Anyone with experience on the TT Street Kit?
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Anyone with experience on the TT Street Kit? Looking into getting my FI on when I return from Afghanistan and not so sure I want a high power system, or one with longevity under its belt. Seems the TurboTechologyInc Steet Kit has been out for a while and figure it must be reliable. I know FI has made leaps and bounds improvements since the street kit came out as well, mostly in tuning and fuel delivery. So, anyone currently running this kit, please let me know what your experiences and thoughts are with this kit.
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Charlie.
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TTI is a good kit and most people along with me have recieved great costomer service. there new kits are high quality and don`t have the same repeated cracking problems, due to a new improved log design. The kit with the t76 turbo should put you in the 450-500rwhp range.
I`ve sat on the phone with George for hours talking about mods and upgrades for the kit. Thats great costomer service IMO when a vendor sits on the phone and basicly shoots the **** with you about Improving the performance of there kit. I had my intercooler start leaking about a year and a half after i bought the kit I mentioned it to george during one of our conversations and he insisted i send it back to him so he could fix it all i paid for was shiping there and back. He also had it back to me in three weeks.
I`ve sat on the phone with George for hours talking about mods and upgrades for the kit. Thats great costomer service IMO when a vendor sits on the phone and basicly shoots the **** with you about Improving the performance of there kit. I had my intercooler start leaking about a year and a half after i bought the kit I mentioned it to george during one of our conversations and he insisted i send it back to him so he could fix it all i paid for was shiping there and back. He also had it back to me in three weeks.
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WS6 2002, who is Andrew? I have heard about the log manifold cracking issue but was under the impression that was resolved now, on the kits that are being shipped out today. Also, never heard anything about oil leaks, can you clarify?
MYTURBOT/A, by opening up the bolt holes, you referring to the ones that mount the manifold to the head? And open as in oblong them or what? Is this still an issue on the new kits?
Would this kit have it in it to make more than only 500rwhp? Maybe 600 at least?
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MYTURBOT/A, by opening up the bolt holes, you referring to the ones that mount the manifold to the head? And open as in oblong them or what? Is this still an issue on the new kits?
Would this kit have it in it to make more than only 500rwhp? Maybe 600 at least?
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Yes the bolt holes that bolt it to the head. They say the holes should be big enough to allow expansion when using a log style manifold. I don`t know if there doing this with the new manifolds but if not it`ll only take 5 min with a drill to do it. The new kit should be able to do over 600rwhp with the T76, a good tune and about 9-10psi, but you`ll most likely be pushing the stock internals. I`ve never had mine leak a drop of oil i`ve never heard of a oil leak problem. If all the connections are installed with a thread sealer or silicone you won`t have any problems.
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Verdad Gallardo better yet...bypass the intercooler all together with some rubber hose. I wish I woulda tried that...cheap simple experiment. Not to be an a$$ but George always claimed that intercooler was good for some high hp....i think like 800 or so but didn''t use it on his race kit.....wonder why.
i think like 800 or so but didn''t use it on his race kit.....wonder why.
After a certain point, i think it would be beneficial for these street kits to just remove the intercooler and run some sort of alky/methanol injection. That would save a little $$ on the kit's cost and free up the system.
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FWIW george uses the same intercooler on some of his mustang kits that are making big power. I still think that the only reason that we are not seeing the insane numbers with this kit is because nobody is pushing it. If somone was making 150 dyno pulls like robs kit and putting hours upon hours of tuning into it, the tti kit would be make huge power also. Ok think of it this way. other then robs shop cars, how many people are making huge numbers with the QMP kit? 
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MYTURBOT/A, I guess it would be possible to get the street kit minus the IC and order one from Griffin or someone. I am considering running a SMC Alky kit, not for the tune aspect, but for more efficiency at the track. Also thought about using an N-tercooler with CO2, but cant tell yet as I am still in the design phase.
Guess I will email George and see about these things and let everyone know. I thought that there would be quite a few ppl running this kit, oh well.
Charlie.
Guess I will email George and see about these things and let everyone know. I thought that there would be quite a few ppl running this kit, oh well.
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Originally Posted by RICE ETR
, not road racing type instances where the intercooler would get heat soaked.
Originally Posted by MYTURBOT/A
Has anyone switched intercoolers to see if theres a performance gain?
now just if my intercooler would come in.
Hurry up speed inc/Griffin
and when i called turbotech to find out how much their intercooler cost they'd charge you 800 for it, while you can pick up the much better griffing intercooler for 470
As long as there is air crossing the fins (i.e. the car is moving) and the temperature of the air is colder than the surface temp of the fins there will be heat transfer. The greater the temperature difference, the greater the heat transfer.
correct.... however if you have more heat being put into the intercooler than the ambient air moving across it can dissipate, well then you have an intercooler that will become heat soaked. There is nothing wrong with the intercooler itself, the main issue is it's placement on the F-body front ends, which does not provide as sufficient airflow as the mustangs do, not to mention the heat from the radiator when sitting in traffic or staging lanes.
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From: Albuquerque NM - The Land of 8000ft DA
Originally Posted by RICE ETR
correct.... however if you have more heat being put into the intercooler than the ambient air moving across it can dissipate, well then you have an intercooler that will become heat soaked.
Even then there is natural convection occuring.As long as the car is moving and it isn't 130 deg outside you should be able to extract heat from the intake charge.