STS Turbo Kit Q's...
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STS Turbo Kit Q's...
Hello everyone. I have been reading on this site for a while as i love and used to own a 95 fbody. But i am amazed at the numbers you all are getting from these rear mounted turbos. AMAZING kit imo. anyways i sold my ta a long time ago because the ls1's where to expensive for me at the time. but now im back a few years later.....now i am wanted a 1999-2000 c5.
now this may be a completely dumb qeustion...but hey what are forums for
i really would like to turbo the c5 but the kits are....wow....expensive. 8-10K not installed. come on. corvette tax at its best.
now i have been looking at these sts kits. could one of these kits be modified to fit a c5? doesn't the exhaust do almost the exact same thing as on an fbody? please help me out and let me know. and if anybody here can give me a number to call for more info that would be great aswell. if nobody replies to this i will call sts but i dont want to have an idea of what im looking at first.
Thanks
you guys in the FI are car wizards imo
Drew
now this may be a completely dumb qeustion...but hey what are forums for
i really would like to turbo the c5 but the kits are....wow....expensive. 8-10K not installed. come on. corvette tax at its best.
now i have been looking at these sts kits. could one of these kits be modified to fit a c5? doesn't the exhaust do almost the exact same thing as on an fbody? please help me out and let me know. and if anybody here can give me a number to call for more info that would be great aswell. if nobody replies to this i will call sts but i dont want to have an idea of what im looking at first.
Thanks
you guys in the FI are car wizards imo
Drew
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No the exhaust is different, and would be about crazy to mount a turbo under a Vette, unless you put a 3" body lift on it...LOL. Ground clearence would be zero, and busting a turbo off because of a bump could be a pricely mistake.
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No the exhaust is different, and would be about crazy to mount a turbo under a Vette, unless you put a 3" body lift on it...LOL. Ground clearence would be zero, and busting a turbo off because of a bump could be a pricely mistake.
i see you have a supra. i just sold my MKIV about 6 months ago and i am hating it. i loved that car. but the wife said.....and thats all you need to know
you know of anybody that could make a custom kit for a c5 for around 4K.... .....no seriously..lol
i talked to you a long long long time ago because i remember your name. your still a good guy helpin turbo nubs along the way
thanks man
Drew
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Drew, yeah I love my MKIV, I had about 150 bucks worth of mods (used rmm DP w/cutout, bleeder valve and K&N filter) the car went 12.0@118.XX mph and made 429rwhp/454rwtq....hehe. Not bad for cheap mods and about 1 hour of work. Now I have the AEM in it and I'm going to go single on it. As for C5 kit for 4K, no, unfortunately the C5's are complicated beasts to fit a turbo in. You could fit a T28, but it would be done by 2000rpms....lol.
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Jose....man i love the way you can feel the mods to the MKIV.. i put on a RMM DP and a GReddy PE and and intake and it felt godly. you lucky bastard....never sell it.
yeah i figured no way for 4k. just a pipe dream i suppose. but 10K is just a rip IMO someone has to make it for less than that. i guess i mihgt have to look into getting an LS1 and turboing it. because im not gonna be able to stand an N/A car.........ever again.
yeah i figured no way for 4k. just a pipe dream i suppose. but 10K is just a rip IMO someone has to make it for less than that. i guess i mihgt have to look into getting an LS1 and turboing it. because im not gonna be able to stand an N/A car.........ever again.
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Guys, think of it this way, psi is psi. Boost level, if done right, is gonna = power! I've got a 383 stroker that should make over 550 whp with their basic 5 psi unit. At 10 psi (very achievable) that should be somewhere above 700 whp. Notice I said, "done right". For instance 10 psi done right = IC and maybe meth and that kind of stuff to keep the knock retard down to 0. Lots of things to think of, not to mention fuel delivery. My $.02!
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Ls1 with forged rods & pistons, LS6 cam, LT's, fuel system, stock heads and intake, running a t-67 @ 10psi is making 570. Dont remember the tq. I think it is 610 or so. The owner is a member on this board.
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