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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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What can i do to upgrade my turbo system, I just wraped my pipes from the cats to the turbo(hot side).
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.... a bigger turbo?

not sure i understand exactly what you are looking for lol
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Bigger Front Mount Intercooler ???
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Meth injection ???
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It depends on where your starting from, what parts do you have now?
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You said from the cats.Get rid of the cats first thing.If one of the cats comes apart say bye bye to your turbo.It will spool faster without cats also.
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no cats, already have meth injection, turbo is a GTST76, I have a horizontal front mount intercooler.
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The guy tuning my car, Rick at Synergy has doubts about how much power I should make. So I want to get the most out of what I have.
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How much power you trying to make?
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yah curious as to your goals. what are the engine mods?
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Originally Posted by pdasterly
What can i do to upgrade my turbo system, I just wraped my pipes from the cats to the turbo(hot side).
Check out Zombies post for the ultimate turbo upgrade:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...ke-graphs.html
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