Is there a TURBO Speed Six engine?
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Ah yes forgot about Pascal, he is getting a turbo fitted at Racing Green if I remember rightly? maybe this is what he was thinking about but it is not up and running yet is it?.
Wonder why it hasn't been done before?, maybe the early SP6 were to fragile but with the rebuilt engines proving to be strong from Power,st8six and Racing Green I wonder if we will see Turbo's in the future?.
Any reason why you can't fit a Turbo or why no one has done it?
I have never driven a Turbo car except a few diesels so can't really comment on how well they drive or if it would work in a SP6.
Wonder why it hasn't been done before?, maybe the early SP6 were to fragile but with the rebuilt engines proving to be strong from Power,st8six and Racing Green I wonder if we will see Turbo's in the future?.
Any reason why you can't fit a Turbo or why no one has done it?
I have never driven a Turbo car except a few diesels so can't really comment on how well they drive or if it would work in a SP6.
natben said:
Ah yes forgot about Pascal, he is getting a turbo fitted at Racing Green if I remember rightly? maybe this is what he was thinking about but it is not up and running yet is it?.
Wonder why it hasn't been done before?, maybe the early SP6 were to fragile but with the rebuilt engines proving to be strong from Power,st8six and Racing Green I wonder if we will see Turbo's in the future?.
Any reason why you can't fit a Turbo or why no one has done it?
I have never driven a Turbo car except a few diesels so can't really comment on how well they drive or if it would work in a SP6.
I believe that the modern intelligent management systems make the running of a turbo set up more reliable. The system on Pascals was born out of the Ricer market so is extremely good at controlling boosted engines and making sure it runs optimally at all points. Wonder why it hasn't been done before?, maybe the early SP6 were to fragile but with the rebuilt engines proving to be strong from Power,st8six and Racing Green I wonder if we will see Turbo's in the future?.
Any reason why you can't fit a Turbo or why no one has done it?
I have never driven a Turbo car except a few diesels so can't really comment on how well they drive or if it would work in a SP6.
Added to this I believe that modern turbo tech itself has improved greatly so the power application is now far smoother.
Modern ceramic cooling fans and coolant fluids also keep the temps down.
And various builders have the right internals to handle the power.
So, to get a very smooth useable boosted S6 is simply just a matter of money.
Yes, I used to have a supercharged engine before, which is now being rebuilt into a turbo engine.
Last thing I heard from it is that the camshafts were somewhere stuck with the customs. That was a few weeks ago...
Why hasn't it been done before? I guess due to the fact that there is a lot of custom fabrication involved.
To give you an idea, here's a pic of just the exhaust manifold:
And that's only the part of the exhaust to where the turbo is located (in front of the engine). From there the pipes go underneath and backwards...
Last thing I heard from it is that the camshafts were somewhere stuck with the customs. That was a few weeks ago...
Why hasn't it been done before? I guess due to the fact that there is a lot of custom fabrication involved.
To give you an idea, here's a pic of just the exhaust manifold:
And that's only the part of the exhaust to where the turbo is located (in front of the engine). From there the pipes go underneath and backwards...
If i had the money i would put the Isuzu 6.6Turbo 650hp 1020ftlb Duramax in a sports car
102mpg at 30mph 68mpg at 70mph 65mph at 80mph 220mph 0 to 60 in less than 3.5 seconds in a car twice the weight of a TVR .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_b-3AWLUY
102mpg at 30mph 68mpg at 70mph 65mph at 80mph 220mph 0 to 60 in less than 3.5 seconds in a car twice the weight of a TVR .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7_b-3AWLUY
Duramax in a sports car
OK, technically it's a muscle car but still:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92VOUYSBiUQ&fea...
Regardless of the performance, it just looks wrong to me...
OK, technically it's a muscle car but still:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92VOUYSBiUQ&fea...
Regardless of the performance, it just looks wrong to me...
Edited by PascalBuyens on Wednesday 14th November 07:43
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