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Old 01-08-08, 12:30 AM
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i'm next...i need a ride in your car to give me the final convincing...
Old 01-08-08, 04:37 AM
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Nice work! Got any plans for your tranny? what rpm do you reach full boost?
Old 01-08-08, 05:09 AM
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Very nice setup you have there... Can't wait for numbers, For the DIY
Old 01-08-08, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ACleanSC4
i'm next...i need a ride in your car to give me the final convincing...
Tony, now it is your turn. James did it, David did it, Steve did it. What is your excuse now?

JamesN - 1995 Black SC400 with 2JZGTE
David - 1995 Black SC400 with 4.7L Twin Turbo
Steve - 1995 Black SC400 with Single
Tony - ?

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Old 01-08-08, 07:12 AM
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Just making me want to work on my supercharger project arnt ya!


Awesome,
Old 01-08-08, 07:15 AM
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Congrats.......
Old 01-08-08, 07:26 AM
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Wow, So you are using just one side for the exhaust side of the turbo? Neato! Hope it gives you 100+hp!
Old 01-08-08, 07:29 AM
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yeah, ive never seen just one side of a v-style engine turbo'd...wont that put an *** ton of stress on the crank?
Old 01-08-08, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ACleanSC4
i'm next...i need a ride in your car to give me the final convincing...
Tony,
I'll let you try it after I fix a few minor things. The custom pulley in place of the hydro pump pulley gave up on me and I'll need to take off the turbo to fix it. Pain in the ***! Then I'll do the wheel alignment and mufflers alignment. And I'll let you test it to convince you...LOL. What are you waiting for?

The project takes about a year now because I didn't have much time to work on it.

Using 1 stock header and the fabricated header will yield me at least +150 and I'm sure of that. I can wage on it anytime.

It's just not me but I'm happy that our SC400 crowd is at least getting somewhere in the fast performance world.

I wonder if there's any Single Turbo SC400 has been done before. Just out of my curiosity. Does anyone know?
Old 01-08-08, 08:13 PM
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^^^Isn't it Emerald's car is a rear mount single turbo?
Old 01-10-08, 01:09 AM
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Do you have to change something in the engine internals since it's going to be boosted?
Old 01-10-08, 11:28 AM
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I lik eyour title " and running" haha. All of us working on our FI 400's are all most there but not quite...
Old 01-10-08, 11:40 AM
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simply amazing. yeah i bet you saved a lot of money doing the work yourself. that is for sure. looks good though, i am interested in how the trans will hold.
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The internal is stock. Several of us ran twin turbo system up to 17 psi, or NOS on this engine and make 378 - 512 rwhp just fine. Comparing to stock 180 rwhp, that's a huge gain. So I'll just run for 12 psi to be safe. Several of them using stock tranny and they keep up just fine. I'll have the torque converter rebuilt for stronger and higher stall speed so the 1st breakable part is resolved. I'm also having the tranny cooler so that may help a lot for the tranny itself.

Twisted, you're right. It takes a lot of time to build it so it's understandable. I can build a Honda turbo system within a week, but this V8, oh man! But I think it's worth it.
Old 01-10-08, 07:38 PM
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How about some pics of this single turbo 1UZ.


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