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Whipple 3.3L tuner kit or GT80 turbo?

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Old 03-23-2006, 04:51 PM
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Default Whipple 3.3L tuner kit or GT80 turbo?

which FI would you choose for my 408 truck? Daily driver, needs to be super streetable, but also needs to be fast as a mo fo. lol. I'm hoping to get to 750rwhp on pump gas.

Yes I know i need a fuel system. Not to worry. Yes the whipple is intercooled. and also, lets assume the $$ is the same.
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Is the Whipple tuner kit even available yet?
The Whipple would be alot easier to install.
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GT80 the Whipple is going to be a hp sucking **** up top to spin it enough to make the hp you need. Have you not seen the trend with big hp. TURBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As I understand install is not a problem for you turbo
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Turbo!
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DanaliHD, Nice times BTW (in your sig) w your current setup. Very respectable for a big, heavy a$$ed pu! Very impressive!!!
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Originally Posted by DocT
DanaliHD, Nice times BTW (in your sig) w your current setup. Very respectable for a big, heavy a$$ed pu! Very impressive!!!
thanks. guys, i know turbo is the cool thing right now, but, i'm thinking whipple will give me way better street manners and low end torque. I can't imagine i'd have to worry about the whipple running out of airflow within the 11 seconds i plan to push it, lol. These things flow very well.
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Turbo, no doubt
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bought a turbo. this thread is DONE
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woot! chalk one up for the turbo guys
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Sweet, who is doing your turbo setup?
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Originally Posted by hellbents10
Sweet, who is doing your turbo setup?
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Which turbo kit and turbo did you end up deciding on?

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Originally Posted by mdhmi
Which turbo kit and turbo did you end up deciding on?

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not a kit, custom job. ITS GT80 DBB. truck headers, 3.5" downpipe, 4 core intercooler, 48mm wastegate, no bov. should be pretty sweet. hope to have it installed in May, then i'm also hoping slowhawk will be kind enough to test it and tune it. although he's not building it. sorry don. You're still the man. that sounded a little lol
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You have to have a BOV,actually you should run 2 of them. Don't worry,no hard feelings on doing a Turbo kit.
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
You have to have a BOV,actually you should run 2 of them. Don't worry,no hard feelings on doing a Turbo kit.
no problem on the bov's. I was told by a few people that on an automatic they are not needed and usually fail causing boost loss and potential damage to the turbo. Actually, on the ITS website it says that also.



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