Twin Turbo in TX
07-06-12, 10:12 PM
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I believe this car was the one built by Norwood and Wayne Potts of T1 Race Development. If in fact this is the car it does run, but mainly had trouble hooking up. Doubt my words due to previous comments, but this ISF has more testing as far as twin turbo isf's than most. They went very deep trying to perfect this set up and thats why it has different engine management than others. Not sure the current story on it, but this one is a gem as far as a custom twin turbo set up.
07-07-12, 05:06 PM
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If it's from T1 then the car would be legit, though i didn't get to see the ad. T1 does very high end 1000+ hp plus cars, couple guys i know have GTR's from there that run low 9's, so if T1 decided to try, they would get further than most I would think.
07-07-12, 10:24 PM
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Had nothing to do with T1, Norwood Racing and Wayne Potts (now at T1) built the car, I believe that is. Wayne and I have discussed how hard the tuning and putting power down was. Seeing that the seller is from Rockwall TX and the user name says Norwood cars..... Same color as well and you see the kit it 1off. It adds up to me I just wish we knew more about it.
07-09-12, 09:12 AM
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07-09-12, 05:14 PM
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If the car worked well and was indeed tuned, there would be 20 of us on here with 600hp twin turbo isf's and we all would know that there was fianly tuning available. If this car is what it claims, it would be famous in our community and we wouldn't even be asking questionsa about it. If I had a twin isf that worked there would be lots of YouTube to prove it.
07-11-12, 08:10 AM
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If the car worked well and was indeed tuned, there would be 20 of us on here with 600hp twin turbo isf's and we all would know that there was fianly tuning available. If this car is what it claims, it would be famous in our community and we wouldn't even be asking questionsa about it. If I had a twin isf that worked there would be lots of YouTube to prove it.
07-11-12, 08:29 AM
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If the car worked well and was indeed tuned, there would be 20 of us on here with 600hp twin turbo isf's and we all would know that there was fianly tuning available. If this car is what it claims, it would be famous in our community and we wouldn't even be asking questionsa about it. If I had a twin isf that worked there would be lots of YouTube to prove it.
07-11-12, 10:28 PM
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I talked to Wayne about that car a couple of years ago and put him in touch with some good resources for understanding the mind of Toyota. I never did hear what the outcome was.
NOS isn't the key to boost. Compression ratio is the key to boost, specifically dynamic compression ratio. With the static compression we have from the factory, there's not a lot of hope for adding boost to a 2UR-GSE without a lot of bandaids like methanol, propane, or something else to remove a LOT of heat. NOS won't be the winner. NOS just helps spool faster, but it doesn't reduce octane requirement the way meth or propane does.
Still, this might not be a bad car to buy if you're OK with tinkering a lot. It won't be easy to keep it happy and running the way you'd like. If it were, why is it for sale?
NOS isn't the key to boost. Compression ratio is the key to boost, specifically dynamic compression ratio. With the static compression we have from the factory, there's not a lot of hope for adding boost to a 2UR-GSE without a lot of bandaids like methanol, propane, or something else to remove a LOT of heat. NOS won't be the winner. NOS just helps spool faster, but it doesn't reduce octane requirement the way meth or propane does.
Still, this might not be a bad car to buy if you're OK with tinkering a lot. It won't be easy to keep it happy and running the way you'd like. If it were, why is it for sale?
