wire in a stock Turbo II ECU will that be able to handle the bigger turbo, or will I be better of going with like a wolf 3d ECU? ....If the Wolf 3d ECU would, be better Where and how much could I get one?
05-23-2003, 08:02 PM
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Okay I have a t2 gsl-se (mods in the sig). First off, you cannot use a bigger turbo and keep the n/a tranny and driveshaft. It WON'T hold up. I have stock s5 turbo with boost limited to 10-11psi and my car is making 245 rwhp and 233 ft-lb. torque. The car is already at it's handling limit. It's hard to keep the rear end from fish tailing under full throttle. I can't imagine boosting to 20psi without some dramatic changes to improve handling. Unless off course you only want it for straight line racing.
05-23-2003, 09:07 PM
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yeah I wasn't going to keep the stock tranny, driveshaft or rearend. I was going to go with a turbo II tranny with a stage 2 clutch or better. And I was deciding what kind of rearend I Was going to use. I want to shoot for 320 hp.
05-23-2003, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rxseven' date='May 24 2003, 01:02 AM
Okay I have a t2 gsl-se (mods in the sig). First off, you cannot use a bigger turbo and keep the n/a tranny and driveshaft. It WON'T hold up. I have stock s5 turbo with boost limited to 10-11psi and my car is making 245 rwhp and 233 ft-lb. torque. The car is already at it's handling limit. It's hard to keep the rear end from fish tailing under full throttle. I can't imagine boosting to 20psi without some dramatic changes to improve handling. Unless off course you only want it for straight line racing.
05-24-2003, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Directfreak' date='May 23 2003, 06:42 PM
Post some pics of this bad boy!!
05-24-2003, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='May 24 2003, 10:31 AM
dammit you all have turbo fb's? i may have to jump on the bandwagon too
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