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Jan 8, 2009 | 09:39 PM

svtkilr

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I am in the process of doin a turbo build and I am stuck on what route to go with on the hotside piping and I am new to the turbo scene so I need a little help I am looking to make between 850 and 900 hp and wondering if the hotside piping I go with will hold a big role on how much power I can make and how good it spools...

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Jan 9, 2009 | 01:21 PM

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Jan 9, 2009 | 01:27 PM

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What do you want to know about hotside most charge pipes are around 2 1/2 and the bigger the down pipe the better, I would not suggest a 3" charge may be hard to spool the turbo/turbos with that.

Jan 9, 2009 | 01:42 PM

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From: Cecil County Raceway!!!

I run 1 3/4" primaries on my headers and 2 1/2 crossover. More than enough for alot of power

Jan 9, 2009 | 01:49 PM

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truck manifolds, 2.5 in crossover, 3.5 + dp

76mm on up for the turbo, T4 or T6 depending on cubes.

Jan 9, 2009 | 02:26 PM

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I've seen a lot of people say that kits are only good for like 600 HP but I think that is cause of the small downpipe so if I was to buy a cheaper hot side than these big money race kits and just have a bigger downpipe built I should be able to make my power level with the right size turbo am I on the right track or is there something I'm missing

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