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Old 10-27-2007, 05:16 AM
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Is the STS turbo system visible? On a Z28 would make quite the sleeper.
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Maybe if you are blind. Bob



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yea the sts isnt that quite....
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Even if you tuck the turbo up as high as you can it's still visible and once you begin to spoool there's no hiding what you got!!!
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Definitely visible, I've had people ask 'what's that under your car'

Sidenote: Bob is there any advantage of running the waste gate piping into your exhaust, mine is currently open, no piping.
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Originally Posted by 99camarosupersport
I've had people ask 'what's that under your car'
x100,000
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i just tell em its a new centrifugal muffler
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i did have a guy at a parts store ask why i was going with a cooler plug over stock and i told him i has a sts kit and what not. that dude started a huge argument that V8s couldnt have turbos that only 4cyls used them. even after i showed him my car he still called bullshit on me...
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Originally Posted by Firechicken1995
i did have a guy at a parts store ask why i was going with a cooler plug over stock and i told him i has a sts kit and what not. that dude started a huge argument that V8s couldnt have turbos that only 4cyls used them. even after i showed him my car he still called bullshit on me...
Some people just don't get it. What he MEANT to say is that 4 bangers NEED turbos to run worth a ****... our 8's don't! That is classic. I just tellem it's my CAI out back!
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Originally Posted by 67Firebird455
I just tellem it's my CAI out back!
I've told people the same to some degree, I tell idiot's that the air under the rear of the car is cooler and more efficient and decided to run all that piping just to pull air from the rear of the car!

AND SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE IT!!!
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Originally Posted by 99camarosupersport
Definitely visible, I've had people ask 'what's that under your car'.............
Here in Hawaii it's more like.....holy $hit bra, is that a turbo under your car? I got about 2x comments per day driving around out here. People would go out of their way to pull up next to me and ask. So, yes, it's very visible......especially with a 4-core FMIC and no grill Now the car's in 'Bama where the local reaction is more like....WTF is that???? Not to mention, if the look doesn't give the car away, the whistle of the turbo spooling up certainly will.

BTW....it scares the holy hell out of the ricer crowd. I went to DC and there wasn't a "Fast and Furious" Civic w/in 100 miles that woud F with it. Even made the modded Evo and STi crowd think twice. On the contrary, my dad gets racers all the time trying to take his modded 03 Cobra. That always makes me laugh...........as he's probably putting out more HP than I am.
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STS = teh anti-stealth.

There is nothing subtle about them.
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hey schantin what kind of #s that car of your putting down??
we have very similiar set ups , except your an M6 and im A4, have you had it to the track??
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check out my build... if you have any questions PM me. link is in signature
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Originally Posted by Exotic Performance Plus
Maybe if you are blind. Bob



They can be tucked up a litte better than that, but you can't totally conceal them. See TRT's way of doing it.
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VERY hard to hide. i get questions all the time. the people that are really bothered by it are N20 LS1's ha ha
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like that.
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Judging by the pics ET Street Radials are a popular choice lol.
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Originally Posted by trtturbo
like that.
That certainly looks a lot better than any of the sts setups I have seen from the rear view.Best tuck I have seen.
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thanks. We try to get them as high as possible. On TA's, you cant see the turbo when its mounted that high.


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