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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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is there any kind of turbo that can be turnd on and off
or would you have to fab up a way to make the air bypass is
Old Aug 7, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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are you actually serious? Have you been watching Mad Max the movie.
Old Aug 7, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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Are you drunk? thats prolly the dumbest thing ive heard sence well ummm, that.
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 05:03 PM
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Is this the comedy section?
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bs aside though, youd have to have one mother ******* trick setup. think of like a cutout that would block air to the turbo (close the cutout) and would then allow air out the other pipe, aka to the back of the car, so each header would have to have a Y pipe if you will. not sure about air intake at that point. youd probably need a Y on the charge pipe going to the TB as well. one going to a filter, one goin to the intercooler. (this is all in theory) basically like a mamoth manual "wastegate" before anything.

in conclusion, no. unless you have a KIA motor in your 3rd gen engine bay.

and who the f' would wanna turn a turbo off? isnt that the point of spending all the money? haha
Old Aug 7, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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the only way it possibly would work is if you installed a flux capacitor to generate enough voltage to overcome the flow of exhaust,
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Turbo's are load based, part throttle, your bypass can stay open, preventing boost. when you go deeper into the throttle, you will get boost.

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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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I think your Idea.. Is Ahead Of Todays Moddern TECH. But I am sure its possible and will Be done.
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Originally Posted by ABeasst
are you actually serious? Have you been watching Mad Max the movie.
Actually the Mad Max car was supercharged. Here is the actual Max Mad car. Right here in Naperville, Illinois. It belongs to the owner of Best in Show (classic car restorations). He does drive it as you can tell by the bugs on the front end.
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ok picture this you have your header leading into your turbo but ahead of you turbo rou put a cut out that leads back into the exhaust after the turbo i.e. open = boost closed = the bility to open it and wake up a sleeper car

and i want to do a sleeper build thats why i made the topic
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Originally Posted by RYU2
ok picture this you have your header leading into your turbo but ahead of you turbo rou put a cut out that leads back into the exhaust after the turbo i.e. open = boost closed = the bility to open it and wake up a sleeper car

and i want to do a sleeper build thats why i made the topic


That would be interesting to try to tune.
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so then exactly what i said.
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Originally Posted by Z2K_MrJ
I think your Idea.. Is Ahead Of Todays Moddern TECH. But I am sure its possible and will Be done.
is been done on a vw in a way on the intake side i believe. they have an s/c/turbo car
you eould havr to have 2 y-pipes on the exhaust side with cutouts and you could leave the intake as it sits.
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Originally Posted by Camaro_Zach
so then exactly what i said.
yes i just put it so the less minded could wrap themselfs around the idea
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Originally Posted by NoMoreLS1
Actually the Mad Max car was supercharged. Here is the actual Max Mad car.
I know but it was the only thing to compare it to.
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Why in gods name would you want the turbo OFF?
Old Aug 7, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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in one word sleeper
in more than one a sleeper i mean come on no one has a sleeper with a turbo
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Do you have any idea how crappy the car would run with the turbos "off". The tune and injectors would be WAY off. I cant believe I posted in this thread



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